I. If there were no Easter, according to Scripture, life is _______________ 1. We would have no grip on spiritual reality 2. We are stuck with a _______________ existence 3. _______________ is vain 4. All _______________ is vain 5. We are still in our _______________ 6. _______________ wins 7. The _______________…

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I. C_______________ to Jesus II. H_______________ His word, which we are given in the S____________________ My application:

I. What the difference was NOT - S_______________, shape or appearance - The difference is found b_______________ the s_______________ II. The key difference is found in w_______________ the house was built or in the f_______________ - The good foundation for life is the h_______________ and d__________…

I. The Response of the church to persecution a. They were f_______________ b. They r_______________ c. They f_______________ d. They r__________ a__________ or they m__________ on e. They appealed for j_______________ II. The Purposes of God in persecution a. To set the context for his d_______________…

I. How did we get here? — a brief history a. Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Influence — the ________ reconfigured b. Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Bad Faith”— authenticity as THE __________________ c. Therapeutic Influences — Freud and the ___________________ II. Biblical Response Part 1: What lies within needs ________________—…

I. The Prevalence of Persecution in Acts II. Why people persecute Christians: Fear of l_______________ A. Loss of possessions B. Loss of p_______________ C. Loss of self-r_______________ or self-r_______________

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I. God's sovereignty in r_______________ A. General B. Specific II. God's sovereignty in human c_______________ III. God's sovereignty in c_______________

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