C. S. Lewis Was a Grinch
“If there were less good will,” C. S. Lewis often said in December correspondence, “then we might have more peace on earth.” Lewis found no pleasure in the giving of generic winter cards, gift guilting, and the overall hurried pace
US Volunteers Smuggle Bibles Into Laos: ‘Their Faith Greatly Impacted My Life’
(International Christian Concern) – As persecution against Christians in China intensifies, neighboring communist Southeast Asian countries also follow suit and begin to narrow the space for churches to exist. While the future seems dimmed, a group of volunteers crossed borders and
Rebels in Burma Who Closed More than 100 Churches Allow 51 to Reopen
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – Ethnic rebels who closed more than 100 churches in eastern Burma (Myanmar) in 2018 have allowed 51 Baptist churches to reopen, sources said. Ethnic Wa rebels of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) this week announced they
Mexican State Denies Existence of Religious Intolerance Despite Evangelicals Being Threatened With Displacement
Credit: TUBS/Wikpedia(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — A government secretary in the state of Hidalgo has made public claims that there are no cases of religious intolerance in the Huasteca region, despite evidence from Protestant Christians who were forcibly displaced in July
US Sanctions Iranian Judge Complicit in Christian Persecution
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Dec. 19, 2019, the United States issued financial sanctions against two Iranian judges complicit in violating the human rights of Iranians. One of these judges, Mohammad Moghisseh, has
An Advent Image Is Worth a Thousand Words
Every night since she was two, my three-year-old daughter has proclaimed, “I want to be a shepherd girl.” The towel goes over her head, and she gathers her sheep. She then sets them out to pasture—“Here, little sheep, eat”—or seeks