Category Archives: persecution

Daily Devotions: End Stoning!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Stushie

Jeremiah 9: 20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD; open your ears to the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament. It was both brutal and harrowing. I wept … Continue reading →

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Movie Devotions: The Stoning of Soraya M

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Stushie

Today’s devotion may be alarming to some. Please do not read if you are squeamish. Isaiah 53: 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and … Continue reading →

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Daily Devotions: Fractured Feelings

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Stushie

Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. I was feeling sorry for myself the other day. It was the usual round of over worked, over worried, … Continue reading →

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religious News: From Tractor Pulls to Petrol Bombs

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Stushie

A schoolboy argument over a tractor has led to a Christian village in Pakistan being looted and burned. Lahore, July 2 : Over six hundred Muslims attacked Christians in Bahmniwala village in Kasur District of Pakistan after local mosques urged … Continue reading →

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History Screensaver: Tears for Galileo

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Stushie

21 June, 1633 – Galileo forced to deny that the Earth revolves around the Sun by the Inquisition What modern rights and truths are being squashed by the Church today?

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Political Art: Tehran Turmoil

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Stushie

The Black uniformed Revolutionary Guard hammer green clothed protestors with cudgels and run over a student with a motorbike. Abstract drawing because the world does not want to see what is clearly happening….:( All surrounded by the Iranian flag

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Political Cartoons: Who Runs Iran?

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Stushie

Only an idiotic statement like this one could bring me back to political cartooning…

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Daily Devotions: The Tank Man of Tiananmen Square

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Stushie

Psalm 147:6 The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. It was the most courageous act that I have ever seen in my life. It took place twenty years ago today in the Chinese capital of … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Daily devotions: Prisoner for Christ

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Stushie

Our government is concerned about torturing terrorists over here, but what about human rights abuses taking place against Christians in China? Click on Podcast version here Deuteronomy 26:6 But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, putting us to … Continue reading →

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Peer Pressure

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Stushie

(It’s getting harder to preach the Gospel these days – even in the Church, of all places!) Acts 4:12 “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by whom we … Continue reading →

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