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FAITH UNDER FIRE: ‘Their Blood Cries Out’ in Syria, Iraq, Kenya
Twenty years ago, Professor Paul Marshall of the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Canada, wrote a book with a particularly uninviting title, "Their Blood Cries Out." This tome, not unlike the 16th century John Foxe's Book of Martyrs, described the persecution of multiple Christians around the world.
FAITH UNDER FIRE: Little Yazidi girl speaks of ISIS brow-beating
Sitting in a U.N. refugee tent in a camp filled with 18,000 refugees, my stomach turns and my eyes are wet, listening to yet one more horrific, unimaginable crime committed against Yazidi children, girls and women. It is Christmas Eve 2015.
FAITH UNDER FIRE: 2015: The Year of the Orange Christmas?
ISIS has captured the attention of the world -- and the color orange. Too often, as we have watched the news, we see men dressed in orange jumpsuits with their hands tied behind their backs with ISIS murderers behind them, poised to behead them.
FAITH UNDER FIRE: The moral storyline in ‘The Martian’
I just watched the Matt Damon movie "The Martian" with my family. As I left the movie, I was thinking about the recent terrorist attacks Paris.
FAITH UNDER FIRE: The persecuted church and people of faith
Faith-oriented people often hear the oft-repeated phrase: "Faith without works is dead."
FAITH UNDER FIRE: Paris: City of Lights becomes City of Fear
While this new Faith Under Fire column features people of faith being persecuted, this week our focus turns to the events in Paris, France, where this author traveled within a day of the horrific, tragic violence of the murder of 129 innocent people.
FAITH UNDER FIRE: Sinjar, Iraq,Yazidi teens escape ISIS
The three girls' eyes wept dry exhausted tears as they shared their stories in a humble, broken manner after they had experienced all of the atrocities of rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage.
FAITH UNDER FIRE: Most people have faith, too many are persecuted
According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 84 percent of the world's population identify with and embrace a religious faith. Most of these people of faith share a common trait. They simply desire to live out and express their religious faith and belief system as they see fit without interference from outside forces. Sadly, far too many of these people live in places where the simple act of exercising their religious beliefs is actively discouraged or, worse, dangerous.
FAITH UNDER FIRE: ‘This is for you because you are a Christian’
"I invited my neighbor over for tea. I am Christian, my neighbor is Muslim," said Abid, a father and husband who lives in a city of the Middle East, in a Third World area, that has 1.7 million people and where a recent survey reveals that in this city there are only 1,000 Christians remaining.
