Growing up in post-communist Romania, a country where the Christian population still fears the government, I believed that Christians were kind but lacked the backbone to stand up for themselves.

"A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother," claimed a lunatic 3000 years ago.

Romania is going to the ballot box again, on May 4th and May 18th.

The political situation in Romania is unstable at the moment, and that is threatening Christian education, too. The main parties are losing credibility, and some fear that this may lead to the growth of groups critical of Christian schools. “Still, the Lord says: Do not fear in this turbulent world. That’s what we take courage from.”

Growing up as a Christian, I was led to believe that if I accepted Christ and became a born-again Christian, my life would be filled with happiness. Then, I realised that I was wrong.