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Accounting for Lifeblood Shed in Orlando
The news greets you on your phone only seconds after you silence the alarm. It’s the notifications you see. So many from the Associated Press you know there’s been an incident. Your first thought is where? Mentally, you locate your people. You disregard the number, twenty dead and forty-three wounded because it’s a first count, …[ read more ]
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Ten Reasons You Kill Christians
In the past several days, reports from Belgium, Nigeria, and Pakistan of suicide bombers targeting Christians have seemingly rolled in like waves. One month ago, four Wycliffe translators were martyred in the Mid-East and a kidnapped Catholic priest was crucified in Yemen over the weekend. I believe, with headlines destined to stir fear, it is …[ read more ]
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Persecution Comes to the Strong, the Weak, and the Fake
In America, we don’t yet have a practical grasp of persecution. We don’t live daily in fear of our lives so for most of us, persecution is still a conversation we have over dinner tables and in small groups over Starbucks. We revealed our naivete recently by praying fervently for the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini but then …[ read more ]
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If You Can Keep Your Head When All About You . . .
Fear talk rules the day. I’m not afraid right now but that’s because I feel safe. I know where all my loved ones are and my little town isn’t likely to appear on a prime target list. So, it’s easy for me to write brave words. This is true. What’s also true is that I …[ read more ]
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It’s All Ruined
One simple sentence makes my stomach knot every time I hear it or think it. This sentence has the power to send worlds into a tailspin, emotions into a downward spiral, and faith into bankruptcy. It’s a short sentence with ancient origins. It was likely uttered for the first time at the dawn of creation …[ read more ]