Why the World Hates Christians: Understanding the Root of Hostility

Loading player...

Some Christians are really not ready for the world's hatred. They believe they can still be on great terms with the world if they are diplomatic, or winsome in personality, or explain things better, or do better marketing and branding of Christianity, or do more apologetics and show reasonable people just how reasonable Christianity is. Why does the world respond to Christians with enmity? Whom do they hate and why? Jesus teaches us in John 15, explaining exactly why the world has such hostility towards Christians

15 Dec 2024 English South Africa Religion & Spirituality · Christianity

Other recent episodes

Paradoxes in the beatitudes

In our look at the beatitudes we've seen that these statements are paradoxes. They take two items that shouldn't go together, and then surprise us by combining them. We don't expect those who are poor, to gain all the riches of a kingdom. We don't expect those who are mourning…

6 Jul 21 min

The greatest sermon ever preached

The greatest sermon ever preached opens with nine statements of blessing. Blessed are the poor in spirit, the mourners, the meek, the pursuers of righteousness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, the persecuted and the reviled. They have been named after the Latin word "beatus" which means happy…

29 Jun 24 min

If all we knew was God's greatness...we might fear...

If all we knew was God's greatness, we might fear and reverence Him, but it might be nothing but dread. God's greatness exists fully with His goodness. God is a God of holiness, of righteousness, of justice, and of sovereign authority, and He is a God of mercy, patience, long-suffering,…

22 Jun 25 min

The fundamentals of a home with godly authority

If ever we are to have children who go on to love God wholeheartedly, it will not only be because of our instructions, our actions, our routines and our rituals. It will be very much because of how we portray God's authority and God's grace. The best place to see…

15 Jun 25 min

Being shaped

God knows that we are not only shaped from the inside out, with teaching and truth that is in our hearts and minds and then fleshes out. We are also shaped from the outside in. We are embodied beings. We inhabit time and space. How we experience time, and what…

8 Jun 24 min

All episodes