Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.   (Proverbs 11:21 NIV) On 20 January 2023 at noon — just two days before the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit — a tragic incident occurred at the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse in the New Territories of Hong Kong. A 61-year-old butcher surnamed Choi, who was in charge of the facility, was preparing to slaughter a large pig. After stunning the terrified animal with a captive bolt, he raised a

The clearest contemporary evidence for the earliest persecution of Christians comes from the Roman governor Pliny the Younger, who wrote to Emperor Trajan around AD 112 ( Letters of Younger Pliny , Book X, 96–97 https://ia802807.us.archive.org/34/items/lettersofyounger00plinuoft/lettersofyounger00plinuoft.pdf ). His report describes a systematic procedure: suspected Christians were interrogated, ordered to worship the Roman gods, offer incense and wine before the emperor’s im

Lent begins today (18 February), on Ash Wednesday, marking the start of the forty-day season of repentance and preparation for Easter. The word Lent  does not appear in Scripture, nor is there any command in the Bible to observe a forty-day pre-Easter fast. Nevertheless, the season is rooted in the example of Christ’s forty days of fasting in the wilderness (Matthew 4:2). Scripture also records other practices that later inspired Lent, including the fasting of Moses, Elijah,

Today (Feb 18) marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day season of repentance and preparation for Easter. As Jesus fasted in the wilderness before beginning his ministry, so believers are invited to humble themselves, seek purification of heart, and return to God with renewed commitment to compassion and righteousness. The following is a suggested vegan Lenten plan. 1. Guiding Vision “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness… to let the oppressed