Hostility to Christians in Mali is rising along with Islamic militancy, as evidenced by the grave situation of Christian hostages there. Multiple Christians have been kidnapped recently and held for ransom by Islamic terror groups in the politically fragile West African nation of Mali. Since 2012 when northern Mali fell to jihadist groups linked to […]
CONTINUE READING →Smyrna’s ministry partner in Turkey faces peril when sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Muslims; those who receive the Good News are threatened with death. There is a seeming pattern to the murders of Christians in Turkey today as an authority at Gatestone Institute finds: “Murders of Christians are committed stealthily in Turkey: It […]
CONTINUE READING →Egyptian social institutions and government are dominated by Islam and all too frequently cover up crimes committed by Muslims, as the recent killing of a Christian soldier by military officers attests. On July 20th, Egyptian soldier Youssef Zarif received a call at 2 a.m. from the Ministry of Interior. They asked him to come down […]
CONTINUE READING →The obligation of Ramadan for Muslims is a reminder of their spiritual bondage. Smyrna’s E-book, Deliverance from Bondage: Praying for Muslims during Ramadan, is designed to help you lift up suffering Muslims with the prayer that they might see the light of Christ. Look at a sample page here: Download Praying for Muslims during Ramadan […]
CONTINUE READING →GERMANY: REFORMATION OR DEATH (For Reformation Sunday, 30 Oct 2016) Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 380 | Wed 19 Oct 2016 by Elizabeth Kendal On 31 October 1517 German theologian Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses — ‘Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences’ — to the door of Wittenberg Castle Church, triggering […]
CONTINUE READING →A new news service to shed light amid vast darkness. September 27, 2016 by Jeff M. Sellers, Editor, Morning Star News Auschwitz-Birkenau, main track. (Wikipedia, C. Puisney) (Morning Star News) As Morning Star News enters its fifth year of publication, and in memory of Elie Wiesel, who died on July 2, the editorial that […]
CONTINUE READING →“Anything you say right now is going to offend someone.” That’s basically what has been going through my mind this week. On the President’s actions on immigration policy and the media’s coverage of events, I have plenty of opinions. After all, I encouraged my husband to walk away from a career at a law firm […]
CONTINUE READING →I’m tired. For the past twenty-two days, I’ve been writing on Islamic practices and history, and researching current events in the Islamic world. For the past twenty-two days, as Muslims around the world observe the fast (and feast) of Ramadan, I’ve been reading about how women in Islamic communities are beaten, starved, forced into marriages, […]
CONTINUE READING →Praying for Christians persecuted by ISIS — Mother’s Day 2016 Everybody’s sharing their Mother’s Day pictures on Facebook today…but this is the image that I can’t get out of my head. It’s a young Iraqi mom gripping her two children. They’re inside a helicopter. They’re escaping from ISIS. Look at it. The terror on […]
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