Have you ever walked through times of difficulty and opposition—even seasons of mistreatment--at the hands of unbelievers? Christians have faced injustice for centuries. How should Christians respond to pressure, to trial, to difficulty?

Imagine the following scene: A man enters a church wearing an expensive Swiss watch and an elegant wool suit. The ushers immediately notice the tailored suit and the fine watch.

When a finance manager in a large organization goes through the accounts at year end – or when an auditor works through the books to prepare the audited report – there can sometimes be a stray item in the accounts (an unfamiliar or unexpected line) that needs to be identified, explained and put in the right column.

On Oct. 31, 1517, a young university lecturer and Augustinian monk named Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the All Saints Church at Wittenburg. His 95 theses constituted a list of objections to the dominant Roman Catholic beliefs and practices of his time.