To a growing number of people in the 21st century, authority is a dirty word. More often than not, they think of the word authority in terms of restraints, control and dominance ...

How should Christians respond to reform efforts under political regimes where they have no rights, no freedom of religion, speech, press, or assembly? For the most part, prior to the fall of most of Eastern Europe’s Communist governments and the former Soviet Union, Christians behind the iron curtain had little say in the way their nation operated.