King Herod became popular when he started persecuting Christians. James, the brother of John, had been martyred under his command, and the local population heralded him as a hero. Now it was time to deal with the apostle Peter, who was promptly arrested: "After...
Peter had been miraculously freed from a high security prison (See "Facing Unimaginable Odds, Part 26a: The End is Not The End"). He headed straight to the house of Mary, where fellow believers had been praying ardently for his release. Their prayers had been...
At times the evil one will try anything to stop us from testifying. Paul and Silas had quite an interesting encounter: A female slave who had a spirit with which she could predict the future. "She earned a great deal of money for a also I l owners by fortune-telling."...
Paul and Silas had been put into prison. All they wanted to do was witness about what Jesus had done for them, but the crowd turned against them when they cast a demon out from a servant girl who was able to fortune-telling, and now they found themselves locked behind...
We all face our challenges, sometimes more than others.We were finally able to receive plane tickets (See Heathrow's Hunger Games), not to our planned destination, but to Edinburgh. At that stage, anywhere in Scotland was better than nothing!As it was already past...
"The people I love, I call to account-prod and correct and guide so that they'll live at their best. Up on your feet, then! About face! Run after God!" (Rev 3:19, MSG)Within the ten minutes I had to book a room before leaving for the airport in London, I succeeded in...
"The People of Israel, reduced to grinding poverty by Midian, cried out to GOD for help." (Judg 6:6, MSG)What happens when someone cries out to God?He answers! But not always in the way we expect Him to..."The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in...
