Welcome to this weeks Persecution Blog Round Up (complete with a cute graphic).

An article on the Seatlepi.com website shares how the murderer who beheaded the Indonesia girls last year has apologized to the families. Read the full article here.

Today I wanted to share with you a prayer request from the VOM USA's prayer email that came yesterday in my email box.

Yesterday I was listening to Janet Parshall's America and she had Marvin Newell on talking about his new book called A Martyr's Grace: Stories of Those Who Gave All for Christ and His Cause and I was struck by how Newell came up with the title of the book. Apparently the title of the book came from a comment D. L. Moody made concerning a martyr's grace. So I got curious and decided to do a search on this, and sure enough this is what D.L. Moody says concerning a "marty'rs grace."

Yesterday I didn't post our normal Extreme Devotion, so today I thought I'd share with you this devotion from that wonderful book published through The Voice of the Martyrs.

Due to me being at a conference all day, I am finally getting to update the site for today. I am wondering if your church celebrated the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church yesterday? Mine did...and it was very cool.

This weekend, one of my favorite television shows, The Coral Ridge Hour, will be highlighting The Voice of the Martyrs and the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. The feature will take place during the last 15 minutes of the broadcast or you can watch it online Sunday. Check your local listings for times. The show airs on both Saturday and Sunday.

Welcome to this weeks weekend round up! This week I'm very happy to tell you that we have 10 entries that I know are going to bless your heart. So sit back, get your water bottle or some coffee and enjoy what our faithful bloggers have written this week about Christian persecution.

CBN News also covered the militant Muslims who is now on trial for the beheadings of the three Indonesian girls he mercilessly murdered last year.

This morning CBN News covered the story of a church in Belarus that has suspended their hunger strike as a way to protest their government's attempt to take away their church.