Graph shows the history of martyrdom
May 15, 2009
Imago Fidei (HT: Gene Veith)
Never deny
May 13, 2009
By Stacy L. Harp
“I will kiss the rope but never deny my faith!” exclaimed Tahir Iqbal. The soldiers lifted the paralytic pastor out of his wheelchair and slipped the noose around his neck. Today he walks freely in heaven with Christ.
In Pakistan, another seasoned pastor heard a gunshot right outside his house. The bullet narrowly missed him and lodged into the wall behind his chair. He thanked God for another day that he could share Christ in the Muslim-dominated nation.
Raymond Lully left a comfortable position as an Oxford professor and spent most of his life suffering for the gospel. He wrote, “Once I was fairly rich and tasted freely the pleasures of this life. But all these things I gladly resigned that I might spread the knowledge of truth. I have been in prisons; I have been scourged . . . now, though old and poor, I do not despair; I am ready, if it be God’s will, to persevere unto death.”
Read the rest
Also check out the newly-designed Voice of the Martyrs website
New film about Christians martyred in Turkey to be released April 18th
March 16, 2009
See the trailer for Malatya at MalatyaFilm.com
Muslims in Egypt burn Christian to death, kill his father
March 11, 2009
We remember Mansuur Mohammed, our brother in Christ
October 30, 2008
The Alpha & Omega Ministries blog shares a story from Compass Direct News about a Christian worker in Kenya who was killed by militant Muslims last month:
“Muslim extremists from the al Shabab group fighting the transitional government on Sept. 23 sliced the head off of Mansuur Mohammed, 25, a World Food Program (WFP) worker, before horrified onlookers of Manyafulka village, 10 kilometers (six miles) from Baidoa.”
[Let us pray for Mohammed's family and for other believers in Kenya -- and for the men who did this. Pray that God would have mercy on them and lead them to the truth (Matt. 5:44) - Admin]
October 23: a meditation
October 23, 2008
October 23 is the feast day for James, leader of the Jerusalem church and brother to Christ. At the Tapestry blog, Brittany Burnette reflects on his martyrdom, and the Passion of his brother and Lord:
“I remember well his words: ‘Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete – lacking in nothing’ (James 1:2-4). According to the Jewish historian Josephus, St. James met his death by stoning on account of the gospel. He faced his trial, and he endured to the end. Was that an event that changed human history? Most certainly …”
Persecuted Iraqi Christians ask for prayer
October 16, 2008
Story here (HT: Sharper Iron).
The Iranian church’s (atheist) advocate
October 14, 2008
Cranmer discusses the efforts of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband to bring civil liberties to Iran’s Christians:
“It is bizarre indeed when a devout atheist puts the professing Christians to shame in demanding freedom of religion.”
Saudi Christian blogger martyred
October 6, 2008
… by her own father. Read about it in the October issue of Open Doors’ Frontline magazine (p. 8; this link is a pdf).
HT: Tall Skinny Kiwi.
