Voice of the Martyrs is an international organization that supports and encourages Christians wherever they are persecuted– which is in many countries, the very worst which is North Korea. Each year VOM produces an short film for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church in November. This year’s video tells the story […]
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From the September 1, 2019 Standing Strong Through the Storm daily devotional at: http://www.opendoorsusa.org ——————————————— The first of September is a memorial day for the people of Beslan in North Ossetia as they remember the awful events of September first 2004. More than one thousand children and adults were taken hostage in School
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(…continued) We might say that the man who confronted Jesus in Luke 8 had ‘lost his mind.’ That is the expression we sometimes use. And our brains and mental abilities are so very fragile that there are many ways we can lose our mind. One of the ways we see that most often these
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Above painting: The Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac, James Tissot (1836-1902) From Luke 8:26-39 (see yesterday’s meditation for the text). ——————————- (…continued) One day last Spring I received phone call from a guy named Brad wondering if I knew where Leslie D. was buried. Brad said he was probably some distant cousin of mine,
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LUKE 8:26-39– 26 They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus,
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The Chinese government takes down crosses; the number of Christians goes up ———————— By Eric Metaxas and Stan Guthrie, on Breakpoint Daily, posted September 25, 2018, at: http://www.breakpoint.org I want you to meet some brave Christian leaders pledging their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. When thinking of the golden
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From Daddy, Where is God During the Hurricane?, by Bruce Riley Ashford at http://www.foxnews.com, September 15, 2018. Bruce Ashford is the Provost of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. His latest book is “Letters to an American Christian.” ————————— “Daddy, where is God during the hurricane?” This is the question my five-year-old son asked me
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From C. S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain: The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature of the world: but joy, pleasure, and merriment, He has
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From the August 15, 2018 Open Doors daily devotional Standing Strong Through the Storm. —————————————– Perhaps the most difficult of Jesus’ commands is to love even our enemies. A true Christian always seeks another person’s highest good—even when mistreated. Brother Andrew says “The Christian’s only method of destroying his enemies is to ‘love’ them
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By Randy Alcorn, posted August 6, 2018, at: http://www.epm.org ————————— Mountain climbers could save time and energy if they reached the summit in a helicopter, but their ultimate purpose is conquest, not efficiency. Sure, they want to reach a goal, but they desire to do it by testing and deepening their character, discipline, and
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