This is quite a story. Who would have thought during the Cold War that the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikail Gorbachev would have become a Christian. Yesterday the story in the UK Telegraph began with this line:

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Communist leader of the Soviet Union, has acknowledged his Christian faith for the first time, paying a surprise visit to pray at the tomb of St Francis of Assisi.

The story further reveals that Gorbachev, now 77, was baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church. Check out the story here.

It’s amazing, isn’t it, that God could reach such a man, who at one point led the most powerful atheistic nation in the world. Let us never assume that God cannot reach someone because of who they are or where they live. That’s some good news as we look forward to Easter!

HT: Ben Witherington