For those Christians that are not being persecuted it is not always easy to remember those that are being persecuted and are living as Christians under very dangerous circumstances.
Just as a way of being reminded of the plight of the persecuted church, Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), is making complimentary copies of Richard Wurmbrand's book, Tortured for Christ, available in order to spread the news of the persecuted church.
You can request copies for you and our friends.
Remember our brothers and sisters in Christ that are being persecuted. Pray for them and support them. Visit the VOM website to see how you can help!
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
Dr. Lee Carter, an atheistic, soup-to-humans believing professor, said that Christians are religiously insane, that Christian students' parents lied to them and that Christians would nail Jesus to the cross if He ever came back. In fact, he is such an insulting man that he actually said that Christians "would be the ones who would be nailing that son of a bitch back to the cross."
Finish reading the press release here.
We are told several times in the New Testament that Christians will suffer for their faith. However, if we listen to the evangelical church today, it would seem that God's curse would be upon us if we do suffer for our faith.
This, however, is not how the early church (or the New Testament) viewed it.
"'Come fire, cross, battling with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs, crushing of my whole body, cruel tortures of the devil—only let me get to Jesus Christ!' Hardly the stuff of Sunday morning conversation in the 21st century. Ignatius, a bishop in Antioch, wrote these words in a letter to the Roman church in the early second century. He had been arrested for being a Christian and knew that a grisly death probably lay before him. Yet he looked forward to it almost joyfully."
Read about persecution of the early church here.
For a more complete account of Christian persecution into the 1800s, read FOXE's BOOK of MARTYRS online.
In many cases, the content of presidential debates are controlled by media pundits, news casts and more, but not by those who need to vote for the new president.
Chuck Colson wrote:
"For the next 10 months, presidential candidates will be telling us how they plan to make the world a safer place for Americans. Now, that’s good, of course, but there are other people whose safety American Christians ought to be concerned about: that is, Christians suffering for their faith around the world."
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"You probably will not hear this issue brought up at a presidential debate. That is why American Christians have to make the mistreatment of their brethren an issue in this year’s elections."
Read more here.
