Is Your Church Prepared to Stand Firm?

Churches cannot assume that believers will suddenly develop endurance when pressure arrives. The convictions that govern obedience and the relationships that sustain faithfulness need attention in the ordinary life of the church.

Pastors have a responsibility to prepare congregations through sound doctrine and spiritual formation. Christian community, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, faithful leadership, and hope in Christ’s return all have a place in that preparation. The church remains dependent on the Spirit’s work and God’s sustaining grace.

The Spirit uses the sure hope of Christ’s return to shape present faithfulness. This conviction carries the argument of Standing Firm in the Coming Storm.

The book connects Christian hope with practiced obedience, belonging to Christ and His people, doctrinal faithfulness, and gospel witness. It also addresses grief in light of bodily resurrection and new creation, and perseverance through weariness by God’s preserving grace.

Chapter recaps, action steps, and reflection and discussion questions help readers bring the book’s teaching into personal obedience and congregational life. Its purpose is to help believers and churches remain faithful to Christ until He comes.