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Can you imagine having an anti-conversion law in America? The reason I ask is because there are many nations where Christians are persecuted because of that very thing. And it never ceases to amaze me the amount of religious freedom we have in America compared to the rest of the world.

A few months ago Terry Ratzmann went into a Wisconsin church and murdered the pastor and a few others in the congregation in pure blood. Then Ratzmann took his own life by shooting himself in the head.

This isn't a story on persecution per se', but it caught my eye because it involved bringing harm to a group of people that attend this church. And unfortunately this isn't the first story I've heard where a church has been stolen from. Sad...and I wonder if the people or person who stole these things ever read the Ten Commandments...thou shall not steal...

Freedom in Christ is one of the most wonderful things any human being can experience which is why I believe the underground Church in China is now said to be larger than those who follow state mandated Communism.

Saturday the beloved Vice President of Sudan died in an unexpected helicopter crash and now Christians in Sudan are praying for peace to reign in this predominantly Muslim nation after a series of riots on Monday.

This morning as I was reading through my favorite devotional I came across this quote that I thought was so good that I wanted to share it with you all in the hope that it encourages you as you are persecuted and going through your trials.

As you know already, if you read my previous post, I loafed around this weekend and read my August issue of Voice of the Martyrs magazine. Which by the way, you can receive FREE yourself just for signing up for it.

This weekend as I was loafing around reading my monthly Voice of the Martyrs magazine I noticed that they have just launched a new website for people who would like to get more involved with them.

This story angers me because this is absolutely evil. China is not interested in promoting religious freedom and this story that just broke about five hours ago supports this.