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And remember, it's all about Jesus.

Alrighty, we find ourselves in a book of the Bible.

We're in John, we're in John Chapter 15.

If you've got a Bible, go there now.

And let me set it up.

So if we are believing the Bible for those of us who are Christians,

when we die, we go to heaven.

But in the meantime, we live here.

And the question is, what is the relationship between the God who rules the kingdom of heaven

and the cultures and nations of the earth?

And that is where we find ourselves and we find ourselves looking at the words of Jesus today

and learning why the world hates Christianity.

Before we jump in, let me read for you some transcripts.

And so this is the project that I want to introduce to you.

Some years ago, before our current political situation, before many of the things that have

transpired culturally, this was a bit of a prophetic look.

It was some years ago and I commissioned a research team to figure out the primary

objections of people to Christianity.

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