Writings shared by Ralph Read, Christian Pastor (retired) and former Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in Australia.
In the cruellest of places, in the most unlikely of places, one is praying the most urgent of prayers being surrounded by the most bigoted of religious leaders and the insensitive military executioners who were fulfilling their rostered duties for the day. What an atmosphere in which to pray! There …
Christ’s first words on that awful scene where man enthroned Him on a borrowed cross were the expression of His lifelong genuine character: “FATHER FORGIVE THEM THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO!” That was the intercessory prayer of our Great High Priest. All mankind – including us – will never …
Just before the sun rose on the sleeping city of Jerusalem, that original Easter Sunday morning, a group of tired guards paced in front of a large boulder that hid the tomb of Jesus. It was in that half light time and their inner chemistry would then have been telling …