Tag: Persecution

Praying Against Persecution?

Praying Against Persecution?

We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed … They will condemn him to death… mocked and flogged and crucified. Mat. 20:18-19a Jesus Christ walked boldly into Jerusalem and suffered all He predicted would happen to Him without shrinking back. Jesus also revealed that believers will go through similar experiences. “Blessed are you when […]

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Richard Baxter 1615 To 1691 English Puritan Church Leader And Theologian

Christ Leads Me Through No Darker Rooms: Richard Baxter’s example of faithfulness in the face of persecution

Richard Baxter was born at Rowton, in Shropshire, England, on November 12, 1615. He served faithfully the flock over which God placed him in Kidderminster. Baxter suffered from a frail bodily frame much of his life and it often seemed a wonder that his life extended year after year. He once said, “Weakness and pain helped me to study how […]

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Buhari: We Cannot Allow Terrorists to Divide Good Christians and Good Muslims

Buhari: We Cannot Allow Terrorists to Divide Good Christians and Good Muslims

President of Nigeria eulogizes Brethren leader executed by Boko Haram, and criticizes terrorist efforts to divide Christians and Muslims in Africa’s most populous state. Nigerians everywhere, those of belief and those of none, are mourning the death of pastor Lawan Andimi, taken from us by Boko Haram for his refusal to denounce his Christian faith. I did not know Pastor […]

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Amid ISIS Attacks, Faithful Response Inspires Egyptian Society

Amid ISIS Attacks, Faithful Response Inspires Egyptian Society

by Jayson Casper | Forgiveness: Muslims Moved as Coptic 
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