The Powers of this Dark World
" Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world." Ephesians 6:11-12 The seeds of this particular blog were planted on the day I saw just a snippet of the video taken of the Jordanian pilot as he was burned alive inside a cage. There are no words in our language to do justice to the horror of that image. Sometimes we become numb to these images of evil. Perhaps we must be numb in order to cope. On this day however, for me, I felt a physical wave of nausea come over me. Unspeakable evil, a heartless desire to see another human suffer. The ability to 'produce' that person's suffering for personal gain...how can this happen? Today, a still photo of Coptic Christians from Egypt. 21 of them, standing in water just slightly...