Salvation: Atonement is Union

“You are heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, provided you share in His sufferings so that you may also share in His glory.” “You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God and they shall reign upon the earth.” “All things are yours, and you are Christ's, and Christ is …

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Stop Wondering What It’s Like to Be Persecuted or if You Would Deny Jesus

I've never been able to understand the way in which many people in America think about persecution and martyrdom. I might literally shiver with fear, but the way of thinking about persecution I knew was that of the Apostles when they “went forth from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted …

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