Evangelicals need to enjoy a very serious conversation about what it means to be "persecuted as Jesus was persecuted"---and about the very nature of what it means to be persecuted. Until and unless they do, we're stuck in a world where pastors and congregations alike exhaust the concept to defend predators and child molesters---comparing them to Jesus in the process. Let that one sink in for a moment.
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Source: patheos.com