“How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 5:3).
A few years ago, a visiting professor from the University of Moscow arrived in Washington, D.C. He was interviewed by an American newspaper reporter and, among other things, he said that religion in Russia was virtually dead. “There is no one in the Churches” he said, “except a few little old ladies.” After seeing what happened to the Soviet Union over the past couple of years, it is likely that the University of Moscow professor has reassessed the significance of those believing “little old ladies.” As things have turned out, those little old ladies knew more about what’s going on in this world than the people at the Kremlin or the University of Moscow. Lenin is gone. Stalin is gone. Gorbachev is gone. The “little old ladies” won. And I am convinced that what sustained them was their abiding hope that the transforming Resurrection Power of God was very much…
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