Keswick 24: Feeling spiritually dry?
Mark Ellis
I know what it’s like to feel dry. To feel Jesus is distant. To know in my head I couldn’t be closer; that my life is now hid in Christ. But not to sense that in my heart. To feel my eyesight is clouded and my heart is stale.
And the Keswick Convention is not the answer to my problem. But it can help. Because our good God gives us many ways to bring our hearts closer to the sunshine of the gospel; many ways that will melt our hearts as we look to Jesus. And what I love about the Convention is that it’s like an oasis. It’s an opportunity to be refreshed. And then sent back out again.
Bin Laden network and Christian persecution?
Mark Ellis
One of the world's leading authorities on religious persecution sees a connection between the Osama Bin Laden terror network and persecution directed against Christians in a host of countries.
'He's tied in with a lot of persecution,' said Dr. Paul Marshall, British-born author of Their Blood Cries Out, and a senior fellow at the Centre for Religious Freedom in Washington, D.C. 'In many settings it's radicals within his network who are carrying out persecution. This is going on in the Philippines, Indonesia, and to some extent Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and, of course, Afghanistan.'