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When Leah Sharibu, was 14 when Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped her along with over a hundred other students from her school in northeast Nigeria on Feb. 19, 2018. Sharibu is the only one of her classmates left in captivity under the Muslim terrorist group. The Nigerian government negotiated the freedom…

According to Open Doors, In 2020 there were: • Over 340 million Christians living in places where they might experience persecution and discrimination • 4,761 Christians martyred • 4,488 churches and other Christian buildings attacked • 4,277 believers detained without trial, arrested, sentenced or imprisoned.…

The Chinese government is requiring all recipients of government payments to give up their worship of God. “The participants were ordered to remove crosses, religious symbols and images from the homes of people of faith who receive social welfare payments and replace them with portraits of Chairman Mao…

Leah Sharibu, 15, of Nigeria is in danger of losing her life after she refused to give up her Christian faith under threat from her Boko Haram captors. Sharibu is the last Dapchi schoolgirl left in captivity under the Muslim terrorist group. The Nigerian government negotiated the freedom of the 104 girls…

China has charged Rachel Han with smuggling. Her “smuggling” was the result of her role in China’s underground railroad. This network helps North Korean defectors make their way to South Korea. Her commitment to Christ began when her baby daughter died of leukemia. As she lamented her baby’s death and…

Dawlat Abouna is a deacon in St. George's Church in Bagdad, Iraq. He comes from a family with a rich history of Christianity. Recently Mindy Belz asked him about their worship services. With so much turmoil in Iraq how is the church doing? His answer was both surprising and encouraging. “We have started…

After a 2015 earthquake in Nepal, eight Christians were asked to provide counsel for students in a Christian school. During the counseling, they passed out a pamphlet with information about Jesus. Nepalese authorities arrested them and charged them with illegal proselytizing. Even after a new constitution…

George Yancey, is professor at The University of North Texas, and the author of 14 books on race and religious bias. As a Black man and a Christian, he has experienced both. In his experience, there is plenty of bias from both directions, but in academia, the religious intolerance is much worse. “Things…

Christians living in Nigeria are under the constant threat of persecution by Boko Haram. In a recent video Abu Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram tells Christians, “We don’t care about that religion of yours.” At the end of the video the dances and chants, “Christians, you are in trouble; Christians you…

"Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed any one, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices." -Clarence Darrow

In Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt writes, “I was in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, teaching in an Indonesian seminary. Before they graduate, the students in this seminary are required to plant a church, with at least thirty…

The Rock and Roll Hall of fame inducted Shock rock musician, Alice Cooper on March 14, 2011. In his prime, Cooper had a macabre stage presence designed to shock audiences. Today Alice Cooper is a believing Christian. In interviews around the Hall of Fame induction Alice Cooper said, “Drinking beer is…

In Matthew 5:10 Jesus says those persecuted for righteousness are blessed, and will receive the kingdom of heaven, with great reward. The Christian community of Ethiopia must remember these blessed words. Four thousand of them have had to flee their homes. Muslim violence is responsible for the burning…

A young man in church Sunday had a black shirt on with a red cross. The words under the cross read, “This Shirt is Illegal in 51 Countries.” The shirt back displayed the verse, Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.” The wearing…

Our world has never been very safe for Christians. Persecution rears its ugly head at different places in different times. In Somalia, unidentified gunmen, believed to be acting on behalf of family or relatives, murdered 17-year-old Nurta Mohamed Farah in an apparent honor killing. The young girl had…

Thousands of dollars washed away as a newly engaged couple learned a tough lesson. A local couple's engagement went awry after the bride-to-be dropped the ring into the ocean. Slipping away into the sea. Thousands of dollars washed away as a newly engaged couple learned a tough lesson. A Massachusetts…

Culling the Army of God Purpose: To equip saints to be effective soldiers in the Lord's Army. Judges 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved…

PERSECUTION Chinese officials sentenced thirty-six year old Alimujiang Yimiti to 15 years for “suspicion of instigating separatism and providing national secrets or intelligence to overseas organizations or individuals.” His crime? Yimiti was the leader of a house church. China Aid president, Bob Fu,…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax. Angry customers threw merchandise around and looted,…

PERSECUTION The Thirty Year’s War, A timeline of Iran’s theocracy, documents the persecution of Christians and Christian churches. Recent events show that the time of persecution is not passed. In February 2005, Pastor Hamid Pourmand was sentenced to three years in prison for apostasy. In November of…

Some parents in Frisco, Texas, are fuming because their public school district allowed Christian evangelists to provide Bibles to students on school grounds, which administrators say was done to stop even more proselytizing outside the schools. Frisco Independent Schools allowed Gideons International…

I do not appeal to you to screw up your courage and sacrifice for Christ. I appeal to you to renounce all you have to obtain life that satisfies your deepest longings. I appeal to you to count all things as rubbish for the surpassing value of standing in service of the King of kings. I appeal to you…

EVANGELISM In the book, 10 Things I Hate About Christianity, author Jason T. Berggren presents a unique challenge to believers. Berggren says, ”Consider no longer calling yourself a Christian.” He writes, “Take a few minutes to think about what it would mean if you had to stop using that term to describe…

SLANDER DefCon, a left-wing special interest group, recently took out an ad in the New York Times with the headline: "These Religious Leaders Have a Serious Gambling Problem," Among others, the ad pictures Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Appearing on the O'Reilly Facor, Dobson said, "This is…

Happiness In Matthew 5, Jesus begins a sentence with the same words, “Blessed are...” eight different times. What does it mean to be blessed? It is a religious sounding word, isn’t it? It is pregnant with virtue–a stained glass sort of a word. The truth is, the Greek word simply means happy. In English,…