John will explore the five stages of persecution. Stage one: Define the opposition. Stage two: Marginalize the opposition. Stage Three: Vilify the Opposition. Stage Four: Pass laws criminalizing the activities of the opposition. Stage Five: Enforce the new laws against the opposition. John will also discuss how Christians are to respond to the growing persecution so that the gospel can go forth for God's honor and glory. The west is adopting the same secular values that brought us Marxism, socialism and Fascism, along with a new overlay of globalism, so what will stop it? If this is an approaching time of persecution, then what Biblical knowledge will you need to get through it? How will the false church be involved in persecuting true followers of Jesus Christ? How will socialized medicine, hate-crime laws and a failing economy be used to persecute Christians? John explains how the west is walking the same path Germany did with many of the same beliefs and philosophies and arguments. Now is the time to Biblically, historically, economically, emotionally, and philosophically to prepare your family and church for what can be the greatest hour for the church in the west if we are rooted in and respond from the Word of God.