The times have changed, and with it the climate in our country. Where once freedom and justice for all ruled, we’re no longer sure about the state of democracy; at least, we can’t say how long we will have it. Already, all over the country, there have been attacks on Christians, churches and Christian institutions. We’re not alone.

One of my professors in seminary once remarked that while the two states of the Church in the rest of the world were “the Church Triumphant” and “the Church Militant”, in India the Church had a third category—“the Church Litigant”. The concept of the states of the Church originated in Roman Catholic theology. The Roman Catholics did have a third

Once upon a time, a person of the utmost significance and the greatest importance undertook an epic journey like no one else ever had or did ever afterwards. That journey began in heaven. It was a journey that took the traveller away from His beloved Father to a world of people who didn’t even accept Him, leave alone love Him.