Suddenly police are pounding on your door. You're under arrest for worshipping Jesus Christ. What do you do? If Christianity became illegal in America, how would your faith and your church survive? The new ebook Light in the Shadows tells you how from real life experiences of people jailed here and overseas for following Christ. Here's a few of the things this book covers and how it helps you:
For one, our churches and even families will have to change. Just what ministry can continue without exposing us to arrest, fines, and torture? Or do we still have to run those risks? We'll have to carefully scrutinize what we've been doing so far ... has it been fluff or biblically based? Persecution will divide families. What do we do if parents literally throw out children who truly get saved and only want to shine for Jesus? Who takes them in? Or if the parents are later converted, their children don't understand them anymore and are tempted to turn them in for a reward? This alone can keep you awake at night. So we begin to explore the cost of obedience to families that Jesus explains in Matthew 10. Related to this, we'll have to learn how to deal with betrayal. Jesus did.
Overnight you'll need to know how to keep your worship meeting place secure and protect individual identities. Forget that comfortable building that's finally paid for where you assemble now. Next Sunday you might be meeting in a grimy welding shop at night. Now you've got to protect your identity inside the church ... so take down photos and names on your bulletin boards. If you record sermons, never give full or real names of other believers. And protect your identity outside the church ... delete and cancel the church website and social media and remove Christian bumper stickers. And remember visitors could still be brought to your assembly -- and you hope this will happen -- for salvation. But what if they are spies or informants?Learn how a pastor of a Romanian church under communism helped protect the identities of his members. He found out they had to make and follow rules they never envisioned. They had to change. So will we. Our world is changing.
What about how to deal with courts, trials, jails, and prisoners? Light in the Shadows explains a vital courtroom strategy... if the Constitution is still in force. You've never been in jail in your life. Now you might be there for months. From my experiences from 21 arrests and months in jail in different cities for blocking abortion clinic doors to keep moms from entering to kill their children, I've learned what the first question is other prisoners will always ask and how it opens doors for serious witnessing. And you'll likely then be in most fertile field for witnessing for the faith then you've ever been. My experience is that when other prisoners see you're in jail for taking your faith seriously, you'll seldom if ever be in danger. But I tell you how to handle those who won't beat you up ... but still want to give you trouble.
No seminary in America teaches you how to prepare for this. Our churches don't really believe we'd have to go underground. Have you noticed how many fellow believers still, still don't think this could really happen here in the good ol' USA? But you've seen something coming for a long time. Have you watched how churches in California in 2020 have been threatened with fines and forbidden to worship indoors? And they can't sing in their indoor services! Did you hear about Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church in Chicago who was told in May, 2020, by the state of Illinois that their sanctuary could be torn down -- bulldozed -- for not complying with COVID regulations? Forget our buildings for a moment. What we need is to know what to do NOW before our loved ones may be taken away and never seen again.
You've seen God warning this country. You've also seen how we lose freedom after major crises. Be it nuclear war, a total worldwide economic collapse, or more, it's time to know what to do. Light in the Shadows is an easily readable guide showing how we can still shine for our Savior in times we never thought would happen. Let's prepare while we still can. Proverbs 27:12 --"A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, the naive proceed and pay the penalty." The author, a street preacher named Jim, would appreciate your honest opinion of this Guide by a rating from 0 to 5 stars. It runs up to 30 pages depending on your reading device. Please rate it at the website of where you downloaded it. This could help me for possible future updates. Please send the book link to your friends: www.books2read.com/b/mv5068. Thanks!
Here's what Flip Benham, a longtime pro life leader says about Light in the Shadows:
“Like the author, I have been frequently jailed for defending the right to life of our preborn brothers and sisters. I am a pastor and former Director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America. This little booklet is full of practical advice on how to deal with persecution and a future justice system that will be hostile to living out our faith in the streets of our cities. The author, a street preacher named Jim, also explains how we can survive and thrive as the Church of Jesus Christ in the most difficult of times.
We are not merely asking God to stop the rain. We are asking Him to teach us how to dance in the rain. For the rain is most assuredly coming. If you think that America is headed in this direction, this is a book I would highly recommend.”