“Do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.” — Luke 12:11-12 There is a common misunderstanding in many churches. Many Christians think there is a big difference between proclaiming God’s Word from...

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. . . . — 1 Peter 2:10 Peter, one of Jesus’ closest followers, urgently encouraged Christians in the first century as they endured intense persecution, suffering, trials, and hardships. I imagine that Peter’s words also helped to lift...