Persecution Friday – Israel: Christian Church Evicted
August 31, 2012 at 6:30 am | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: faith, hope, martyr, persecution, truth
For more news on what’s really happening to Christians around the world go to the Voice of the Martyrs website: www.persecution.com
Pastor Steven Khoury from Holy Land Missions in Jerusalem has received a 30-day notice of eviction from the owner of the building where his church currently worships.
“The pressure from the Muslim community is so strong that the landlord is given no other choice but to do this,” Khoury wrote in a letter to The Voice of the Martyrs. “With just 30 days left to move a church community, another Band-Aid solution of renting a place is not a viable solution. Our church community needs permanent roots.” Continue Reading Persecution Friday – Israel: Christian Church Evicted…
Sermon Sunday – Charles Spurgeon – Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints
August 26, 2012 at 7:05 am | Posted in Sermon Sunday | Leave a commentTags: comfort, glory, saints, sermon, Spurgeon
Sweet Comfort For Feeble Saints
by Charles Spurgeon
BABBLING fame ever loves to talk of one man or another. Some there are whose glory it trumpets forth and whose honor it extols above the heavens. Some are her favorites and their names are carved on marble—heard in every land and every clime. Fame is not an impartial judge—she has her favorites. Some men she extols, exalts and almost deifies—others, whose virtues are far greater and whose characters are more deserving of commendation, she passes by unheeded and puts the finger of silence on her lips. You will generally find that those persons beloved by fame are men made of brass or iron and cast in a rough mold. Continue Reading Sermon Sunday – Charles Spurgeon – Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints…
Persecution Friday – Nigeria: University Attacked
August 24, 2012 at 6:30 am | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: faith, hope, martyr, persecution, truth
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Extremists killed 19 Christians, including two professors, as they worshiped on the grounds of Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria, on Sunday, April 22. An additional 22 people were injured.
Christians from two churches, the Chapel of Victory and the St. Stephen Catholic Church, were meeting at the university when unidentified gunmen attacked them at about 9 a.m. The attackers hurled small, homemade explosives into the crowd of worshipers and fired on those trying to escape. They then fled on motorbikes and in a car, according to eyewitnesses. Continue Reading Persecution Friday – Nigeria: University Attacked…
Persecution Friday – Bounchan: Imprisoned for Christ
August 17, 2012 at 6:30 am | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: faith, martyr, persecution
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Khmu Christian Bounchan Kanthavong spent 13 years and eight months in prison in Laos for his faith. He was released earlier this year. Before he came to faith in Christ, Bounchan was an assistant district governor for the communists.
In 1965, Bounchan had been a soldier in Laos. He eventually became the assistant of an important official. He first encountered Christians when he was sent to study politics in Tha Gnong in 1975. At the time, he didn’t pay much attention, but later as assistant district governor, he visited villages where there were Christians. He was intrigued by their worship, but these Christians were afraid of him because of his government position. Continue Reading Persecution Friday – Bounchan: Imprisoned for Christ…
Sermon Sunday – George Whitefield – The Good Shepherd
August 12, 2012 at 6:47 am | Posted in Sermon Sunday | Leave a commentTags: ateasetees, sermon, shepherd, Whitefield
The Good Shepherd
by
George Whitefield
(1714-1770)
John 10:27-28 – “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.”
It is a common, and I believe, generally speaking, my dear hearers, a true saying, that bad manners beget good laws. Whether this will hold good in every particular, in respect to the affairs of this world, I am persuaded the observation is very pertinent in respect to the things of another: I mean bad manners, bad treatment, bad words, have been overruled by the sovereign grace of God, to produce, and to be the cause of, the best sermons that were ever delivered from the mouth of the God-man, Christ Jesus. Continue Reading Sermon Sunday – George Whitefield – The Good Shepherd…
Persecution Friday – Pakistan: Yousaf Acquitted
August 10, 2012 at 6:30 am | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: faith, hope, martyr, persecution, prayer
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Dildar Yousaf, the Pakistani Christian arrested and charged with blasphemy for saving his 8-year-old nephew from Muslim attackers, was acquitted March 26 after prosecutors failed to produce any evidence against him.
“I was produced in court three times during the case proceedings, but not one accuser ever turned up at the hearings,” Yousaf told Compass Direct News. “You cannot imagine my joy when the prison officials told me that I had been acquitted by the court.” Continue Reading Persecution Friday – Pakistan: Yousaf Acquitted…
Sermon Sunday – Charles Spurgeon – How to Read the Bible
August 5, 2012 at 7:04 am | Posted in Sermon Sunday | Leave a commentTags: Bible, sermon, Spurgeon
THE scribes and Pharisees were great readers of the Law of God. They studied the sacred books continually, poring over each word and letter. They made notes of very little importance, but still very curious notes as to which was the middle verse of the entire Old Testament, which verse was half-way to the middle and how many times such a word occurred—and even how many times a letter occurred and the size of the letter and its peculiar position. They have left us a mass of wonderful notes upon the mere words of Holy Scripture. They might have done the same thing upon another book, for that matter, and the information would have been about as important as the facts which they have so industriously collected concerning the letter of the Old Testament. Continue Reading Sermon Sunday – Charles Spurgeon – How to Read the Bible…
Persecution Friday – Pakistan: VOM Helps Family
August 3, 2012 at 6:30 am | Posted in VOM Fridays | Leave a commentTags: faith, help, hope, martyr, persecution, prayer
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The Voice of the Martyrs recently helped a Christian couple in Pakistan facing financial difficulty and threats from their Muslim family. “Aasim” and his wife, “Saba,” have had a hard life. In 2009, Aasim broke both legs and his right arm in an accident, leaving him unable to work. His wife worked to support their family.
They have had to move three times to avoid Saba’s Muslim family, who have been looking for them with the intent to kill them. Even so, the couple trusted that God would provide for them. A VOM worker eventually came into contact with Aasim and Saba and helped them move to a shelter near Lahore. Continue Reading Persecution Friday – Pakistan: VOM Helps Family…
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