Small communities are
notorious for power struggles and people wanting to be in control. Generally
speaking citizens can ignore small pockets of divisiveness, but political flamethrowers
are not satisfied with staying in a small pocket…they want to set the city on
fire. People of faith are not immune from either being the pot-stirrer, or the
pot that is being stirred. At Antioch, “The Jews incited the God–fearing women
of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution
against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region” (Acts 13:50 NIV).
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