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Tag Archives: persecution

Common Ground on Pre-Trib vs Post-Trib

Pastor Steve Durkac Posted on April 8, 2019 by Steve DurkacApril 8, 2019avatar

In recent months voices have been raised in American Christendom criticizing the pre-trib position regarding our Lord’s return. (Perhaps church leaders are finally getting tired of arguing about Calvinism.) If you ask me if I am pre-trib or post-trib, I will answer “pre-trib” because I am looking for my Lord to return soon so I can meet Him in the air. If you think differently, this article is not about arguing my position or trying … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18, bible prophecy, Blessed Hope, Dispensationalism vs Historicism, End-Times, persecution, plaques, post-trib, pre-trib, rapture, Revelation, second coming, tribulation, Wrath of God

Christianity Promises Suffering

Pastor Steve Durkac Posted on April 11, 2017 by Steve DurkacApril 11, 2017avatar

I just read an article titled “Christianity Promises Suffering and Persecution: Here’s How to Prepare.”  The author Zane Pratt, of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board, states that we “need to include the subject of suffering well in our immediate follow-up with new believers” and he gives eight biblical points which I want to pass on… “Followers of Jesus should not be surprised or caught off guard by suffering (1 Peter 4:12). They need … Continue reading →

Posted in Pastoral Notes | Tagged Christianity, persecution, suffering

Satan’s Persecution or God’s Wrath?

Pastor Steve Durkac Posted on August 5, 2015 by Steve DurkacAugust 5, 2015avatar

For the sake of understanding the prophecies of Revelation and the coming final events, know that there is a difference between tribulation that is persecution caused by Satan and tribulation that is the wrath caused by God. Believers of every age have experienced persecution brought upon them because of the hate of Satan against the followers of Christ. Jesus said in John 16:33 “In the world you will have tribulation” (ESV), and those martyred by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged bible prophecy, Bible Study, end time, judgement, last days, persecution, pretrib, Prophecy, tribulation, wrath

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