men!” (Acts 5:28, 29). The command of God always takes precedence over the command of government. There are no exceptions. Those who have followed in the footsteps of the apostles have sometimes paid a price for their obedience. For example, in 1962 Aida Skripnikova, a brand-new Christian, was arrested on the Nevski Prospect in Leningrad for handing out postcards proclaiming Christ—and spent most of her life in labor camps because she would not refrain from sharing her faith in Christ.3 Christians can