What does it cost to be a Christian? A pastor in Myanmar, also known as Burma, was kidnapped by an armed rebel group, and after a year had passed with no news, most people assumed he was dead.

More than a year after his capture, the pastor was returned to his family. He had been captured with another man, and the article does not mention what happened to him. Possibly that second man paid with his life for being a follower of Jesus. These two good men, our brothers, are an example to us all.

We were told by Jesus “Those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.” (Luke 14: 33)

READ: Myanmar pastor presumed dead returns home more than a year later