Pham Ngoc Thach (pictured) is the latest Voice of the Martyrs prisoner highlighted on the Prisoner Alert website. Right now there have been 388 encouraging letters written to Pham. I want to encourage you to take just a few minutes to add to that number. The following is the complete information concerning his imprisonment.

Today one of my favorite columnists of all time, J. Grant Swank, presents an update on the terrible situation that happened a few months ago where four Christian girls on their way to school were mercilessly attacked, and three were beheaded. The surviving girl said this recently...

You may be wondering from the title who are the Degar people...so I'm here to introduce you to them. According to the Montagnard Foundation, Inc. website the Degar people are people who are in danger of being snuffed out because of religious persecution and repression. They are our Christian brothers and sisters in Vietnam.

Jeff Jacoby has written an interesting piece at Townhall.com about the history of Chanukah and the persecution and victory of the Jews. This is how it ends...

Have you ever wondered why some people fall under the threat of persecution or actual persecution itself? I was thinking about this today as I was reading in Mark 4, and I found the answer. Check this out... Jesus explains to the disciples what the parable of the sower stands for.

Missionary couple murdered by Islamic terrorists. Sorry but I had to report this today despite the Christmas season, which ironically was also surrounded by murders. Never forget the enemy tried to kill Jesus before He was born.

This story is very cool...and inspiring. Maybe in 2006 you could get your church to help the persecuted Church in the same way.

Din Syamsuddin (pictured) who chairs Muhammadiyah, a conservative Islamic organisation with millions of members has offered refuge to Christians in Indonesia during this Christmas season.

Yesterday I missed this interview that Janet Parshall did with Dr. David Hunt from World Serve Ministries, however due to her outstanding archives I was able to listen to the interview she did with him this morning and you have to listen to them talk about the Christians who are in a prison camp who string the Lights of Christmas. Go here and click on Hour 3 part 4 & 5 .

The power of Christian radio is giving hope to women in Cambodia, according to a Mission News Network article.