The man pulls a gun from his jacket and says, “I’m not a client, I’m here to kill you. We have done everything possible to stop you, but you will not listen.” Across the desk is lawyer Virginia Prodan. She has already suffered beatings, interrogation and constant surveillance at the hands of Ceaușescu’s secret police, all for representing human rights cases against the government. Is this the end of the road for her…? But then she hears a still, small voice in her heart, ‘Share the gospel with him.’’ My latest podcast with Virginia was SO encouraging and inspiring (watch or […]
Adam Thomas Steer
Many tears, few words in Burundi…
I got this email from Chantal*, a ministry leader GLO supports. Sometimes words aren’t enough… “Greetings from Bujumbura, Burundi! I am writing this email with tears in my eyes and a wounded heart as I see the struggle of my people, especially my staff. I wish I could go into a big hall or a valley and shout: Why all this Lord?! Yet I know he sees everything and He will change the situation at the right time! Simon, things are no longer as they used to be!!! There’s no fuel, no sufficient water, no electricity. People have forgotten what […]
Nobody came down…
In 1964, Kitty Genovese returned to her apartment block late one night after her shift working in a bar had ended. She was brutally attacked before she could get beyond the downstairs carpark, and her screams were heard by many people, who came out to peer down from above to see what was happening. They looked down from their various patios and windows, but nobody apparently actually did anything about it. At one stage her attacker ran off, thinking the police were coming. But then he returned and continued violating and stabbing her to death. It was later established that […]
Suffering for Christ
1 Peter 4:12-19 I was preaching at my local church last Sunday, and the passage in the series was 1 Peter 4:12-19 with the title ’Suffering for Christ’. They are very challenging verses. Most of us aren’t suffering for Christ in the West, though maybe more of us will as freedom of speech is steadily eroded. So we cannot take these verses and apply them directly to us. But we can learn from the persecuted church, that’s for sure. So I shared a number of stories of persecution. Here’s one, which this week’s mind-blowing podcast with Nik Ripken touches on […]