Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer concerning this matter”. (Daniel 3:16)
In August 2006,  two Fox News Channel reporters – Steve Centanni and his cameraman Olaf Wiig were kidnapped in the Gaza (Palestine territories) and held for ransom. They were covering a story for Fox News. After a while, their captors said to the two men, that they would be released if they renounced Christianity and converted to Islam. Both men did precisely that and were promptly released.

To those who of us who follow the Lord closely, this is the defining moment.  Everyone knows what happens when you convert to another religion – you have rejected Christ. Even if they were to say decades later they only did it to be released, they have rejected Jesus Christ, the Author
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Several years ago, I met Aaron Boyd, the lead singer of the Irish pop bandBLUETREE as they were doing an American tour. They had the best version of their original song “GOD OF THIS CITY” (sorry, Chris Tomlin) and it launched them all over the world. Bluetree had that mysterious and gentle, yet thumping, Irish sound which you hear in the music of U2 and the great Christian singer from Northern Ireland – Robin Mark (Days of Elijah etc.). In fact, Aaron told me that he was once Robin Mark’s drummer. What does this have to do with Lamentations 3:16? Well, the God of This City in a song, is the God of this and every city, where He wishes the hearts of all men, women and children will be open to letting their hearts be open to the Message our Creator wants to give to them. Some of the lyrics of the Bluetree “GOD OF THIS CITY” (2009) are perfect here:
You’re God of this city, You’re the King of these people…..

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