A couple of sources of information as prayers are prepared for services tomorrow. Both of these are freely available around the net and are marked as okay for distribution. From MERF (Middle Eastern Reformed Fellowship) Dear Christian Brothers and Sisters, Security concerns have kept MERF’s ministry center in Cairo, Egypt closed for three days. So …
What was understood to be a new beginning of democracy in Egypt, the Arab Spring, has given way to a situation where Egyptians are in peril from their own, and where Egyptian Christians are suffering persecution under the guise of random civil unrest. This blog post aggregates reports of churches which have been attacked. It …
Shame is meant to take us to the foot of the cross and the new life there, not to be our dwelling place. From Scotty Smith. And the man and his wife were both naked and were unashamed. Gen. 2:25 Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and …
And pray for the welfare of a provincial town of 25000 people. Every time I hear someone invoke Jeremiah 29:7 and pray that business in town will be more profitable I suppress a groan. As if that equates to a biblical concept of welfare. This article by Bliss Spillar outlines the way in which he …
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