Good Morning,
Praise the Lord for this Friday. Sunday is coming. I would like to ask you to continue to pray for the Christians who are persecuted and who are still being brutally murdered in Orissa. I spoke to some of my family members yesterday. They shared with me another tragic story. One of our relatives was brutally murdered by the Hindu Extremists on Feb 19. I have enclosed the news release on him. His name was Hrudaya Nanda Nayak. I knew him personally. He was married and had two young children. His father's name was Phillip. He was my mom's first cousin. His mother is the daughter of a pastor who was a staunch Convert from Hinduism. He is survived by his wife, two children, his mom, one brother, and two sisters. My brother, Patel Naik, remains in jail. He is in his seventh month of captivity.
Acts 6: 8 - 8:3 tells the story of Stephen. Stephen was not an apostle. He was not a "star," but he would suffer and die for his faith as may anyone who is faithful. Stephen had become one of the first deacons (Acts 6: 1-8), engaging in ministry among needy followers of the Way, the Jesus movement within Judaism. Stephen is a model of balance in Christian service. Today we hear much of "Great Commission Christians," that is, Christians who stress the Great Commission of Matthew 28, who emphasize evangelism, who quote Acts 1: 8 ("ye shall be witnesses), John 4: 35 ("the fields are white unto the harvest") and Matthew 9: 33 ("the harvest is great, but the laborers are few"). While Stephen would agree with these Great Commission Christians, he would also identify who another group, the "Great Commandment Christians." They take seriously Jesus' command to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22: 38-39). They believe that Matthew 25, with its teachings about feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and those in prison is every bit as "God breathed" as Matthew 28: 19-20. For a Great Commission Christian to get a hearing, he or she had better be acting first like Great Commandment Christians. Stephen kept the two in balance as we also should. When Stephen was chosen to become a deacon of the early Church, he was a recent convert. Yet, unlike so many new to the faith, he was not an overly eager zealot. He was "full of wisdom and of good repute," "full of the faith and of the Holy Spirit and wisdom," "full of grace and power." (Acts 6: 3, 5, 8) The word "full" implies that he was well-balanced in the Christian life. His faith was winsome and contagious. One scholar has made an educated guess that Stephen was a young man who helped bridge the generational and ethnic splits in the early church. His name is Greek, meaning "crown." He may have come with older, prosperous Greek-speaking Jews from the Diaspora to Jerusalem. There they may have felt the need to go out of their way to prove their orthodoxy to their Jerusalem-based, Hebrew-speaking fellow Jews. There were differences in age, ethnic background, economic ability, and religious development have been in the church since day one. Stephen made the longest speech that has been recorded in the book of Acts. In doing so he scrutinized his own failures in order to match personal behavior with the teachings of the scriptures. The climax of his speech is the exaltation of Jesus as the Christ, the Messiah who now rules over all, who is to be obeyed even if at great cost or rejected at great peril. When he died he was praying a prayer modeled after a short Jewish bedtime prayer from Psalm 31: 5, with one important change. That is, the prayer is addressed to "Lord Jesus" rather than God. He died with the same attitude as Jesus in Luke 23: 34, forgiving his enemies.
In Christ,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scG_RxipiFw
Fri, 20/02/2009 - 5:27am One more murdered in Kandhamal,Orissa
Raikia 19th Feb09
Hrudayananda Nayak, aged 40 was murdered by Hinduvta extemists on Feb 19th in Rudangia village near G Udaigiri, Kandhamal distrct, Orissa
On Feb 18th was abducted by a mob of fundamentalists on his way back from G Udaigiri
On Feb 19th, some villagers who were passing on this forest road, saw some blood stains and a slipper in the bushes. As Krudayanada was reportedly missing there was an alarm when the slippers and blood stains were discovered
The police along with the Christians found dead body was discovered in the deep inside forest, he was badly beaten up and killed, there among the boulders his body was found.
there were marks on around his neck, and it is presumed that a rope was tied around Hrudayanada neck and he was dragged into the forest.
On Oct 30th in this same village 3 Christians were murdered and NO ARRESTS have been made
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Brown's Daily Word 2-19-09
Good Morning,
Praise the Lord, for He is the Head of the Church. I have been part of the Church, the Body of Christ, since my boyhood days. I have been blessed beyond belief, through the Church of Jesus Christ. Jesus has promised that He will build the church upon the Rock, and the gates of hell can not prevail against it. Jesus, the Christ, the Rock of Ages, wants us to build His Church! The Foundation was laid once and for all - He is always at work building His Church in ways and with people in every possible circumstance! Christian authors Bill and Amy Stearns, in their book entitled "20/20 Vision: Amazing Stories of What God Is Doing Around the World," describe how the Gospel of Jesus, the Christ, came to Mongolia. "In the 1870’s Swedish missionaries arrived in what was then called Outer Mongolia. After four decades of several missionary teams’ blood, sweat, and tears, not a single indigenous church had been established. Then, in 1921, Mongolia earned the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world to voluntarily invite the Soviets to bring communism to their country. In the ensuing purge, every vestige of Christianity - as well as any other religion - was erased; and, more than one million Lamaisric Buddhist priests were slaughtered. Religion was dead in Mongolia." "In 1980, a young Mongolian named "Yi" - Mongolians traditionally have only one name - went to study at a university in Moscow." He was given an English-language Holy Bible by a fellow student from Tanzania. "You can study English with it," the Tanzanian student explained. Yi studied that Holy Bible for seven years, returning to Mongolia and rising to a top English interpreter position with the Mongolian government. In 1987, Yi was assigned to an American big-game hunt tourist group, which had come to Mongolia to hunt bear. Douglas Coe, Evangelical leader of "The Family" and political mentor for many politicians, including the 67th Secretary of State of the United States of America, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, was one of the tourists. During the hunting trip, Yi found the opportunity to secretly ask him, "Do you know God?" Douglas nodded. Three hours later, Yi was able to whisper, "What is His name?" "Jesus Christ" In bits and pieces of stolen conversations throughout the rest of the big-game hunt, Douglas was able to introduce Yi to Jesus. "Don’t worry," he told Yi. "I know it’s illegal to be a Christian; and, it will be hard for you. But friends will come." Then the tourist group left Mongolia. Three years later, Yi was assigned to another foreign tour group, this time a group of Native American cowboys of Navajo, Winnebago, Cocapaw, and other Native American descent, who came to Mongolia to perform in the national nadim, a competition in horsemanship! By God's grace and foresight, the tourist group was composed of Christian Native American cowboys! Yi translated their testimonies on national television and interpreted their explanation of the Gospel to press groups and officials. Several Mongolians responded to the tourist group’s challenge to receive Jesus Christ, and Yi spent hours and hours absorbing everything the cowboys knew about the Word of Almighty God! Then, they too left Mongolia. Yi began discipling those Mongolians who had come to Christ through the cowboys’ ministry. Some time later, another tour group came, a few members of which just happened to be pastors! The ministers, after days of intense discipling, realized the depth of Yi’s Bible knowledge and the unusual bursts of his spiritual insights. For this reason they all gathered together in a hotel room in the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, on a cold day in November 1990 and ordained Yi as an elder of the first Mongolian church in the history of the world! Jesus Christ builds His Church 24/7, night and day, all around the globe, using people of every color, gender, nationality and language. The work of building the Church never ceases! The Church triumphant is not about building buildings. Rather, it is about building lives! The Church has one foundation! The late great Anglican clergyman and hymn-writer, Rev. Samuel John Stone (1839 - 1900) said it well in his hymn, "The Church’s One Foundation," which he wrote in 1866. "
Church’s one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord,
She is the new creation
By water and the Word;
From Heav’n He came and sought her
To be His Holy Bride;
With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.
Elect from every nation,
Yet one o’er all the earth,
Her charter of Salvation,
One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy Name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.
’Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace forever more;
Till with the vision glorious,
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.
Yet she on earth hath union
With God, the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is won;
O happy ones and holy!
Lord give us grace that we
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with Thee."In Christ,
Brown
Praise the Lord, for He is the Head of the Church. I have been part of the Church, the Body of Christ, since my boyhood days. I have been blessed beyond belief, through the Church of Jesus Christ. Jesus has promised that He will build the church upon the Rock, and the gates of hell can not prevail against it. Jesus, the Christ, the Rock of Ages, wants us to build His Church! The Foundation was laid once and for all - He is always at work building His Church in ways and with people in every possible circumstance! Christian authors Bill and Amy Stearns, in their book entitled "20/20 Vision: Amazing Stories of What God Is Doing Around the World," describe how the Gospel of Jesus, the Christ, came to Mongolia. "In the 1870’s Swedish missionaries arrived in what was then called Outer Mongolia. After four decades of several missionary teams’ blood, sweat, and tears, not a single indigenous church had been established. Then, in 1921, Mongolia earned the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world to voluntarily invite the Soviets to bring communism to their country. In the ensuing purge, every vestige of Christianity - as well as any other religion - was erased; and, more than one million Lamaisric Buddhist priests were slaughtered. Religion was dead in Mongolia." "In 1980, a young Mongolian named "Yi" - Mongolians traditionally have only one name - went to study at a university in Moscow." He was given an English-language Holy Bible by a fellow student from Tanzania. "You can study English with it," the Tanzanian student explained. Yi studied that Holy Bible for seven years, returning to Mongolia and rising to a top English interpreter position with the Mongolian government. In 1987, Yi was assigned to an American big-game hunt tourist group, which had come to Mongolia to hunt bear. Douglas Coe, Evangelical leader of "The Family" and political mentor for many politicians, including the 67th Secretary of State of the United States of America, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, was one of the tourists. During the hunting trip, Yi found the opportunity to secretly ask him, "Do you know God?" Douglas nodded. Three hours later, Yi was able to whisper, "What is His name?" "Jesus Christ" In bits and pieces of stolen conversations throughout the rest of the big-game hunt, Douglas was able to introduce Yi to Jesus. "Don’t worry," he told Yi. "I know it’s illegal to be a Christian; and, it will be hard for you. But friends will come." Then the tourist group left Mongolia. Three years later, Yi was assigned to another foreign tour group, this time a group of Native American cowboys of Navajo, Winnebago, Cocapaw, and other Native American descent, who came to Mongolia to perform in the national nadim, a competition in horsemanship! By God's grace and foresight, the tourist group was composed of Christian Native American cowboys! Yi translated their testimonies on national television and interpreted their explanation of the Gospel to press groups and officials. Several Mongolians responded to the tourist group’s challenge to receive Jesus Christ, and Yi spent hours and hours absorbing everything the cowboys knew about the Word of Almighty God! Then, they too left Mongolia. Yi began discipling those Mongolians who had come to Christ through the cowboys’ ministry. Some time later, another tour group came, a few members of which just happened to be pastors! The ministers, after days of intense discipling, realized the depth of Yi’s Bible knowledge and the unusual bursts of his spiritual insights. For this reason they all gathered together in a hotel room in the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, on a cold day in November 1990 and ordained Yi as an elder of the first Mongolian church in the history of the world! Jesus Christ builds His Church 24/7, night and day, all around the globe, using people of every color, gender, nationality and language. The work of building the Church never ceases! The Church triumphant is not about building buildings. Rather, it is about building lives! The Church has one foundation! The late great Anglican clergyman and hymn-writer, Rev. Samuel John Stone (1839 - 1900) said it well in his hymn, "The Church’s One Foundation," which he wrote in 1866. "
Church’s one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord,
She is the new creation
By water and the Word;
From Heav’n He came and sought her
To be His Holy Bride;
With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.
Elect from every nation,
Yet one o’er all the earth,
Her charter of Salvation,
One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy Name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.
’Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace forever more;
Till with the vision glorious,
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.
Yet she on earth hath union
With God, the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is won;
O happy ones and holy!
Lord give us grace that we
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with Thee."In Christ,
Brown
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Brown's Daily Word 2-18-09
Good Morning,
We read in Daniel 3, a record of how three men they trusted the Lord and obeyed Him, despite being faced with a fiery furnace. It is possible to trust the Lord in the face of fierce opposition and to abandon ourselves fully in to His everlasting mercy and grace, in to His powerful embrace. Some how Jesus comes and gives us the victory. In his book, "Intermission", James Schaap tells us there are two ways to read this famous story of three Jewish young men found in Daniel 3.
First, it can be interpreted - There stand three men, shoulders back, heads up in front of a crowd, smiling and laughing, full of confidence that nothing will harm them. They know God will save them. The men who throw them into the furnace are burned like paper because the fire is so intensely hot, but the three men stand there, untouched by the flames, their robes hanging gently at their sides. The second interpretation is that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are confident all right, but they're confident of something more important than being saved from the fire: they are confident of eternal salvation. They say to the king,
(Dan 3:17-18) "If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. (18) But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
Notice the difference. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego know that God is more than able to save them from the blazing furnace if He wants to, but they don't know if God will save them. It is very well possible that they stood there before the furnace, fighting back tears, each one hugging their wivese and children for what may very well be the last time, giving final instructions and blessings, trying to impart words of wisdom and cheer. Think of the whole story this way – they really didn't know what would happen to them. They knew that a walk into the kingdom's hottest furnace was not just another stroll through the park. They did not know what God would do, but they trusted His decisions and His care. The second interpretation is really the better way to look at this famous story because here we see that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a real kind of faith. They do not pretend to know all of God's ways; their faith does not pretend that nothing bad ever happens to God's children. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did not know whether their lives would be spared, yet they walked into the furnace, completely faithful to God. They said to Nebuchadnezzar,
(Dan 3:18) But even if (God) does not (save us), we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.
Daniel's three friends had the best kind of faith. Though they could not know what their God was going to do, or whether they would burn in the flames, they continued to have the faith to serve and worship the one only true God. It is pretty obvious that Daniel's three friends knew God and had a living relationship with Him. Because of this they dared to stand up for Jesus even when every other knee and head bowed down. Because of this they believed that their almighty God was more than able to save them from the flames, whether or not He chose to do so. Their confidence was not in Nebuchadnezzar, in their public offices, or in themselves. It rested, instead, in God. Because of this they sought first the kingdom and its righteousness. In the story, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were saved from the flames. That does not mean, however, that no harm will ever come to us, or that God will always spare us hardship. We do know that God does permit terrible things to happen in the lives of His children. Sometimes bad things occur, like the death of a precious child, a fire, a bankruptcy, a debilitating disease, a divorce, a baby born with a disability, or a family fight. The Bible tells us that we must prepare ourselves for the very opposite of a safe and secure existence! Christ warned that we will be hated, just as He was hated (Luke 21:17). We need to realize that throughout history there has always been some kind of furnace prepared for the church. Believers have always been subjected to fiery trials. As we face the trials that God permits in our lives we are challenged to have the kind of faith that Daniel's three friends had. We are to have a faith that continues to do right even if it costs us our lives.
During China's Boxer Rebellion of 1900, insurgents captured a mission station, blocked all the gates but one, and in front of that one gate placed a cross flat on the ground. Then the word was passed to those inside that any who trampled the cross underfoot would be permitted their freedom and life, but that any refusing would be shot. Terribly frightened, the first seven students trampled the cross under their feet and were allowed to go free. But the eighth student, a young girl, refused to commit the sacrilegious act. Kneeling beside the cross in prayer for strength, she arose and moved carefully around the cross, and went out to face the firing squad. Strengthened by her example, every one of the remaining ninety-two students followed her to the firing squad.
In Christ, the Solid Rock,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YMtxD7N9ks
We read in Daniel 3, a record of how three men they trusted the Lord and obeyed Him, despite being faced with a fiery furnace. It is possible to trust the Lord in the face of fierce opposition and to abandon ourselves fully in to His everlasting mercy and grace, in to His powerful embrace. Some how Jesus comes and gives us the victory. In his book, "Intermission", James Schaap tells us there are two ways to read this famous story of three Jewish young men found in Daniel 3.
First, it can be interpreted - There stand three men, shoulders back, heads up in front of a crowd, smiling and laughing, full of confidence that nothing will harm them. They know God will save them. The men who throw them into the furnace are burned like paper because the fire is so intensely hot, but the three men stand there, untouched by the flames, their robes hanging gently at their sides. The second interpretation is that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are confident all right, but they're confident of something more important than being saved from the fire: they are confident of eternal salvation. They say to the king,
(Dan 3:17-18) "If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. (18) But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
Notice the difference. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego know that God is more than able to save them from the blazing furnace if He wants to, but they don't know if God will save them. It is very well possible that they stood there before the furnace, fighting back tears, each one hugging their wivese and children for what may very well be the last time, giving final instructions and blessings, trying to impart words of wisdom and cheer. Think of the whole story this way – they really didn't know what would happen to them. They knew that a walk into the kingdom's hottest furnace was not just another stroll through the park. They did not know what God would do, but they trusted His decisions and His care. The second interpretation is really the better way to look at this famous story because here we see that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have a real kind of faith. They do not pretend to know all of God's ways; their faith does not pretend that nothing bad ever happens to God's children. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did not know whether their lives would be spared, yet they walked into the furnace, completely faithful to God. They said to Nebuchadnezzar,
(Dan 3:18) But even if (God) does not (save us), we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.
Daniel's three friends had the best kind of faith. Though they could not know what their God was going to do, or whether they would burn in the flames, they continued to have the faith to serve and worship the one only true God. It is pretty obvious that Daniel's three friends knew God and had a living relationship with Him. Because of this they dared to stand up for Jesus even when every other knee and head bowed down. Because of this they believed that their almighty God was more than able to save them from the flames, whether or not He chose to do so. Their confidence was not in Nebuchadnezzar, in their public offices, or in themselves. It rested, instead, in God. Because of this they sought first the kingdom and its righteousness. In the story, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were saved from the flames. That does not mean, however, that no harm will ever come to us, or that God will always spare us hardship. We do know that God does permit terrible things to happen in the lives of His children. Sometimes bad things occur, like the death of a precious child, a fire, a bankruptcy, a debilitating disease, a divorce, a baby born with a disability, or a family fight. The Bible tells us that we must prepare ourselves for the very opposite of a safe and secure existence! Christ warned that we will be hated, just as He was hated (Luke 21:17). We need to realize that throughout history there has always been some kind of furnace prepared for the church. Believers have always been subjected to fiery trials. As we face the trials that God permits in our lives we are challenged to have the kind of faith that Daniel's three friends had. We are to have a faith that continues to do right even if it costs us our lives.
During China's Boxer Rebellion of 1900, insurgents captured a mission station, blocked all the gates but one, and in front of that one gate placed a cross flat on the ground. Then the word was passed to those inside that any who trampled the cross underfoot would be permitted their freedom and life, but that any refusing would be shot. Terribly frightened, the first seven students trampled the cross under their feet and were allowed to go free. But the eighth student, a young girl, refused to commit the sacrilegious act. Kneeling beside the cross in prayer for strength, she arose and moved carefully around the cross, and went out to face the firing squad. Strengthened by her example, every one of the remaining ninety-two students followed her to the firing squad.
In Christ, the Solid Rock,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YMtxD7N9ks
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Brown's Daily Word & World update 2-17-08
Good morning,
Praise the Lord for this new day. It is bright and beautiful. It is Spring time in Orissa, India. The Spring flowers are in full bloom. Praise the Lord for the way He makes all things glorious. He still makes cold hearts and cold planets warm. He still provides for the continued warming. He still makes churches that are so cold you could skate down the center aisle, into churches so warm you could get steamed cleaned. Our God still makes life a flaming "fire in the night." I read some time ago that the night of 23 November 1654 the fire of God's redeeming presence burned deeply in the heart of seventeenth-century French scientist/philosopher Blaise Pascal, who gave us such things as the barometer and the adding machine. From that moment on he always kept a handwritten account of his "fire-in-the-night" experience sewn like a breast pocket into his clothing. Upon his death the scratch of paper he had touched and crinkled countless times but never showed anyone was opened to reveal:
"From about half past ten in the evening until about half past twelve,
FIRE.
"God of Abraham, God Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and scholars."
Our Lord God is a consuming fire. People that have been touched from on high by God, fires of the Almighty God will get fired up.
May the Lord infuse us this day with His holy fire that we might radiate His love and His grace.
In Christ,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU7BdN5EYwM
BREAKING NEWS: Chinese Christian Activist Hua Zaichen Dies At 91February 16, 2009
Chinese Christian activist Hua Zaichen, who became known for helping reportedly persecuted Christians, has died in a Beijing hospital, shortly after his wife was released from prison, his supporters confirmed to Worthy News Monday, February 16. Hua was 91 years old.
China, Christian Persecution 1 Comment »
Pentecostal Pastor To Lead Obama’s Faith-Based ProgramsFebruary 16, 2009
United States President Barack Obama has named a young Pentecostal pastor to lead the White Office on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships as part of attempts to improve relations with faith-based groups, Worthy News learned Monday, February 16.
U.S. News 4 Comments »
Egypt Releases Christian Rights ActivistFebruary 14, 2009
A Christian human rights activist and Internet writer spent his first weekend in freedom Saturday, February 14, after he was suddenly released by Egyptian security forces.
Africa, Christian Persecution 4 Comments »
Pakistan Militants Kidnap Christian Mother, Two ChildrenFebruary 14, 2009
An impoverished Christian man in Pakistan was still searching for his wife and two small children on Valentine's Day Saturday, February 14, nearly one month after they were allegedly kidnapped by Muslim militants because he refused to abandon his faith in Jesus Christ.
Kazakhstan Constitutional Council Objects “Restrictive” Religious LawFebruary 14, 2009
A global Christian rights group welcomed a "landmark decision" by Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Council to reject as "unconstitutional" a draft law which would “further restrict freedom of religion and belief in the country," Worthy News learned Saturday, February 14.
Asia, Christian Persecution 1 Comment »
Turkey Detains Two New Suspects Over Murders MissionariesFebruary 13, 2009
Two new suspects were behind bars Friday, February 13, for their alleged involvement in torture-murders of three Christian missionaries in the city of Malatya, in 2007.
Christian Persecution, Europe 1 Comment »
North Korea Christians To Attend ‘Underground University’
February 12, 2009
An American mission group said Thursday, February 12, it has launched an 'Underground University' to help exiled North Koreans to return and evangelize in North Korea or to spread Christianity among North Koreans in other countries, including in China.
Asia, Christian Persecution 2 Comments »
Pakistan Minister Vows To Annul Blasphemy Laws Amid Death Threats Against ChristiansFebruary 12, 2009
Pakistan's Minister of Minorities Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti,has launched a public campaign aimed at annulling controversial blasphemy legislation amid concerns Thursday, February 12, over Islamic extremism against Christians and other minorities in the country.
World News 1 Comment »
Law Suit Launched Over Botched Abortion in Florida
February 11, 2009
A Chicago-based pro-life law center has launched a law suit against staff of a clinic involved in a botched late-term abortion in hopes it will result in charges of "infanticide" and "change public opinion" about this controversial procedure.
U.S. News 10 Comments »
British Legislators Condemn “Massive Church Closures” In Burma
February 10, 2009
Dozens of British legislators expressed concern Tuesday, February 10, over reports of massive church closures in Burma, seen as "the most significant crackdown" on Christian activity in the military-ruled Asian nation in years, an advocacy group told Worthy News.
Asia, Christian Persecution 1 Comment »
Vatican “In Pain” After Death Italian Coma WomanFebruary 10, 2009
The Vatican and several Italian church leaders expressed their pain Tuesday, February 10, about the sudden death of a 38-year-old woman who ignited a fierce right-to-die debate that divided Italy.
Christian 2 Comments »
Iran Releases Armenian Christian And Former Muslims; Others DetainedFebruary 9, 2009
An Armenian Christian and a former Muslim who were among possibly dozens of Christians detained in Iran since last month were free Monday, February 9, after authorities unexpectedly released them, a well-informed source told Worthy News.
Christian Persecution, Middle East 1 Comment »
Praise the Lord for this new day. It is bright and beautiful. It is Spring time in Orissa, India. The Spring flowers are in full bloom. Praise the Lord for the way He makes all things glorious. He still makes cold hearts and cold planets warm. He still provides for the continued warming. He still makes churches that are so cold you could skate down the center aisle, into churches so warm you could get steamed cleaned. Our God still makes life a flaming "fire in the night." I read some time ago that the night of 23 November 1654 the fire of God's redeeming presence burned deeply in the heart of seventeenth-century French scientist/philosopher Blaise Pascal, who gave us such things as the barometer and the adding machine. From that moment on he always kept a handwritten account of his "fire-in-the-night" experience sewn like a breast pocket into his clothing. Upon his death the scratch of paper he had touched and crinkled countless times but never showed anyone was opened to reveal:
"From about half past ten in the evening until about half past twelve,
FIRE.
"God of Abraham, God Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and scholars."
Our Lord God is a consuming fire. People that have been touched from on high by God, fires of the Almighty God will get fired up.
May the Lord infuse us this day with His holy fire that we might radiate His love and His grace.
In Christ,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU7BdN5EYwM
BREAKING NEWS: Chinese Christian Activist Hua Zaichen Dies At 91February 16, 2009
Chinese Christian activist Hua Zaichen, who became known for helping reportedly persecuted Christians, has died in a Beijing hospital, shortly after his wife was released from prison, his supporters confirmed to Worthy News Monday, February 16. Hua was 91 years old.
China, Christian Persecution 1 Comment »
Pentecostal Pastor To Lead Obama’s Faith-Based ProgramsFebruary 16, 2009
United States President Barack Obama has named a young Pentecostal pastor to lead the White Office on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships as part of attempts to improve relations with faith-based groups, Worthy News learned Monday, February 16.
U.S. News 4 Comments »
Egypt Releases Christian Rights ActivistFebruary 14, 2009
A Christian human rights activist and Internet writer spent his first weekend in freedom Saturday, February 14, after he was suddenly released by Egyptian security forces.
Africa, Christian Persecution 4 Comments »
Pakistan Militants Kidnap Christian Mother, Two ChildrenFebruary 14, 2009
An impoverished Christian man in Pakistan was still searching for his wife and two small children on Valentine's Day Saturday, February 14, nearly one month after they were allegedly kidnapped by Muslim militants because he refused to abandon his faith in Jesus Christ.
Kazakhstan Constitutional Council Objects “Restrictive” Religious LawFebruary 14, 2009
A global Christian rights group welcomed a "landmark decision" by Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Council to reject as "unconstitutional" a draft law which would “further restrict freedom of religion and belief in the country," Worthy News learned Saturday, February 14.
Asia, Christian Persecution 1 Comment »
Turkey Detains Two New Suspects Over Murders MissionariesFebruary 13, 2009
Two new suspects were behind bars Friday, February 13, for their alleged involvement in torture-murders of three Christian missionaries in the city of Malatya, in 2007.
Christian Persecution, Europe 1 Comment »
North Korea Christians To Attend ‘Underground University’
February 12, 2009
An American mission group said Thursday, February 12, it has launched an 'Underground University' to help exiled North Koreans to return and evangelize in North Korea or to spread Christianity among North Koreans in other countries, including in China.
Asia, Christian Persecution 2 Comments »
Pakistan Minister Vows To Annul Blasphemy Laws Amid Death Threats Against ChristiansFebruary 12, 2009
Pakistan's Minister of Minorities Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti,has launched a public campaign aimed at annulling controversial blasphemy legislation amid concerns Thursday, February 12, over Islamic extremism against Christians and other minorities in the country.
World News 1 Comment »
Law Suit Launched Over Botched Abortion in Florida
February 11, 2009
A Chicago-based pro-life law center has launched a law suit against staff of a clinic involved in a botched late-term abortion in hopes it will result in charges of "infanticide" and "change public opinion" about this controversial procedure.
U.S. News 10 Comments »
British Legislators Condemn “Massive Church Closures” In Burma
February 10, 2009
Dozens of British legislators expressed concern Tuesday, February 10, over reports of massive church closures in Burma, seen as "the most significant crackdown" on Christian activity in the military-ruled Asian nation in years, an advocacy group told Worthy News.
Asia, Christian Persecution 1 Comment »
Vatican “In Pain” After Death Italian Coma WomanFebruary 10, 2009
The Vatican and several Italian church leaders expressed their pain Tuesday, February 10, about the sudden death of a 38-year-old woman who ignited a fierce right-to-die debate that divided Italy.
Christian 2 Comments »
Iran Releases Armenian Christian And Former Muslims; Others DetainedFebruary 9, 2009
An Armenian Christian and a former Muslim who were among possibly dozens of Christians detained in Iran since last month were free Monday, February 9, after authorities unexpectedly released them, a well-informed source told Worthy News.
Christian Persecution, Middle East 1 Comment »
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