Who was the first disciple to be persecuted? James' zealfor Jesus resulted in his being the first of the twelve apostles to be martyred. He was killed with the sword on order of King Herod Agrippa I of Judea, about 44 A.D., in a general persecution of the early church. ...
September 15, 2001: Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh American gas station owner, was shot five times and killed, becoming the first American to lose their life as a result of a hate crime after September 11th. October 2008: Jaspreet Kaur Saini becomes the first Sikh American female lawyer in ...
He’s the shepherd boy who killed Goliath the giant. He’s the war-hero king who delivered Israel from her enemies and established Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. He’s the jerk who killed off Uriah so he could have Uriah’s wife. And maybe most importantly, he’s a messiah: ...
King Von (real name Dayvon Daquan Bennett) was a rapper from O-Block in Chicago and, allegedly, a member of the Black Disciples gang. What does Shorty mean in Chicago? She was killed by another sort of shorty, the street term in Chicago for the 100,000 or so younger members of city...
Well then, how about the producers of child porn that might have helped motivate the man to molest the child? Would it be right if maybe God killed them too? Ok, what should God do with, say, people who are verbally abusive? Words can wound deeply. It seems pretty apparent we get to...
The Church in Antioch - Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia,
So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.2 Chronicles 25:12and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and ...
Think about the discipling the disciples behind our own front door. A family discipleship Sunday. How mom’s and dad’s can reach the mission within their own home. Take the mantle of responsibility. Home is where you give your best energy not the place you put your feet up and are of...
There are many good Christians out there who believe that in the last days Moses and Elijah will literally come down to the earth again to preach, only to be killed and lay in the streets for three and a half days. It’s a half truth because Revelations two witnesses,the Word, issymbo...
through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yetregarded as impostors;known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;poor, yet making many rich;having nothing, and yet possessing everything. (2 Cor...