Habakkuk 1:1-4
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
Paul preached the Gospel of Christ from his guarded quarters.
Acts 28:30-31, Paul preaches from Rome 4 of 4
The thorns of division and conflict choke out the hearing of the testimony of Jesus.
Acts 28:23-29, Paul preaches in Rome, part 3 of 4
Paul explains why he is a prisoner in Rome
Acts 28:18-22, Paul preaches in Rome part 2 of 4.
Innocent but imprisoned and kept in chains.
Acts 28:17, Paul preaches from Rome, Part 1 of 4
Gathering of the followers of Jesus Christ outside the world capital.
Acts 28:12-16, Journey from Malta to world capital, part 2 of 2
Sailing to the world capital on a ship with the figurehead of the “Twin Brothers”.
Acts 28:11, Journey from Malta to world capital, part 1 of 2
Paul healed the father of the chief official of Malta and then the rest of the sick came to him.
Acts 28:7-10, Malta part 4 of 4
Paul bitten by a snake and considered to be a murderer, he didn’t die and was considered to be a god.
Acts 28:3-6, Malta part 3 of 4
Humanitarian kindness, a fire built, cold rainy weather.
Acts 28:1-2, Malta part 2 of 4