The Third Degree

Daniel Hames  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Dec 2006
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Historically, the most exciting and strategic times of the gospel’s advance have been marked by fierce opposition and resistance from those who find its message offensive and foolish.

In Acts, we read of Paul’s encounter with Alexander the metalworker who did him ‘a great deal of harm’. In the 1780s, Charles Simeon, curate at Trinity Church, Cambridge, preached for ten years to a congregation locked out of their pews by angry churchwardens. Opposition is part and parcel of Christ’s call to mission.

Today, the gospel is boldly and faithfully being proclaimed on university campuses around the UK, and students in Christian Unions are facing criticism and censure in much the same way.

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