Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from June 3, 2018

DEFENSIVE CHURCH, OFFENSIVE CHURCH

D a v i d    P a m    M c Q u e l The rise of evil is indisputable. It's acceleration is in no doubt.  In the face of evil, the Church must be brave to confront, with the Light of the gospel of Christ, the forces of darkness. Jesus said in Matthew 16:18, "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it." Notice that the confrontation will take place at the gates of Hades, not at the gates of Heaven or gates of the Church. We are not a defensive church, we are an offensive Church. Crime *"Control Risks recorded 38,523 political violence and crime incidents worldwide in 2017, an increase of nearly 17% from 2016  Incidents in Europe: up 63% | Asia Pacific: up 51% | Africa: up 39% | Americas: up 26%  The Middle East and North Africa remained the region most affected by violence, but saw an overall reduction in incidents of 20%  The number of terrorism-related incidents