Earlier today I came across a blog that mentioned doing a blog round up of the first post in every month for your blog. Good idea....so without further adieu here are the first posts from every month we've been writing about persecution.

It's the end of 2005 and one of the big stories that I followed this year was what is happening to our Christian brothers and sisters in Christ all throughout the world. I have to say that it's been an eye-opening 7 months of writing almost daily about persecution. At times I've literally dreaded coming to my computer and researching this topic because frankly, it can be depressing and overwhelming. Other times, I've been more than excited to get the word out and to mention to you the importance and urgency of prayer. I've also been challenged by the faith of the martyrs and joy that these believers have because of their Lord Jesus.

Yesterday I spent quite a bit of time going through news items concerning a situation here in America that I find very disturbing. The issue at hand - Navy Chaplains who are being told not to pray in the name of Jesus. I think this is a serious issue for freedom of speech and religion in the United States of America, and yet the mainstream media has not covered this story.

I just got home from doing some light grocery shopping and when I got home I decided to open up a can of mixed nuts I bought myself. I bought them for a few reasons - first, it was on sale, and second, nuts are high in protein. The label on the nuts told me that they were "lightly salted", but when I tried them I thought..."If these are lightly salted, I'm not sure I'd actually want the ones that are salted normally."

Pham Ngoc Thach (pictured) is the latest Voice of the Martyrs prisoner highlighted on the Prisoner Alert website. Right now there have been 388 encouraging letters written to Pham. I want to encourage you to take just a few minutes to add to that number. The following is the complete information concerning his imprisonment.

Today one of my favorite columnists of all time, J. Grant Swank, presents an update on the terrible situation that happened a few months ago where four Christian girls on their way to school were mercilessly attacked, and three were beheaded. The surviving girl said this recently...

You may be wondering from the title who are the Degar people...so I'm here to introduce you to them. According to the Montagnard Foundation, Inc. website the Degar people are people who are in danger of being snuffed out because of religious persecution and repression. They are our Christian brothers and sisters in Vietnam.

Jeff Jacoby has written an interesting piece at Townhall.com about the history of Chanukah and the persecution and victory of the Jews. This is how it ends...

Have you ever wondered why some people fall under the threat of persecution or actual persecution itself? I was thinking about this today as I was reading in Mark 4, and I found the answer. Check this out... Jesus explains to the disciples what the parable of the sower stands for.

Missionary couple murdered by Islamic terrorists. Sorry but I had to report this today despite the Christmas season, which ironically was also surrounded by murders. Never forget the enemy tried to kill Jesus before He was born.