Get circumcised to blend in! That was the call of the Judaizers in the early church who found it was better to be circumcised and be counted as a Jew than to be persecuted as a Christ-follower. Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The…
Just this week I was angry for receiving a ‘Notice to Comply’ from the council for having the 8 Meters of mulch on the nature strip – delivered last Thursday. I had until today, midday to move it off the nature strip (considered to be part of the road and I was encroaching on it!)…
A young police officer who was taking his final exam at Hendon Police College in North London. And the first three questions in this exam were relatively easy. And then he got to question four. Question four went like this: `You’re on patrol in outer London when an explosion occurs in a gas main in…
I am always greatly encouraged by the tenacity of people who continue to persevere and press on against incredible odds… especially those who do so knowing that they will face enormous opposition, ridicule and hardship. In Acts 21, Paul is warned and even pleaded with, not to go to Jerusalem. They know he will be…
Recently I heard that when the leader of an underground Chinese church was asked, “What is the best thing that has happened to you in China?” his reply was, “Persecution!”. Initially one could think, “how bizarre.” But the reality is that the church grows when under persecution. It tests the faith and belief of an…