By Belinda Croft American Pastor Saeed Abedini has been held in Iran’s Evin Prison since September 2012 and in January 2013 was sentenced to eight years in prison – accused of evangelising and threatening national security. It is reported that he has been beaten and refused medical attention. Saeed Abedini met his wife in 2002,…
Review by Greg Forster Chris Brauns. Bound Together: How We Are Tied to Others in Good and Bad Choices. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. 208 pp. $16.99. Chris Brauns’s Bound Together: How We Are Tied to Others in Good and Bad Choices is an excellent little book that speaks directly and powerfully to one of the most critical needs…
By Christian Newswire More than 1.3 million Syrians have fled the war-torn country, according to the latest figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Syria is over two million. People that are staying in their embattled cities are in need of assistance. Open Doors is…
By Eric Metaxas Christianity came to Ethiopia in the fourth century and today about two-thirds of the population is Christian, but not everyone is happy about it. In May 2011, Abraham Abera, a worker at an Evangelical church, was walking home with his pregnant wife, Bertukan. Suddenly, six Muslim men wielding machetes assailed them beating…
By Nicola Menzie As North Korea’s official news agency ramped up its rhetoric and declared on Thursday the possibility of war breaking out “today or tomorrow” with the West, Christians living in the oppressive communist country have verified that preparations for war are being made around the clock, and are asking fellow believers worldwide to…
By Christian Today The World Evangelical Alliance’s human rights ambassador has warned that Christians are being “chased from their homes” in Syria. Dr Thomas Schirrmacher warned of a mass exodus of Christians from Syria similar to that experienced in Iraq following the 2003 US-led invasion. A decade ago, there were an estimated 1.5 million Christians…
By the Rev. Mary Holder Naegeli My purpose for reviewing History Channel’s five-part The Bible has centered on the ongoing need for Christians, and my Presbyterian tribe especially, to tell the full and accurate story of God’s dealing with human beings through history. The question in my mind has been whether this television series has…
By Stoyan Zaimov A number of Iranian Christians facing persecution for their faith back home have reportedly been denied asylum in Sweden, despite authorities being aware of the hardships awaiting them if they are returned to their homeland. “The history books will say something pretty nasty about Sweden’s policy in this matter in the future,”…
By the Rev. Mark H. Creech It is said that when hymn pollsters report which hymn is most frequently requested, “The Old Rugged Cross” is hands-down the most popular. The author of that hymn, George Bennard, believed the cross wasn’t just a symbol of Christianity, but the very heart of it. In the days to…
By Rob Schwarzwalder Much has been made of late of the young “evangelical radicals,” whose writings and ministries provoke and poke and prod what they view as acculturated, complacent American believers. My friend Matt Anderson has written a gracious, perceptive article about some of them in Christianity Today, and even Backpacker magazine recently had an…