Endorsements

This book is a very timely guide for pastors as they lead their churches through these changing times of the twenty-first century. There is a gathering storm in our society of criticism and opposition to the church and to the truthfulness of the Gospel. David Mobile offers wise insight for how pastors can help their people through these changing times by speaking both pastorally and prophetically into their current lived reality. I highly recommend this book to pastors seeking biblically grounded counsel for how to name the real struggles in the lives of their parishioners and to speak into them with wisdom and theological truth. Through careful exegesis and prophetic insight, this book offers strategic guidance for pastoral ministry in our changing world.

I love movies. "Top Gun: Maverick" is one of my favorites. I’ve watched it over 5 times and want to see it again. Never have I seen anyone leave the theater two-thirds of the way through the movie… why? It is the end of the movie that makes all the details of the movie so powerful. Even watching it several times… the details of the story become more and more significant… because I know the ending.

The same is true with prophecy. Without clearly understanding the end of the story… the burden of the daily discipline can seem meaningless. But when the end is clear… so is the importance of the daily routines.

This new book by Dave captures the importance of preaching, teaching and living out the complete story of God’s redemptive plan. The end of God’s redemptive story is what makes the Story so meaningful.

As someone who has spent their life teaching Jesus and making disciples… in the last few years I’ve come to a much deeper and richer understanding of why the Return of Christ is so central to the making of fully trained disciples. Dave clearly captures the reasons for that in this book.

I highly commend this book to you.

In Standing Firm in the Coming Storm, Dr. Mobile builds a comprehensive guide to how and why pastors need to prepare their congregations for persecution. This book does a wonderful job of being confrontational without being alarmist, showing the significance of training the modern Christian. The practicality of the work shines through, making the arguments and logic clear, while also grounding everything in solid biblical theology. David Mobile builds on a strong foundation of correctly interpreted Scripture. I recommend this work to pastors throughout the world as it opens one's eyes to what being a Christian in the world means.

I have known Dr. David Mobile for nearly twenty years. He is a man of God who loves Christ and His church. Although my schedule has allowed me to read only the introductory chapter of Standing Firm in the Coming Storm, what I have read, together with my longstanding knowledge of Dr. Mobile, gives me confidence in recommending this book. I highly recommend it.