http://thesealed.com/blog The Lord Is Coming Soon, It's Not Time To Waste Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY5 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY5#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:53 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY5 What do you do while imprisoned in solitary confinement for more than two years? The answer for one Pakistani Christian is “pray.” Asia Bibi has spent almost three years in prison on charges that she blasphemed Islam’s prophet Muhammad. She was convicted and sentenced to death, and she now awaits the ruling on her appeal. To protect her from other inmates, she has been kept in solitary confinement. She cooks her own food to...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/pakistan-praying-in-prison/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY5 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY5#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:53 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY5 What do you do while imprisoned in solitary confinement for more than two years? The answer for one Pakistani Christian is “pray.” Asia Bibi has spent almost three years in prison on charges that she blasphemed Islam’s prophet Muhammad. She was convicted and sentenced to death, and she now awaits the ruling on her appeal. To protect her from other inmates, she has been kept in solitary confinement. She cooks her own food to...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/pakistan-praying-in-prison/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY2 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY2#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:57:08 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY2 Increasing violence in Nigeria has only strengthened local Christians’ faith, even sparking a revival at the Deeper Life Bible Church in Gombe, where nine Christians were martyred in a Jan. 5 attack on the church. During a funeral service on Jan. 19 for those killed, many believers rededicated their lives to Christ, and others came to faith in Christ for the first time, according to a VOM worker. Weeping and singing on their knees, a choir...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/nigeria-attack-sparks-revival/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY1 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY1#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:45:26 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY1 Three Christian men, Pastor Farhad Sabokrouh, Davood (David) Ali-Jani and Naser Zamen-Dezfuli, remain in detention after their arrest on Dec. 23, 2011, at an Assemblies of God (AOG) church in Ahwaz, Iran. The pastor’s wife, Shahnaz Jizan, was also arrested and held until Jan. 1, when her $200,000 bail was paid. The families have not been told where the men are being held or what condition they are in, and officials have said they know...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/iran-three-christians-detained/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY1 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY1#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:45:26 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY1 Three Christian men, Pastor Farhad Sabokrouh, Davood (David) Ali-Jani and Naser Zamen-Dezfuli, remain in detention after their arrest on Dec. 23, 2011, at an Assemblies of God (AOG) church in Ahwaz, Iran. The pastor’s wife, Shahnaz Jizan, was also arrested and held until Jan. 1, when her $200,000 bail was paid. The families have not been told where the men are being held or what condition they are in, and officials have said they know...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/iran-three-christians-detained/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY0#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:43:39 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDY0 After the conclusion of Egypt’s parliamentary elections last week, many Christians fear that government control by Islamists will lock them into second-class status and increase persecution against Christians. However, some believers rejoice that the recent wave of persecution has prompted many nominal Christians to turn to Christ for solace. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and the Al Nour Party, made up of members...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/egypt-elections-increase-fears/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDYz http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDYz#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:20:29 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDYz Three years after the widespread persecution of Christians in Orissa state, India, gained worldwide attention, Christians in Kandhamal district continue to suffer at the hands of Hindu extremists. Three Christian leaders were brutally murdered in Kandhamal in 2011, and local authorities apparently did little to find and prosecute their killers. In 2007 and 2008, many Christians were killed and at least 50,000 displaced in large-scale riots in...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/india-threats-in-kandhamal/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDYy http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDYy#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:24:43 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDYy Intolerance toward Christians continued to grow in 2011, according to year-end assessments by human-rights and Christian organizations. In particular, acts of violence against Christians during the holidays increased drastically. Stonegate Institute, a nonprofit organization that researches human rights issues, cited recent Nigerian church bombings — in which the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed more than 40 people attending a Christmas...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/global-report-persecution-increases/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDYx http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDYx#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:34:45 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDYx Six church leaders in Laos remain in prison after the local security force raided their Christmas celebration on Friday, Dec. 16. Under the Boukham village chief’s orders, eight church leaders were arrested and immediately escorted to the village government house. Four of the eight leaders were handcuffed and their feet placed in stocks, which are planks of wood fastened to the wall. Family members delivered blankets to the prisoners...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/laos-jailed-for-christmas/feed/ 0 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDU4 http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDU4#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:36:56 +0000 Persecution.com NewsRoom http://www.persecution.com/public/newsroom.aspx?story_ID=NDU4 Iran’s Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, head of the judiciary, has ordered the judge presiding over Youcef Nadarkhani’s case to delay his written verdict for one year. The judge was specifically ordered to keep Nadarkhani in prison, using whatever means necessary to force him to recant his Christian faith and convert to Islam. According to Present Truth Ministries, the order was designed to cause the international community, specifically...]]> http://thesealed.com/blog/iran-nadarkhani-update/feed/ 0