Martyrs: Richard Wurmbrand

Richard Wurmbrand, founder of Voice of the Martyrs, wrote this in his book, Tortured for Christ:

“It must be understood that there are no nominal, half-hearted, lukewarm Christians in Russia or China. The price Christians pay is far too great. The next point to remember is that persecution has always produced a better Christian—a witnessing Christian, a soul-winning Christian.”

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Notes from the “Bound with Them” Conference

UPDATE: TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO LINKED AT THE END OF THIS POST.

I went to the Voice of the Martyrs Conference last Saturday. Man, we sure take our freedom for granted. You have to try real hard or be a real jerk to get arrested or persecuted for your faith in this country. If only Christians realized how truly valuable and precious our faith is, and how freely we are able to share it. I remember a line from a Joni Mitchell song of long ago: “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone….”

Here are a few notes from the conference:

• More people have been martyred for Christ in the last 100 years than all previous centuries combined.

• A visitor from another country was curious about why a church in a land that persecuted Christians had a rooster in place of the cross on their roof. The reason: When the time comes that they are persecuted for their faith they do not want to deny Christ like Peter did. The rooster was a reminder to stay faithful lest they hear it crow three times.

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Martyrs: Woman Sentenced to Death, Critics Silenced

On Nov. 8, 2010 Asia Bibi was the first woman to be sentenced to death by hanging under Pakistan’s blasphemy law. (Please watch the 3 minute CNN video here.) Asia Bibi was arrested on June 19, 2009, after she engaged in an intense discussion with a group of women who worked with her. Answering their calls for her to accept Islam, Asia told them Jesus is alive, but Mohammad is dead. “Our Christ is the true prophet of God,” she reportedly told them, “and yours is not true.” Upon hearing this, the Muslim women became angry and began to beat Asia, who was taken into police custody and then later condemned to die.

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