Posted in persecution, psalms on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
James Boice (from his commentary on the Psalms) with an encouraging story about the ministry of Psalm 74 in the life of Christian refugees:
“Singing psalms was very important to the Huguenots, those persecuted Protestants who were driven out of France in the last seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The power of the psalms to bless [...]
Posted in persecution on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sobering. Am I ready to suffer like this:
From Tim Challies:
I have (slowly) been reading Bruce Gordon’s new biography of Calvin (titled simply Calvin) and recently came to a chapter describing the situation in France during Calvin’s ministry in Geneva. As a Frenchman, Calvin’s influence spread beyond Geneva and into his native land. There Protestants, some [...]
Posted in persecution on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gene Veith blogged:
We had some posts about the persecution of Christians in Orissa, the state in India, and the prospect that an all-day shutdown on Christmas, as pushed by Hindu extremists, would mean more atrocities against Christians, such as that 11-year-old girl we wrote about who forgave those who burned her face. But the government [...]
Posted in persecution, tagged persecution on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To read the story of this mutilated Christian young girl, click here. I know we are all busy but please read this article and the rest of this post.
As we buy our last minute gifts, prepare our Christmas dinners, enjoy our decorations, and worship freely and comfortably (all of which are incredible blessings from God [...]
