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I am a Jesus pusher!!! Throughout the ministry of Jesus, He always placed His call to the style of the cross in the context of relationship. A major

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Jesus viewed the fulfillment of the Beatitudes in the experience of persecution (Matthew 5:10-12). The virtues of the

I am a Jesus pusher!!! There is one fact of which I am deeply aware. The call of Christianity is a call to suffer. This is the “shouting” message of

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Persecution is something that each of us at some time or another has certainly thought was being bestowed on us. In school I

I am a Jesus pusher!!! The prophets of old wrote, “He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Paul used the term tribulation to describe persecution (1 Thessalonians 3:3-4). Persecution is one form of tribulation that God

I am a Jesus pusher!!! Jesus highlights the absolute certainty of persecution (Matthew 5:10-11). Paul writes to the Thessalonians concerning his love

I am a Jesus pusher!!! The Greek word “dioko” is translated “persecuted ones” (Matthew 5:10). This is a participle; it is a verb acting as an

I am a Jesus pusher!!! The Beatitude on persecution is uniquely different from all the rest. This is not an intervention of Jesus producing something