The women of Darfur are not safe. The women of Darfur are raped. Some women are killed. Others are taken hostage. They need your help, which is why I wanted to tell you about an Independent Appeal for the women of Darfur this Christmas.

This is an EXCELLENT piece written by Rachel Ehrenfeld who is the director for the American Center for Democracy headquartered in New York. She has also authored a great book called Funding Evil that I actually own and have read, and of course recommend to you if you're interested.

This is the most wonderful time of the year for Christmas miracles, and if the Lord-wills maybe Pastor Tibo and his two friends will not be executed for the crimes they are accused of. Last week we discussed this story here.

Another interesting article about Christian persecution and Christmas persecution around the world this year is from Family News in Focus, a division of Focus on the Family. Kim Trobee writes in her piece titled, Christmas under Siege around the World the following...

Today The Baptist Press News has a very interesting article on the recent election in Iraq, and it touches on the issue of religious freedom. This is an interview with a former Whitehouse staffer named Daniel Heimbach who now write books on morality and sexuality, as well as teaches at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In VOM Canada's weekly Persecution & Prayer Alert we are told that there was an Indonesian Church Seriously Damaged by Fire on December 8th. The good news is that there were no human injuries, the bad news is there was extensive damage to the church building.

Sad news today coming from BosNewsLife's team of reporters. Apparently there are three Christians who have been wrongly convicted of violence who are now facing the potential of execution by firing squad in the country of Indonesia.

Today both Catholic World News and the Asia News Website are reporting a story about the call for Christians in Indonesia to live without fear during this Christmas season.

Today I have great news...in the event that you missed the interview Todd did with Janet Parshall yesterday Janet just happens to have the audio archived on her website. All you have to do is go over to www.jpamerica.com and go to the archives section and follow the links. Due to copyright laws I can't post it over here. I apologize for the inconvenience that may cause you.

I saw this story today and wondered if Farrakhan mentioned anything about the extremist Muslims killing Christians in the world, and if he denounced that action. Here are a few snippets from the article...