Saturday, May 03, 2008

the faces of persecution

A Believer dies for their faith in Christ every 3 minutes according to Voice of the Maryts.
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May 3, 2008 5:57:00 AM | bloginess, missions, on the net, prayer, spirituality, video

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sandy

I think the average American Christian is unaware of this. Only about 6 years ago, I was in Sunday School when the teacher talked about persecution, and said - of course, no one is killed for being a Christian nowadays - I spoke right up and disagreed mentioning the Voice of the Martyrs information. We do need to pray more.

Posted by: sandy | Saturday, May 03, 2008 at 09:46 AM

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