Attacks on two predominantly Christian villages in Egypt last week came after days of rising tensions, which the state's security services did nothing to quell despite being notified of impending danger to Christians, according to a human rights group.

Listen to this sermon here Our text today doesn’t appear to most people to be outrageous or inflammatory when we first read it, but I trust by the time we finish unpacking it, I trust you will see the words that Jesus spoke in our text today had the effect of pouring gasoline onto a fire.  [...]