This week we learned that the state of Colorado has chosen to continue its harassment of Jack Phillips, the Christian owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop. On the very day that the Supreme Court ruled in his favor, a male lawyer who identifies as a woman placed an order for a cake celebrating his transition to…a her. Jack refused on the same grounds as before – it clashes with his biblical beliefs. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission used that pretense to renew its persecution of Mr. Phillips and his business. It’s the very thing Peter is writing about in his first epistle. Persecution was then, and is today a reality for the follower of Jesus Christ. God’s Word is relevant, up-to-date, front page news. This series will give you tools to deal with the persecution that the world directs at us. I hope you will be here for every sermon…and I trust you will pray for Jack Phillips.