Resources mentioned in this episode:

Engage & Equip #275: Lessons from the Iron Curtain—Interview with Vasiliy Barbiyeru
Engage & Equip #258 and #260: Government Control: Interview with Hannah and Sanghyeon
Silence by Shusaku Endo
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Engage & Equip #27: Shame and the Gospel

Questions covered in this episode:

00:55 — Why did God send an angel to warn Joseph but not the other parents of children Herod killed?
06:01 — How would you help a person who turned away from God in difficult times?
14:26 — How is HPC preparing for persecution?
25:04 — A discussion on persecution.
35:33 — Does God punish future generations for our sins, or not?
38:38 — Does shame come from God, or the Enemy?
41:10 — Can you help us understand what God is doing in Ezekiel 16?
43:47 — How should we respond to shame?
55:40 — What's the difference between self-hatred and shame?
57:00 — What's the difference between acceptable and unacceptable hypocrisy?
59:04 — How should Christians think about the death penalty?

E&E #284

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