On October 6, 1536, William Tyndale was strangled and burned at the stake for translating the Scriptures into English for the common man. He was accused of heresy and given an opportunity to recant, but used his last words to pray with a loud voice, “Lord, open the King of England’s eyes!”
Within four years of his death, several English translations of the Bible were published in England at the King’s request, all based on Tyndale’s work.
In Pakistan, Christians face constant danger for their faith. It’s easy for false accusations to lead to death sentences. After the case of Asia Bibi, we are now facing another terrible situation where Ehsan Shan, a 22-year-old, has been arrested and sentenced to death.
Imagine being sentenced to death for sharing a TikTok post.
That’s the horrifying reality for 22-year-old Ehsan Shan, a Pakistani Christian, who now faces execution for daring to share an image of a damaged Quran online.
But Ehsan’s story doesn’t have to end this way.
The Rt Hon David Lammy MP, as the UK’s Foreign Secretary, has the power to intervene. He can raise this case on the global stage, apply diplomatic pressure, and advocate for Ehsan’s life. With enough international outcry, we can stop this injustice.
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Flowering plants appeared on Earth relatively recently on a geological timescale, then swiftly diversified in an explosion of colour, shape and form.
“In the fossil record they appear very suddenly in the Cretaceous, , and they appear in considerable diversity,” (in keeping with what its says in Genesis 1 )
Darwin was deeply bothered by how flowering plants conquered the world seemingly in the blink of an eye, This problem preyed his mind in his final months.”
So we ask an evolutionary biologist. IS THE MYSTERY SOLVED?
In short, no. “One hundred and forty years later, the mystery’s still unsolved,”
For everyone who has prayed sometime in their life this must be part of their experience of praying
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North Korea often makes headlines these days for its human rights abuses, nuclear proliferation, and persecution of Christians. The news tends to portray the North as an ‘Axis of Evil’, but there is much more to this country and the divided Korean peninsula. The church is alive and well in North Korea, but hidden, impoverished, and persecuted. The prayer for many years has been for reunification of the two Koreas. What would this look like, and what would it mean for the Korean church, and the global church?
(Lausanne Global Classroom)
It is true that often when we pray it is to ask God to help us in a time of difficulty , whether its financial or health or employment or other areas of need. Its as if we only pray when we want or need something.
The Bible talks about a time before “sin” became part of the fabric of this world, when God came down in the cool of the day for a “chat ” (Prayer) with the present incumbents of earth.
We can guess that those conversations were not requests for health or food or need as there was no “sin”. They would have been healthy in mind and body with a God given purpose on earth. What would the conversation (prayer) have been like?
Yes, God is a holy awesome God and we must be careful in our approach but the Bible also says that if we repent, confess our sins , and receive his forgiveness and receive the Holy Spirit God calls us his family & friends and we can address Him as our Father.
Prayer then becomes a normal conversation , like a father speaking to a growing child, like a growing child speaking to His Father.