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The news you never hear
The biggest story that goes missed in our part of the world is Aleppo.
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Am I so deaf?
When will my heart be stirred enough?
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Awful Advent Reminders
What if we, as believers, just began praying in earnest for the fall of ISIS and the removal of Assad?
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#IamaChristian
The shootings in Oregon have rumors swirling. Did the shooter target Christians? The media… oh, the oh so accurate media that always want to make sure they get it right… urges “caution.” (Meanwhile, at a county clerk’s desk in Kentucky…) In our current cultural war mode, it may “play well” to see the hashtag campaign rage on. That’s about the extent of…
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Why it’s hard to “care” about world events
Over the past few days I have relentlessly posted links and thoughts about the persecution of Christians and other minority groups in Iraq and other places. That’s hard enough to get attention, but then (for Christians) it’s hard to also pay attention to stories out of the Middle East that don’t have “Christians” in them. Such as the civil war…
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Smokescreen
100 years ago there was an obscure “archduke” assassinated by a small faction of a small ethnic group that just seemed like nothing in the news. It was so out of the way, WHY would it be significant? There were bigger things on the table at the time. People wouldn’t pay attention to some backwater story when Germany was the…
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Overcome
For the first time in 1600 years it is possible that there was no Christian worship in Mosul, Iraq this past Sunday. The Christian population in Syria has plummeted from about 6% of the population to possibly less than 1,000 believers. We must be reminded of the words of Christ: I have said these things to you, that in me…
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Real persecution actually exists
It is my hope that the following statement offends just about everyone who regularly reads my blog, because I have something BEYOND that to which we need our attention drawn: For evangelical Christians and gay rights folks in America, here is the stark truth: none of us know persecution. The current broohaha over the Arizona bill concerning businesses and serving gays…
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Praying for Syria
The situation in Syria… Syria… why does that name sounds like it should mean something? At any rate… the situation in Syria is so immensely complex. Add on that the plight of Christians. Wanting Assad gone may not be the best for Christians in Syria. (For some reason WordPress is not showing all my links to other articles right now, which has…
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Syria, Christians, Prayer
There are simply no easy solutions in Syria. It is beyond upsetting to think of a government using chemical weapons on its own people. It DOES cry out for justice. Yet, in the rush to judgment, there might be a need for some pause. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, gave this address to the House of Lords as they debated…
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