When Enemies Surround, God Sustains
Psalm 18:18 declares, "They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay." When King Henry VIII launched bitter attacks...
This is historical examples on god's protection amid persecution and confidence in divine support, drawing on Psalms 18:18.
Psalm 18:18 declares, "They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay." When King Henry VIII launched bitter attacks against Martin Luther through word and writing, Luther responded with unshakeable conviction: "Tell the Henries, the bishops, the Turks, and the devil himself—do what they can, we are the children of the kingdom, worshipping the true God, whom they and such as they spit upon and crucified."…
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