Hi Everyone!

This evening was the men's night out for my small church of believers here on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The women in our church get together almost once a month at the church to have a night of great home made meals and deserts (it's the deserts that rock). While doing so they have a devotional and sharing time in the Lord.

A short time ago I was listening to a great radio program where the host was trying to explain the news through the lens of scripture. I love that type of teaching. It's wise, it's inspirational and it's a threat to Satan because the body of Christ is being taught not only to read the Word of God, but to also apply it.

Before Christmas I started in my personal devotion time, a study on the life of Paul. I wanted to look at Paul for a number of reasons, but the main one is because he was inspired by the Lord to write most of the New Testament, and he was a persecutor of the church, who became a convert of Christ Jesus.

Earlier this morning I wrote a post all about how the Apostle Paul came to Christ and how amazing I thought that was because he was a zealous persecutor of Christians in the first century. And then, when I tried to save the post, Typepad lost it!

When was the last time you read through the book of 1Peter? This morning I spent close to an hour reading and meditating upon the words of Peter, which were inspired by the Lord and I was reminded of how much the Lord warned His people that we would be persecuted if we live righteous lives.

Everyday I read so many stories about Christian persecution and some days I find a gem of an article that I reread and think upon. Today is one of those days and so I have to share with you this absolutely powerful article that I found over at The Baptist Press. This article is the testimony of a Muslim man by the name of "Nisar" (not his real name) who came into fellowship with Jesus Christ.

For five years I have been telling BreakPoint listeners about the plight of Iraqi Christians. One of the oldest Christian communities in the world, one that prays in Aramaic just as our Lord did, has become the preferred target of all three of Iraq’s Muslim communities.