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What About Christmas Persecution?

Andy Williams famously sang of December as “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”  With the smooth, mellifluous tenor that also floated our emotions down “Moon River,” Andy Williams made December...

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Did God Cause Kids to Die in Connecticut?

Christ Before Pilate. Friedländer (1969): p. 83. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A brother in Christ recently asked, “Did God cause the Connecticut school shootings?”  I am attempting to answer that question...

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Are Christians Extinct in the Middle East?

Middle East (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   Violently (yet relatively quietly) Christians are dying out in Bible lands. In the place where Paul was converted and in the location of the church that first...

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Christmas: Not a Time of Comfort and Joy in Nigeria

In his annual Christmas day address, Pope Benedict XVI urged citizens of the earth to realize (and make the most of) the good soil on the earth.  It was clear from his message that the Pontiff intended...

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Good Work Is Never Vain

God promises us triumph for the Christian (1 Corinthians 15). There is a victory already won (even if not fully realized) for all those who are alive in Christ. One of the great promises which attends...

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Bob Fu, China Aid, and Our Faithful God

Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, and He will exalt you at the proper time—so says the Apostle Peter (1 Peter 5:6).  And time has proved the Scriptures true over and over again. One of the...

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Persecution Update from the Fall 2012

Church Icon at St Polycarp’s Roman Catholic Church depicting Polycarp miraculously extinguishing fire of the city of Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   2 Timothy 3:12, Indeed, all who...

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Go Cards!

No, this post is not about the once #1 (but now #12) Louisville Cardinals basketball team. Though the Cards are the local favorites, they are led by a coach I don’t particularly support. So, chances...

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The Most Mistreated Minority in the World Is …

Back in November, I wrote a blog post about German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in which it was noted that Merkel was taking a great deal of heat for claiming that Christians are the most persecuted...

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Christians Should Be Politically Active

English: Portrait of a Gentleman (Mr. Wilberforce) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   In the wake of the Kermit Gosnell “Slaughter-gate” trial (and the appalling disinterest of many), there is a need for...

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A Lamb and His Shepherd

A great man of God and a real hero for Christians in China, Pastor Samuel Lamb has departed this earth life to be with the Good Shepherd Himself. Pastor Lamb is now absent in the body, but present with...

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Helpful Primer on Persecution

Christianity percentage by country (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   Recently, Nina Shea, was interviewed by Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review. Nina is the director of the Center for Religious Freedom at...

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More Persecution in America

I was very encouraged at the recent California Southern Baptist Convention to hear pastors address the reality of Christian persecution in their sermons.  Both Kevin Hsu and Mike Nolen mentioned the...

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Christian Rappers Neither Disobedient nor Cowards

Last week, the National Center for Family-Integrated Churches (NCFIC) unleashed a maelstrom of confusion and discontent among Christians over the place of Rap in Christian worship. As is always the...

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Should Christians Flee Persecution?

In June of 1982, The Clash released (on Cassette) their only song to reach #1, the punk rock classic, “Should I Stay or Should I Go.” The song was neither toward nor about anyone in particular. Its...

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Why Give a Definition of Christian Persecution?

Tryon Edwards, great grandson of Jonathan Edwards, once said, “Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their...

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Is Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty Suffering Christian Persecution?

Ian Bayne, a GOP candidate running for election in Illinois’s 11th District, sent an email to his supporters recently claiming that Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson is taking a stand against religious...

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What Is the New Tolerance (and why does it matter)?

D. A. Carson is a great blessing to the Christian church! He recently published another very important book titled The Intolerance of Tolerance.[1] In this significant work, Carson details the shift in...

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Space, Steve Miller, and a Good Christian Time

  About forty years ago, my friend and I sat excitedly as the diamond needle made its way from the edge of the vinyl disc toward the center. Reliably, the turntable rotated at 33.3 RPM until the needle...

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