Living in a World that Hates You; Expect Rejection

Jesus said to His disciples, "I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves.... You will be hated by all men because of my name."  We are living in the middle of that reality right now.  As Dorothy said to Toto, "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."For much of my life, we Christians in America had an expectation that society would be hospitable to us, or at least apathetic.  But we are now seeing a rise in hostility toward Christian theology and values.But if we have been faithful students of the Word of God, we would know that that is exactly what we should expect from the world.  And if we are going to successfully navigate this new reality, we need to go into it with our eyes wide open.