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US citizen Pastor Saeed Abedini will celebrate his birthday, Thursday, May 7, in his Iranian jail cell. Pastor Abedini has been imprisoned for over two and half years on charges of proselytising and posing a perceived national security threat against Iran. On Thursday, which is also the National Day of Prayer in the United States, Abedini turns 35 years old. Although still far from his loved ones and facing reported continued abuse and daily beatings by his guards, the American Center for Law and Justice says Abedini has only one wish: a revival of prayer in America. “Remember my chains [More]

Preppers are always looking to learn additional skills and methods for survival. In some cases knowledge comes from reading prepper blogs like the Prepper Journal. Other times, you can obtain training from reputable instructors in disciplines like self-defense, weapons training and first aid. Yet another source that many people use are books. Books are a great prepper resource in my opinion that you shouldn’t neglect as part of your prepping efforts. They might not replace skills you can acquire by other means, but they are something that you may be able to fall back on as a source of information. [More]

Is it easy to reach Muslims with the message of salvation through Christ? No. But Prem Kumar says, “We believe in the power of the gospel.” Prem is training church planters and sending out gospel workers all over South Asia…including some of the region’s most difficult areas. This week on VOMRadio he tells us how they prepare those workers to face persecution without losing their faith, and about the challenges they are facing and how they overcome. He also shares ideas for reaching out to Muslims, and help us pray more effectively for missionaries working on the front lines. Read [More]

“We here in the West have little idea of the horrible conditions many Christians are suffering in elsewhere in the world. Don’t forget to keep them in your prayers and if possible support organizations that are helping them.”  Admin I am traveling back from the Nuba mountains of Sudan, where I joined VOM workers for nearly a week traveling in the bush inside Sudan. It is impossible to adequately describe the devastation and suffering of Christians in this place. I will spend several blog posts sharing stories and insights from our family members there. The best place to begin is [More]

“Good article and some interesting reader comments after the article.”  Admin They’re falling away from the Church in droves, but what actually keeps youth grounded in their faith and committed to regular church fellowship? A Closer LookOne high school pastor recognizes the modern-day dilemma Christian parents find themselves in when they desperately ask him with tear-filled eyes, “What do we do about our kids?” “[T]hey weren’t talking about 16-year-olds drinking and partying,” The Gospel Coalition Contributor Jon Nielson shared. “Each had a story to tell about a ‘good Christian’ child, raised in their home and in our church, who had [More]

Tori Rasmussen is a missionary to Tanzania, focusing on spreading God’s Word into African villages and equipping and training national Christians to become missionaries themselves. In this week’s episode of VOMRadio he shares about his work in Tanzania, about the persecution Christians there are facing and about the challenges of equipping tribal believers for outreach to other tribes and cultures. He also shares thoughts for American Christians about gospel outreach to Muslims right here at home. Listen  Persecution Blog: VOMRadio: Tanzania.

A recent study conducted by the Barna Group has divulged where the 100 biggest U.S. cities fall when it comes to going to church … and avoiding it. “Every week, nearly half of Americans attend church,” Barna researchers discovered. “Nationwide, just over two in five Americans (42 percent) are ‘very active’ churchgoers — meaning they attend church weekly. That’s a substantial number — yet it’s only four percentage points higher than the number of Americans who haven’t attended church in the past six months (38 percent) — people Barna Group defines as ‘churchless.’” Many cities, however, divert from the norm [More]

“It does us well to listen to such stories since we can see the signs of Christian intolerance starting here.”  Admin House church leaders in China teach new believers that to be a faithful follower of Christ, one must be willing to suffer for his faith. Bob Fu led a double life in China, making his living as a teacher in a Communist Party school then working after school to lead people to Christ and build up China’s house churches. It wasn’t long before his own willingness to suffer was tested. Today, after fleeing to the West, Dr. Fu is [More]

“Please remember to pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters.”  Admin Persecution of Christians in China reached its highest level in more than a decade last year as the government cracked down on church growth perceived as a threat to Communist Party power, according to a U.S.-based advocacy group. Texas-based China Aid Association (CAA) this week reported 572 cases of religious – mainly Christian – persecution last year, a 300 percent increase over the previous year’s 143 cases. The number of people affected in those cases jumped from 7,424 to 17,884 people. More than 1,592 were church leaders, compared with [More]

“An alternative organization based on Christian values is the American Heritage Girls.”  Admin A traditional values leader is exposing the Girl Scouts for its continued move toward far-left causes. The latest announcement, says Linda Harvey of Mission America, is that little boys from kindergarten through high school can join the Girl Scouts, if the boy considers himself a girl. “In other words, he calls the shots,” Harvey says of young males. “He is the one that determines the rights and privacy of authentic girls.” Regarding transgender youth, the website for the Scouts states that if a boy is recognized as [More]

“Little Boy,’ a movie that aims to “capture the soul and heart of America” and show it to the world, will debut in theaters April 24. An exclusive clip has been made available to WND of the movie, which features Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin James and Jakob Salvati in the title role. “Little Boy” tells an all-American story of a devoted 7-year-old son whose father goes missing in World War II. Motivated by Jesus’ words that faith can move mountains, the boy asks a priest how he can increase his faith to move a mountain and bring his missing [More]

Heaven or hell … heaven or hell … heaven or hell … One hundred years from now where will we all be? If it’s heaven, what will be your standing? What will be your eternal reward? What will be your eternal position with Jesus? And what of your family, friends and neighbors? And what of all the lost people you know? Where will they be? God wants to fill your belly with inspiration for the fulfillment of the great commission and a reaping of the precious fruit of the earth that remains. “For we cannot help but declare what we [More]

“Good advice for any Christian.”  Admin When a woman of God awakes each morning, heaven, earth and hell should take notice! She is a vital contributor to her community and a gatekeeper of her home. Her friends, coworkers and family feel secure in her presence; her church relies on her faithful service. Who is this supernatural woman? Not superwoman, supernatural woman! She understands the source of her strength. She humbly acknowledges her dependence on God and accepts the help of the Holy Spirit. Proverbs 31:30 tells us, “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the [More]

“There’s a scarlet thread of redemption that the Lord weaves through our lives,” Doug Stringer shares. “Just as God has done throughout history, so it is true in our present day.” As Doug shared at the University of Houston’s Baptist Student Ministry that night, he reminded the young adults of past revivals. “God takes seemingly impossible or unlikely situations and uses them for good. One such example occurred in the midst of World War II,” he said. The Lord raised up a young Japanese American believer in the midst of World War II and used him to spark a revival [More]

“Excellent article.”  Admin In 2 Corinthians 10:11, Paul tells us that the things that happened to the Old Testament saints were examples for us and that their stories were written for our admonition, instruction and warning. It has been said that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” and Paul would have us learn from those who preceded us and not repeat their mistakes. I was reminded of this during a recent time of prayer. As I prayed, my heart was heavy about the seeming powerless state of the church in the face of the deteriorating [More]

“It airs Sunday nights on NBC.”  Admin Roma Downey and husband Mark Burnett share the motivation behind the ‘A.D.’ series which follows the highly successful hit of 2013, ‘The Bible.’

Recently a VOM international worker made a trip to visit persecuted Christians in China. He kept a video diary of the trip, which we will be sharing this week on the Persecution Blog. Day 1 On this first day, he attempts to attend services at a church in Beijing that has been forcibly closed down by the government. Day 2 On this second day, he visits a house church pastor in southwest China, a pastor recently released from prison. Listen in on their conversation about the benefits of persecution for Christian believers. Day 3 Today our worker travels to Hefei [More]

“Great story.”  Admin Bill Geist takes back to 1993, when he profiled Bernard Coffindaffer, a West Virginia businessman who’d made it his life’s work to erect clusters of 3 crosses – thousands of them – next to highways across America. Today, more crosses are being raised, thanks to one woman who’d never met Coffindaffer but who continues his mission as her own.

“Please remember to keep him in your prayers.”  Admin American Pastor Saeed Abedini was permitted to have a visit with an Iranian family member today in the prison. It was the first visit in the last five weeks. He continues to suffer for his faith, wrongfully imprisoned in Iran for being a Christian. The prison guards have become increasingly hostile. He faces a near constant demands that he recant his faith in Christ and become a Muslim. Iranian officials are also psychologically tormenting him, telling him that he will face an extended sentence even after he completes his current eight-year [More]

New York Times’ best-selling author Jonathan Cahn knew the super Shemitah was coming, but even he was startled when the biblical cycle revealed itself on national media. A throwback to Pharaoh’s dream in Genesis, on Sept. 25, a cow with the number seven was born and hit the news wires. Now, Cahn says the mystery deepens. Watch the video to see what he says about the cow. WATCH: Jonathan Cahn Shares Startling Prophetic Mystery About the Seventh Cow.

For those of you who like digging into clinical studies for more detailed information on something you can do so here:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=tumeric The above link is to the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health using the keyword of “tumeric” to pull up the studies about it. You can enter any keyword you want in the search box at the top of the page.

“At the end of the article there is a video interview of Joel Richardson and Carl Gallups on Islam and end times events in the book of Revelation.”  Admin Islam is a lot more than a Middle East system of religious practices that horrifies Westerners used to the freedoms and security of a democratic republic; it’s an alluring, seductive system that turns innocent outsiders into victims, according to several experts. Commentator Phylllis Chesler wrote recently about the issue under the headline, “ISIS’s Nazi-style ‘Jihad Bride’ Propaganda an Alluring Trap for Western Girls.” There, she wrote, “Foreign girls who are lured [More]

Imagine discovering that your home has the Arabic “N” scrawled on it and that you have been targeted by ISIS? They Were Met By Their Christian FamilyThat is exactly what happened to one sister from Mosul, Iraq, that I met with recently. She shared a harrowing tale of fleeing her city, being separated from her family, and living now as a displaced person in a new city. She was wealthy, by almost any standard. She had a four-story house in Mosul, was a business owner, and owned three vehicles. She also had a prominent family, another form of status in [More]

Launched by Eitan Bar, a Messianic Jew himself, IMetMessiah.com is an evangelistic effort to speak to Jews curious about Jesus. “As Jewish people, most of us grow up without considering whether or not Yeshua is the Messiah expected by our people for millennia,” he explains on the site. “Yet, something happened in our lives that changed each of us and caused us to rethink the usual Jewish views about Jesus.” “We offer these stories to you and hope that your relationship with God will deepen through meeting our storytellers,” Bar says. With over a dozen testimonials posted online and many [More]

While in Iraq recently, I was pleased to meet several Christians who are serving their neighbors, even in the midst of their own personal suffering. These “Jesus followers” have lost almost everything that this world values, and they continue to boldly proclaim their faith. They shine brightly in a place that has been darkened by loss, sorrow and hopelessness. I was reminded of Zephaniah 3:9, where God promises to restore. He will restore so that “they all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one accord.” Another translation reads “serve him shoulder to shoulder.” That [More]

“The US is becoming more of a mission field especially among the younger generation.”  Admin Barna Group has released its 2015 study on the state of atheism in America, and has revealed that one in four unchurched adults in the country now identify as atheists or agnostics. The study also found that rejection of the Bible and lack of trust in the church are two main reasons why people are turning away from faith. The study was focused on those who have not attended church within the past six months, and found that the majority of such people identify as [More]

“It started playing in theaters 04/03/15”  Admin As the highly-anticipated movie, David and Goliath hits theaters in 25 cities this weekend, the director promises a different experience than Noah and Exodus. “I have a lot of respect for Ridley (Scott) and Darren (Aronosfky),” says director Tim Chey. “But they’re both avowed atheists. So you wonder what attracted them to do Bible movies in the first place.” Chey emphatically states the film will put God first. “God is in almost every scene,” he continues. “This is why the Hollywood studios passed when we screened it for executives. So many of them [More]