WOW!
Today there is lot in the news that I want to comment on.
The re-arrest of Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman convicted of being a heretic for not becoming Islamic and was going to be thrashed and beheaded. Now it appears that they have the husband too. Something very suspicious about that.
There are some big primary elections today with implications for both the Democrat and Republican parties. Watch Mississippi for the Republican senate race. New York state for the result of the 13th congressional district primary between 22-term incumbent Charles Rangel and Hispanic state senator Adriano Espalliat. In Oklahoma is a tight race between congressman James Lankford and former speaker of the state house of representatives, T.W. Shannon. Mr. Shannon is very supported by the Tea Party but Mr. Lankford could get a lot of the religious conservatives' vote. To say the least, it will be an interesting election night.
An attempt to get a ballot innititive here in California to divide California not into two states but six states brings out the low-information voter en mass as I will prove here.
Lots to write about and I will give each one the individual attention they deserve.
Showing posts with label religious persecution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious persecution. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Dying For The Gospel
My previous post on the Episcopal church stands in stark contrast to the fate of a man in Iran who may well have already been put to death for the "crime" of being a Christian.
Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is a convert from Islam to Christianity. And that is a huge no-no in Islamic nations and a nation as Iran in particular.
Because Pastor Nadarkhani is a pastor, he is seen as an enemy of Islam because he is trying to convert Islamics to becoming Christians.
Well, Pastor Nadarkhani is about to meet a martyr's fate for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is a crime in Iran to try to convert people from Islam to any other religion. But Christianity is reviled because it is evangelical in nature and practice.
Now, there is no evidence that Pastor Nadarkhani was forcibly making people convert from Islam to Christianity. But just mentioning that there is another way is too much for the ayatollah's. They have to make example's of people like Pastor Nadarkhani.
And it appears that they will.
No matter what happens, Pastor Nadarkhani will probably die for his faith. Whether at the hangman's noose in a prison. Or on the outside chance he would actually be freed, die at the hands of pro-government goons that will take him out.
In the linked article, Pastor Firouz Sadegh-Khandjani relayed a story of another man that was released by the Iranians and later killed by pro-government agents.
The sad fact is that there is little that can be done.
One group that is fighting for Pastor Nadarkhani's release is Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a British Christian group. They need our help and prayers.
Even the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, spoke up for Pastor Nadarkhani. And finally, the White House is getting ramped up on this.
All that can happen now is that the Iranians do indeed accede to multiple streams of international pressure and at least commute the death sentence or free Pastor Nadarkhani unconditionally.
This is something that should unite all people of faith and Christians in particular. It stands in total contrast the freedom of religion guaranteed in the Untied States constitution. That a regime would feel so threatened that they will kill a man of a very minority faith because he shared his religion. No, he did not take a gun, a sword or any other weapon but the weapon of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible and share with people.
For that, Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani may very well be the latest martyr of the Christian faith.
It is for people like this that churches should be fighting for.
Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is a convert from Islam to Christianity. And that is a huge no-no in Islamic nations and a nation as Iran in particular.
Because Pastor Nadarkhani is a pastor, he is seen as an enemy of Islam because he is trying to convert Islamics to becoming Christians.
Well, Pastor Nadarkhani is about to meet a martyr's fate for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It is a crime in Iran to try to convert people from Islam to any other religion. But Christianity is reviled because it is evangelical in nature and practice.
Now, there is no evidence that Pastor Nadarkhani was forcibly making people convert from Islam to Christianity. But just mentioning that there is another way is too much for the ayatollah's. They have to make example's of people like Pastor Nadarkhani.
And it appears that they will.
No matter what happens, Pastor Nadarkhani will probably die for his faith. Whether at the hangman's noose in a prison. Or on the outside chance he would actually be freed, die at the hands of pro-government goons that will take him out.
In the linked article, Pastor Firouz Sadegh-Khandjani relayed a story of another man that was released by the Iranians and later killed by pro-government agents.
The sad fact is that there is little that can be done.
One group that is fighting for Pastor Nadarkhani's release is Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a British Christian group. They need our help and prayers.
Even the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, spoke up for Pastor Nadarkhani. And finally, the White House is getting ramped up on this.
All that can happen now is that the Iranians do indeed accede to multiple streams of international pressure and at least commute the death sentence or free Pastor Nadarkhani unconditionally.
This is something that should unite all people of faith and Christians in particular. It stands in total contrast the freedom of religion guaranteed in the Untied States constitution. That a regime would feel so threatened that they will kill a man of a very minority faith because he shared his religion. No, he did not take a gun, a sword or any other weapon but the weapon of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible and share with people.
For that, Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani may very well be the latest martyr of the Christian faith.
It is for people like this that churches should be fighting for.
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