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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.…

In a country where Christians are coming under attack by some in our own governments, Adam Mabry a pastor in Boston says, “The world is desperate for a people who are secure enough in grace that they can flourish under Caesar, whoever he or she may be.” Jamie Dean, “Win, Lose, or Brawl,” World Magazine,…

The advance of secularism has made it difficult to have Christian beliefs. According to Time.com the “faith of our fathers” is controversial as never before in parts of our country. Some examples they mention are a teacher in New Jersey who was suspended for giving a student a Bible. A football coach…

The Chinese government in Beijing keeps adding restrictions to the house church movement in China. The reason for the government’s concern is the continual rapid growth of Christianity throughout the country. When Chinese Christian leader, Ying Fuk-Tsang was asked about his hope for the future of the…

U.S. citizen Andrew Brunson has served as a church pastor in Turkey for twenty-two years. In 2016, after a failed coup against the Turkish government, Turkish police arrested Pastor Brunson and held him in Turkish prisons since. He is facing 35 years in prison if the court convicts him. Even though Turkey’s…

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…

In Iran Christians are coming under extreme persecution for observing the Lord’s Supper. One received 80 lashes and others sentenced to less lashes. Their crime was drinking communion wine. It may not seem like it at the time, but when believers are persecuted for the Lord’s sake, they are really blessed.…

"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…

What happened to Nagla al-Imam and her two children? An Egyptian citizen, al-Imam converted to Christianity. Recently, a controversial attorney made her conversion public. “In an interview broadcast by Free Christian Voice she described being arrested and beaten by Egyptian security forces for her change…

For two Iranian women Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirzadeh spent 259 days in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison last year accused of anti-government activity, apostasy, and propagating Christianity—all crimes punishable by death. Under pressure to recant their Christian faith their response was, “We love…

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…

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,…

Fathima Rifqa Bary, a Columbus, Ohio teen, found Jesus Christ as her personal savior. When her father discovered the conversion, he threatened to kill her. Bary ran away from home and has resurfaced in Florida where the courts are investigating her case. Some of her family members, who are from Sri Lanka,…

Alimujiang Yimiti is an Uyghur Christian who has been arrested by Chinese authorities. Charged with “revealing state secrets or intelligence to overseas organizations” he is really imprisoned for his Christian faith and his witness to the Uyghur people. Another Uyghur Christian, Wusiman Yiming, was sentenced…

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…

The nature and depth of human pride are illuminated by comparing boasting with self©pity. Both are manifestations of pride. Boasting is the response of pride to success. Self©pity is the response of pride to suffering. Boasting says, “I deserve admiration because I have achieved so much.” Self©pity says,…

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…