The Gospel Paradigm Mark 2:18-22 Recently, I came across the story of a famous Japanese criminal. Toc Kichi Ishii was born in the 1870s and executed in 1918. He was cruel beyond measure, like a wild animal, and he had no pity for his victims. Without any pricking of his conscience, he brutally murdered men, women, and children in his career of crime. Eventually, he was arrested and imprisoned. While he was in prison, two Christian ladies visited him. They had a regular ministry in the prison where he was being held. But he refused to even speak to them; […]
