The Ukraine-Russia agreement includes the removal of heavy weapons and the release of all prisoners.

We recently moved house and a couple of apple trees in our garden bore good fruit this year but they had not been pruned for a long time. So a tree surgeon came and cut them right back. He told us that they may well not bear fruit in the next two years; but his pruning will give them 25 more years of fruitfulness. Times of pruning are necessary, but hard.

The Chinese Communist Party worries that, on current trends, China will be the largest Protestant country in the world by around 2030.

The stance of scientists created huge pressure for MPs who risked being labelled ‘ignorant’ or uncaring for objecting. But the question is not nearly as simple as it looks on first appearance. These new regulations are dangerous.

Universities would be forced to hand over external speakers presentations to be approved. Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill will be debated again this week.

Have you asked God which leaders in your country or your continent you should pray for? I am challenging myself as I write these words. The answer we receive may be surprising to us. And do you have confidence that your prayers will make a difference for those leaders?

“For too long as Christians we have been shouting from the sidelines rather than getting on the pitch”, says the campaign. Their website offers Christian guidelines to British political parties.

“Are we spending the next few years commenting and complaining about the state of the country or ar we going to follow the Biblical precendet of people like Joseph, Esther and Daniel?”, asks a campaign of Christians in Politics UK.
 

Fred Catherwood continuously encouraged young people to engage in political and social life, since he was convinced that the Word of God was the ethical roadmap par excellence for a world wrought by upheavals and confusion.

The evangelicals, like the rest of the citizens, hope that the new relationship with the United States will bring improvement on their daily lives.