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Older Christians who remember better times in America probably never thought that they'd live to see the day when their faith would be ridiculed and scorned throughout the nation.
But that day has come. And the increasing persecution of Christians in America and across the world in the end times is a fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
Concerning that persecution, Jesus Christ said this: "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted
and put to death,
and you will be hated by all nations because of me." (Matthew 24:9)
In his second letter to fellow apostle Timothy, the apostle Paul wrote this: "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Jesus Christ will be persecuted while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived." (2 Timothy 3:12-13)
We saw the fulfillment of those prophecies recently when the cable TV network A&E "suspended" Phil Robertson from the popular show Duck Dynasty.
Television networks like to use the term suspended to give people the impression that they actually investigate the perceived politically-incorrect transgressions of their employees before they cut them loose.
In Robertson's case, he was suspended-fired for condemning the homosexual lifestyle in a recent interview he gave to GQ Magazine.
Unlike human blowtorch Alec Baldwin, who was finally canned by MSNBC after a long history of invoking gay slurs against his enemies, Robertson was "suspended" by A&E for merely quoting a scriptural passage that condemns homosexuality and other forms of sin.
Here's the scripture verse that Robertson quoted: "Or do you not know that evildoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
Robertson's a professing Christian and he used that bible verse to explain why he disapproves of the homosexual lifestyle. Unlike Baldwin, he didn't level obscenity-laced ad hominem attacks loaded with gay slurs to demean others. He simply voiced his opinion of homosexuality based upon his Christian worldview.
And for that, he was kicked off one of the most popular shows in the history of cable television. And tragically, the people who were most offended by Robertson's comments probably don't even watch Duck Dynasty.
The people who are responsible for kicking Robertson off television aren't the executives at A&E; they are the powerful humanists and militant homosexuals in America who want to stamp out fundamental Christianity and silence the dissent of those who use the Bible to condemn their pagan lifestyles.
Phil Robertson isn't the first Christian to be thrown off television for sharing his biblical worldview about homosexuality. And he probably won't be the last. Earlier this year, football analyst Craig James was terminated by Fox Sports Southwest for condemning the homosexual lifestyle.
http://prophecyreviewtoday.blogspot.com/2013/09/fascism-in-america.html
Like Robertson, James offered his opinion off the air on his own time. And yet, like Robertson, he was persecuted by his employer after his comments became publicly known. And like Robertson, James' freedom of speech that the First Amendment is supposed to protect was violated.
Expect more of this. We are living in the end times that the bible calls terrible times. (2 Timothy 3:1-5) And a very big part of these terrible times is the persecution of Christians.
Television networks like to use the term suspended to give people the impression that they actually investigate the perceived politically-incorrect transgressions of their employees before they cut them loose.
In Robertson's case, he was suspended-fired for condemning the homosexual lifestyle in a recent interview he gave to GQ Magazine.
Unlike human blowtorch Alec Baldwin, who was finally canned by MSNBC after a long history of invoking gay slurs against his enemies, Robertson was "suspended" by A&E for merely quoting a scriptural passage that condemns homosexuality and other forms of sin.
Here's the scripture verse that Robertson quoted: "Or do you not know that evildoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
Robertson's a professing Christian and he used that bible verse to explain why he disapproves of the homosexual lifestyle. Unlike Baldwin, he didn't level obscenity-laced ad hominem attacks loaded with gay slurs to demean others. He simply voiced his opinion of homosexuality based upon his Christian worldview.
And for that, he was kicked off one of the most popular shows in the history of cable television. And tragically, the people who were most offended by Robertson's comments probably don't even watch Duck Dynasty.
The people who are responsible for kicking Robertson off television aren't the executives at A&E; they are the powerful humanists and militant homosexuals in America who want to stamp out fundamental Christianity and silence the dissent of those who use the Bible to condemn their pagan lifestyles.
Phil Robertson isn't the first Christian to be thrown off television for sharing his biblical worldview about homosexuality. And he probably won't be the last. Earlier this year, football analyst Craig James was terminated by Fox Sports Southwest for condemning the homosexual lifestyle.
http://prophecyreviewtoday.blogspot.com/2013/09/fascism-in-america.html
Like Robertson, James offered his opinion off the air on his own time. And yet, like Robertson, he was persecuted by his employer after his comments became publicly known. And like Robertson, James' freedom of speech that the First Amendment is supposed to protect was violated.
Expect more of this. We are living in the end times that the bible calls terrible times. (2 Timothy 3:1-5) And a very big part of these terrible times is the persecution of Christians.
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