Christian persecution is rising around the world. Yet, those areas are where the Body is growing fastest and strongest. Almost like when your faith has real life or death consequences, you take more seriously.
Don't get me wrong, US Christians face forms of persecution, but we aren't being dragged out of our homes and churches and gunned down in the streets....yet. Some of that is because of so many Sunday morning/Christmas and Easter Christians and those who don't really know what they claim, because all they get is feel good and/or politically correct christianity. (not capitalized on purpose.) It's like poverty. Being poor in America is very different than being poor in the rest of the world. American persecution is occasional lawsuits, online harassment, some possible social ostracization, jobs can be a concern sometimes, but all of these, at least for the individual, are few and far between. There are social and political movements, no doubt, but even their victories in court and marketplaces seem to have limited trickle down effects. That may be changing here soon, as the proggies and moonbats get more emboldened, empowered and embittered. Fortunately, we know how the story will end, just waiting for the final chapter to open...