History records that Columba led the early Christianization of the country we now know as Scotland. Coming from Ireland, he led a delegation to call on the king of the Picts who controlled most of what was then Caledonia. At the time the religion was pagan with druids all powerful.
The story is told that, facing a cold reception from king and priests, Columba strode up to locked doors and declared that they be opened to the declaration of the gospel. And it was indeed so. 'The gates of hell could not prevail against it.'
We tend to see ourselves inside the fortress and on the defensive.
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