Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 32 86. Q. Since we are redeemed from our sin and its wretched consequences by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why must we do good works? A. Because just as Christ has redeemed us with his blood he also renews us through his Holy Spirit according …
Article by Bishop Antoine Audo SJ, the Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo, Syria from the UK Telegraph. An excerpt: We hear the thunder of bombs and the rattle of gunfire, but we don’t always know what is happening. It’s hard to describe how chaotic, terrifying and psychologically difficult it is when you have no idea what …
While the kingdom of God will survive in Iraq, Dennis Crowley compiles this report about the massive loss of Christians in that country over the last ten years. Amid paragraphs recounting numerous attacks against localised groups, these two statements demonstrate the wide scale devastation which has been effected upon Christians since the fall of Saddam …
This graphic features Open Door’s 2014 ranking of the fifty countries where persecution of Christians is most severe. You download a (larger image size) pdf copy with further information here. More information at this page.
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