The Sovereign God

John Benton  |  Comment
Date posted:  1 Aug 2006
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The Sovereign God

Please forgive a rather personal editorial column this month, but I hope that it will be of general encouragement.

Recently my dear father died, but in the middle of the sadness of that event I was led to reflect again on the strong Bible truth of God’s plan and sovereign rule over our lives and our world.

Changi Jail

My father was present at the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in February 1942. He spent the next three years suffering the atrocities of being a prisoner of war in Changi Jail. Of his company of around 380 men he was one of only 27 who survived.

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