Arrest of Jesus

later , in 1945, Richard and Sabina attended the "Congress of Cults" where thousands of religious leaders stood up and said that Communism was good, and then swore loyalty to the new regime. Sabina told Richard to "wipe the shame from the face of Jesus" (torturedforchrist.com). Richard went up in front of over 4,000 people and proclaimed their duty was to glorify God, and not the Communist Regime. One cold winter day in 1948, while on his way to church, Wurmbrand was kidnapped by the Secret…

the Christians fled Jerusalem and went to Judea and Samaria. Notice in verse 8:4 that these Christians who were scattered went and preached the Good News wherever they went. They were fleeing from being persecuted because they of their belief in Jesus and still they preached. I love the way God will take what men intend for evil and use it in mighty ways. Here these men were trying to stop this belief…

For the question of why do we suffer? Throughout the history the answer for this question of human suffering remained a mystery. With Adam and Eve sin and suffering entered into the world, and this evil is experienced by all human being. But now by Jesus Christ, the Son of God, human suffering takes the new dimension of redemptive meaning. Pope John Paul says, “One can say that with the Passion of Christ all human suffering has found itself in a new situation.” Therefore, to arrive at the…

Sodom and Gomorrah Summary: Sodom and Gomorrah are two exceptionally evil cities. God sends angels to see just how evil the city of sodom is. The angels enter the city and are taken home by a man named Lot. That night the evil people of Sodom beat on Lot door and demanded he send out the angels to them. The angels go out and strike everyone blind. The next morning the angels convince Lot, with his wife and two daughters, to flee the city. God then destroys both Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and…

Outraged by the response, the king ordered the arrest of his slave. Later, he left for another hunt and was captured by savages who made human sacrifices. In the altar, ready to sacrifice the nobleman, the savages found that the victim had not one of his fingers, so he was released. According to them…

Reverend Richard Wurmbrand was also known as the "Voice of the Underground Church" or "Iron Curtain St. Paul" was a Romania Minister whose desire to share the gospel of Jesus to his oppressors the Communist landed him fourteen years of torture and imprisonment which he miraculously survived. Rev. Richard arduous story as a prisoner of Jesus has been an inspiration to many including myself and his appeal to believers around the world to support the mission of the underground/persecuted churches…

Servant Orientation Another element or characteristic of a Pauline leadership theory includes an orientation toward service. In his letter to the Romans, Paul calls himself “a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle […](Romans 1;1), while indicating that he is “obligated” (Romans 1:14) to those he has been called to share the Gospel. This is unmistakably an element of Paul’s own perspective of his role as an apostle, and as a servant of Christ. This duality of mission and obligation…

school, would also be most likely the most influential event in my entire life. This event stretched for seven years it was life changing, came with a lot of pain, it was scary sometimes, involved a lot of loneliness, but in the end brought me to know Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and gave me a foundation to build my future goals upon. This event included a mixture of drugs, alcohol, parties, and prisons. It started when I was fifteen and my step-father, the man who raised me, passed away.…

1. The inception of the Antioch church (11:19-21). We come now to a major turning point in the book of Acts. In Acts 1:8 Jesus commissioned His disciples to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in all Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth. We have seen how the gospel spread throughout Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria and now to the Gentile world. As we look at the inception of the Antioch church I want us to observe three sub points in this first heading. I. The…

including in America (Hirst 10-13). The words of the Bible inform believers that “all who . . . live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (The Holy Bible, 2 Tm. 3.12); therefore, persecution on account of faith isn’t a possibility, but a promise. Christian believers throughout history and across the world have experienced all types of persecution, examples being “arrest, imprisonment, lashing, deportation and torture”…