Are we so accustomed to saying words, and even quoting the Word, like we know we’re supposed to—that we fail to find the fresh application of the Word of God to the dark days ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is coming is so foreign to us that all our easy answers for easy times, may fail many of us in sudden hard times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For many centuries the church withheld the Bible from the common people. When they lost that grip of control, the Reformation transformed the people and transformed the world—because they read God’s Word for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today the church has withheld from the people the hard parts of the Christian life, presented and promised throughout the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Persecution is not popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We can no longer expect a pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will see the only path to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will be driven to the Word when the rest is burned away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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