One of our wonderful persecution bloggers alerted me to a great post they recently wrote called A Dangerous Christian.

February 7th, Bob Fu, who is a leading advocate for the persecuted church in China, received the 2007 John Leland Religious Liberty Award for his service to the Lord and the persecuted church, from Richard Land, the President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

Today highlighted in the online website the Orlando Sentinel.com the highlighted Senior Spotlight is Mary Heitz who among many other things, says this about The Voice of the Martyrs.

The article Stacy pointed out a few days ago discusses a topic from our March newsletter: Christians in Israel. Here's an excerpt from the Jeruslam Post article:

There is a very interesting article in the Jerusalem Post today called Christian Anonymous about how many Christians really are in Israel. Check it out, it's very interesting.

Emmy Award winning television sports director, author, and columnist, David Burchett, discusses Christian persecution in his latest column at Crosswalk.com

It never ceases to amaze me how the Lord uses things to teach about Himself all over the world. In a story today put out by Assist News Service I read of a man by the name of Arvind Khodke who has collected postal stamps since childhood and now at 57 years old, he still collects stamps so he can learn more about Christianity. Here's part of the article...

NEW DELHI, January 15 (Compass Direct News) – With elections due in 10 states this year and a general election scheduled for 2009, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is apparently planning to use religion-related issues to polarize voters. This tactic, Christians fear, will increase the incidence of anti-Christian violence. The party is planning to hold major rallies in almost all state capitals by the end of March in preparation for the general election, reported The Hindu on January 9. “There will be increased violence against Christians in the 10 states that go to the polls – and in other states, too,” said Dr. John Dayal, secretary general of the All India Christian Council.

SAUDI ARABIA – President George W. Bush has proclaimed January 16, 2008, Religious Freedom Day.

The following news is courtesy of our friends at Compass Direct. Please visit here to see the full story, which is extremely fascinating. (Compass Direct News) – A Turkish judge in the Black Sea coastal city of Samsun on Sunday (January 6) set free a teenager who confessed to making death threats against a pastor and his church, a day after authorities arrested the minor. Judge Sinan Sonmez of Samsun’s First Minor Petty Offenses Court ruled that 17-year-old Semih Seymen be freed “because of his youth.” Seymen told police he called pastor Orhan Picaklar of Samsun Agape Church several times starting December 29, threatening to kill him. In an official protest filed today at the Samsun court, Picaklar objected to the decision to release the defendant. “The defendant openly confessed,” Picaklar told today’s daily Taraf newspaper. “He said he was going to do a massacre tomorrow, the police heard him say this over the telephone, but because he is ‘underage’ he is set free?”