God never promised us a rose garden. Instead, He assures us that He will be with us continually.A vivid example of that is shown to us by Stephen, the first Christian martyr:"Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the...
Last time we discovered that Stephen had been falsely accused. An opportunity was given to him when the high priest asked him if these charges were true. He testified with vigor, not intimated at all. Everyone was listening in awe until he declared: "You stiff-necked...
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...