I wanted to share some good news with you this Friday afternoon. This is from the Catholic News Agency, click here for the full article. Please take a moment to thank the Lord for the the release of this missionary.

We have an interesting story coming from the Christian Telegraph about how church services are being banned on Friday's because it's a day of prayer for those in Islam.

As most of you know, this past Sunday we had the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, and as a result, a few people have written about it. The article I want to share with you today mentions the IDOP but also gives some examples of Christian persecution that are taking place in Canada, in ways that you might not normally consider to be Christian persecution. Click here to read the full article.

Christianity Today has a great article about Gao that I would like to encourage you to read. Click here to read China's Conscience Missing in Action

This is a very cool story that I just have to tell you about. If you are familiar with the ministry Answers in Genesis and their new Creation Museum, then you will be very thrilled to know that the Creation Museum has set up a new exhibit this summer called The Extreme Challenge.

The Assyrian International News Agency is reporting that today, August 7th, is Assyrian Martyr's Day. Here's part of the report from them:

As most of us know, President Obama is going to give a major speech in Cairo tomorrow. Because he will be addressing the Muslim nation as a whole, many people are calling on Obama to address the issue of Christian persecution.