Think It Not Strange: Navigating Trials in the New America - Softcover

Piper, John; Mathis, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991277694 ISBN 13: 9780991277698

Publisher: Desiring God, 2016

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor for Bethlehem College and Seminary, Minneapolis. For thirty-three years, he was pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church. He is author of more than fifty books, including "Desiring God" and "Let the Nations Be Glad!"

About this edition

• Publisher: Desiring God
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0991277694
• ISBN 13: 9780991277698
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126