Most people, one might imagine, would not have to entertain the thought of personal persecution to the level that you might see in some of the more gritty and gruesome movies. Torture scenes are hard to stomach, in part because of the barbarity, and also because of the thought that some other person somewhere in … Continue reading Preparing for Persecution
Ibrahim Alğan was, in many respects, a normal man. He was 25 years old, working in Turkey as a school counselor, and enjoyed playing basketball and swimming. The only problem, at least in his mind, was that he was only 5ft, 2in tall. “If you're shorter, people don't take you as seriously as a tall … Continue reading Life is Too Short
"Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.’ But He answered … Continue reading On Every Word
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