The Complacent Church & the Persecuted Church - Church Then & Now E18
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Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher talk about the complacent church in America,  global persecution, and ask the question: Are you ready for when persecution gets ramped up?Show Notes:

• Intro

• Recap

• The church biblically vs. the Church Nominally

• Why that means for us today

• What happened in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, & 90’s

• Where did the church go in the 2000’s until now?

• We shrunk back, we conformed and got complacent & comfortable.

• The year 2020, the point where God began waking up his true church again.

• American church today

• Beginning stages of persecution (name calling, being cancelled, etc)

• How did the church get lulled to sleep?

• We believed the lie that the church is confined to four walls.

• Global persecution

• Opendoors.org)

• Persecution is very heavy in countries like: China, North Korea, Iran, & more.

• Be careful not to call something “persecution” that isn’t actually persecution.

• Persecution = the loss of something

• Persecution is being ramped up globally and all signs point to more persecution coming.

• Are you ready for more persecution?

• Outro

**Resources: **

• Information about global persecution and the church: Opendoors.org)
• Why Did Jesus Speak So Strongly Against Lukewarm Faith? https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-lukewarm-faith.html)
• The American Christian: Complacent and Compliant (Sermon): https://youtu.be/kFSe_Q57sVE)
• The American Church: Bankrupt & Blind (Sermon): https://youtu.be/fKW4eA4Jwcs)

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