We let you know about this dear Pastor when whe was first arrested in January. Now we are highlighting him on the Prisoner Alert page. Please take some time today to write a note of encouragement to Pastor Shestakov.

Have you visited VOM Groups lately? If not, I really want to encourage you to click on over and join the conversation. Right now a conversation that is taking place is about handwriting bibles as a way of remembering the persecuted church. It's an amazing idea and also one that everyone can do.

We would like to thank Compass Direct for sharing this news with us. I find this story amazing...read on.

Today I would like to share with you a good news story from our friends at Compass Direct.

This morning WorldNetDaily is reporting that a Christian bookstore was bombed by a terrorist group called the Sword of Islam in the Gaza Strip.

Over the last couple of weeks I have had numerous entries for our round up and today I want to share them all with you.

In a previous post I noted about how the ACLU went after the Gideons and a judge said that the bible is an "instrument of religion" which is why she thinks the bible should be banned from distribution. And as I was thinking about the reason the bible is being "banned from distribution" I had a few thoughts concerning what else we should "ban" because the item is an "instrument of religion".

This morning as I was going through all of my email I receive and noted this press release from The Liberty Counsel concerning the ACLU taking the Gideons International to court. The press release said this in part:

One of the fun things about being a blogger is that often times we have the honor of being nominated for blog awards. Yesterday, I received an email from Persecution blogger, Cindy, who blogs at Inspiration Korner because she nominated me and this blog for the award. This is what she wrote on her blog:

Have you ever wondered how persecuted Christians around the world maintain their joy and trust in Jesus Christ in the midst of great challenges. When we realize what they experience in order to continue their relationship and fellowship with Jesus, it puts certain things in our lives in perspective. This week I heard about a house-church in Malaysia that had three members for nine years. The Malaysian government does not permit native Malays to attend church, or purchase Bibles. Any other people group can openly attend services, but churches risk getting into trouble if they allow Malays to attend their services.