Think It Not Strange by David Mathis
For 350 years, the church on American soil has enjoyed relatively little affliction for her fidelity to the Scriptures. This nation, though, is an anomaly in church history. And those days seem to be passing, more quickly than many of us expected. But panic would not be a Christian response. For two thousand years, this has been what it has meant to identify with Christ in the world-the normal experience of those who follow a man who was crucified. Suffering for the gospel was not just tolerated in the early church; it was expected. For now, we may be prone to think it strange. But soon enough, the expectations of American Christians will adjust to what is normal in other times and places. We will realize that when we proclaim a gospel like ours, and make the sort of claims we do, the world won't receive it well. For Christians, it really is strange *not* to be persecuted. In these short chapters, a diverse team of contributors, representing six continents, joins together to help American Christians get ready for the insults, trials, opposition, and even persecution that may lie ahead.DesiringGod.org executive editor David Mathis (MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando) is an elder at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also teaches at Bethlehem College and Seminary as an adjunct professor. He is the coauthor (with Jonathan Parnell) of How to Stay Christian in Seminary and the author of Habits of Grace.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780991277698 |
| ISBN 10 | 0991277694 |
| Title | Think It Not Strange |
| Author | David Mathis |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Desiring God |
| Year published | 2016-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 126 |
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