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Forbidden to Pray? Jehovah’s Witnesses and Prayer

I was sit­ting in front of a reli­gious tri­bunal that was ren­der­ing their ver­dict against me.  They stated their deci­sion to dis­fel­low­ship me from the con­gre­ga­tion on the grounds of apos­tasy, or devi­a­tion from offi­cial doc­trine of the Watch­tower reli­gion. Their deci­sion meant that I would be shunned, com­pletely cut off from my friends and …

March 21, 2010 – 4:07 pm | By Anthony | Posted in Jehovah's Witnesses | Tagged , , , , | Comments (4)

Suffering as a Christian — Part 3

The final part of a three part series look­ing how Chris­tians are called to suf­fer on behalf of Jesus Christ. The final part to this series con­sid­ers what daily cross-carrying can mean. In con­clu­sion it exam­ines the impor­tant rea­sons we are called to suf­fer as Christians.

March 7, 2010 – 2:30 pm | By Anthony | Posted in Christian Living, Series Article | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)

Suffering as a Christian — Part 2

The sec­ond part of a series on Chris­t­ian suf­fer­ing chal­lenges the reader to exam­ine their will­ing­ness to drink the cup of Christ, bear­ing wit­ness through open revile­ment, slan­der, per­se­cu­tion, even death.

February 21, 2010 – 1:11 am | By Anthony | Posted in Christian Living, Series Article | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Suffering as a Christian — Part 1

Gen­eral suf­fer­ing is a part of the human expe­ri­ence and some­thing we all have to deal with, includ­ing New Cre­ations in Christ. As Chris­tians we are not promised a trouble-free life. Even more, Jesus says that fol­low­ing him will invite addi­tional tribu­la­tion above and beyond that expe­ri­enced of the world. As he puts …

May 31, 2009 – 8:40 pm | By Anthony | Posted in Christian Living, Series Article | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (4)