ArchiveJanuary 2019

Asked to stay in prison

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Matta Boush, an outspoken evangelist in South Sudan was arrested on political charges under questionable circumstances. He was given a sentence of thirty years at a local military prison. Many people around the world prayed for him, and for his family at home. He asked prison authorities for permission to hold prayer meetings. At first they declined, saying, “We already have a mosque; you should...

The death of John Brown

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The death of John Brown The Covenanters were Scottish Presbyterians who resisted the Episcopal system that Charles I, Charles II and James VI imposed on Scotland from 1637-1690. They oppose the divine rights of kings and believed that limitless sovereignty belongs to God alone. The Covenanters movement was outlawed. During the reign of Charles II they were hunted, jailed and killed in large...

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