- VOM Sources

Today there is an article questioning why the West is relatively silent on the persecution going on in Orrisa. Well, I can tell you that The Voice of the Martyrs hasn't been silent about the issue, as we have reported about this on this blog, however, I'd agree that most of the mainstream media basically ignores Christian persecution.

While this report isn't specifically about Christian persecution, it depicts some of the physical suffering that people endure - even as Christians. The pictures are graphic, view at your own risk.

The Romanian pastor and his wife had hidden Soviet soldiers during the Nazi occupation of their country. Now it was Nazi soldiers who needed refuge.

In recent weeks I have been thinking and pondering Christ’s command that we should love our neighbors as we love ourselves. I cannot pinpoint one incident that triggered my thought process, but I believe the Holy Spirit impressed it on my heart for a reason. Among other things, I have been thinking of the importance and value in loving nonbelievers into the kingdom of God and how showing them the love of Christ can sometimes make them more receptive to hearing the gospel.

Suppose you could envision taking your kids on a meaningful vacation this June? Would you imagine taking them to Asia to talk to Christians and to learn about balloon launches into North Korea? Perhaps you would dream of stopping by Bangladesh and talking to the director of a secret camp for persecuted Christians. Would you think about stopping by Colombia, too, and talking to a Christian who witnesses to terrorists in the jungle?

ALGIERS, Algeria, May 9 (Compass Direct News) – An Algerian Christian detained five days for carrying a Bible and personal Bible study books was handed a 300-euro (US$460) fine and a one-year suspended prison sentence last week, an Algerian church leader said. Last Tuesday (April 29) a court in Djilfa, 150 miles south of Algiers, charged the 33-year-old Muslim convert to Christianity with “printing, storing and distributing” illegal religious material. A written copy of the verdict has yet to be issued. The Protestant, who requested anonymity for security reasons, told fellow Christians in his home city of Tiaret that police pressured him to return to Islam while in custody. The conviction is the latest in a wave of detentions and court cases against Algeria’s Protestants and Catholics. Since January police and provincial officials have ordered the closure of up to half of the country’s 50 estimated Protestant congregations. Officials in several instances have cited a February 2006 law governing the worship of non-Muslims. Clarified by subsequent decrees in 2007, the law restricts most religious meetings to approved places of worship and forbids any attempt to “shake the faith of a Muslim.”

If you have been following the devastation that has taken place in Myanmar recently and realize that some reports are now saying that even the aid that is getting into Myanmar is basically being stolen, then you'll want to pray with us that the Lord would divert another cyclone that appears to be heading Myanmar's way again.

A few days ago I wrote about some comments that Franklin Graham made recently concerning evangelism in China during the Olympics. Today I wanted to direct you to an article from OneNewsNow that is titled Evangelism During Olympics In Question. Here is a small snippet...