Teaching about suffering and persecution is important for the church. This article lists seven reasons why.

This article offers some suggestions as to how Christians should pray for their persecuted brethren. It first calls for understanding the nature of persecution and its reality in today's world, and then details what our prayers for the church should look like.

Is Christ in Matthew 5:10-11 expecting Christians to be persecuted? This article argues that those who stand for Christ are not of the world and cannot be popular with the world, so they must expect persecution.

This article considers the subject of persecution, and how we are to develop a Christ-like concern for his suffering people throughout the world.

This article offers five reasons for rejoicing when facing persecution.

Christians should expect persecution and suffering. Is there a way to avoid being persecuted? This article explains that there are two ways, both of which are less than godly.

What is the purpose of Acts? House gives a short survey of the approaches to the purpose of Acts, which helps us to see a number of main motifs of the book. The article wants to link the historical and theological aspects of the book. Five different functions of suffering and persecution in Acts are discussed.

The book of Revelation was written to display the triumphant Christ as a way of comforting the church in the face of persecution.

The growing toleration for wickedness in the world and the intolerance of Christian truth signals looming persecution for Christians. This article shares some ways in which parents can prepare children for persecution.

The Bible reminds Christians that they are strangers and pilgrims in this world. As pilgrims, Christians will face persecution. This article shows that this persecution comes first of all because it is God’s will. Persecution can also be a comfort to God's child, since Christians are persecuted for Christ's sake. Christians can be assured of God's protection throughout persecution.

Standing for Christ’s truth has its costs. This article documents the fiery persecution endured by those who promoted the teachings of Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli in the Netherlands.

Why do Christians experience suffering and persecution? What should our response to suffering be? This author of this article addresses these questions.

How should we respond to persecution? Should we take revenge?

This article shows that adhering to the confession of sola scriptura can result in persecution; in fact, the author proposes that there will be persecution. Pointing to history and biblical evidence, the author explains why this must be so. However, we can also look forward to triumph.

This is the final article in a nine part series on the Beatitudes as recorded in Matthew 5:3-12. This article focuses on the last Beatitude, which speaks about persecution. Christians are persecuted because of their loyalty to Christ in a world that hates Christ. The author discusses different types of persecution, and offers the ecouragement that God will strengthen believers facing persecution.

This article on church history looks at the persecution of the early church. Focus is given to state persecution from the time of Nero to Constantine, who brought the persecution to an end. Attention is given to both the positive and negative results of the persecution of the church.

In this exposition of Psalm 124, the author shows that God's people find confidence in God's protection and defense when they are faced with persecution and attacks.

This exposition of Psalm 123 shows how suffering persecution or ridicule for Christ's sake is a part of being a follower of Christ. The author discusses how Christians should respond to this persecution.

This article introduces ten volumes on church life in Sudan. While the authors are from within the church, their first purpose is not to give a fair as possible view on the story as a whole. It is evident that the account in these books has a purpose beyond the dispassionate recounting of history. Perversely to its opponents, the Sudanese church often demonstrated courage under persecution and has even grown in the face of persecution.

The life of the apostolic church testifies to the reality that the church may flourish even (and sometimes especially) in a context of persecution.

Using the life of missionary Henry Martyn as an example, this author discusses the concepts of martyrdom in mission work. What does it mean to be a martyr? How can we support those who are experiencing persecution today?

When we practice evangelism, we often experience danger and even persecution. This article on Matthew 10:16 discusses how we can evangelize in this context to God's glory.

Despite a context of struggle and persecution, the church in the Sudan has continued to grow, both spiritually and numerically. The author, who has spent several years living and working in Sudan with the Church Mission Society, reflects on what Christians worldwide might learn from the experience of the Sudanese church. "But God is not defeated!" is the refrain famous in Sudan as used by Ezra Lawiri.

This article looks at the early church and the impact of the gospel on the Roman pluralistic society. The persecution of the Christians in the Roman empire is also discussed.