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"But regardless of which of us end up literally crucified for Christ, the question is: have we not died already? Paul—who was converted right here in Syria—proclaimed, “I am crucified with Christ.” -Farid, Syria (source 8thirty8's Facebook page). Also from 8thirty8: A Syrian refugee, living in Jordan, met Jesus and was just recently baptized! He shared that his family has completely disowned him (won't even speak to him) and now his wife has divorced him. But he has the biggest smile of joy you have EVER seen!  *Pray for the strength of this new brother, and that the Lord would use this new brother to draw his family to Him! * Video about Helen Berhane, a Christian woman who was locked in a metal shipping container in Erirtea for two and half years, for sharing the gospel of Christ. “We had a hope that they would be released,” the brother said a day after the news of their killing was released. “But the will of God was for them to be martyrs of Christ, an...

NORTH KOREA North Korea plans executions for contact with missionary Open Doors USA President/CEO David Curry says, “We received reports through a South Korean newspaper that North Korea is publicly saying that they’re going to order the deaths of 33 people that they believe are connected to Christianity, connected to a particular missionary there.” In answer to the question of heavy-handed tactics, Curry states, “North Korea has a theocracy. Their power is derived from their trying to convince their population that their leaders are God. Anything that would suggest otherwise, they would consider to be a threat against their government.” Fleeing hell NORTH KOREA | North Korean defectors are shedding light on dark human rights abuses in their native land—and some are telling of the light they found By DANIEL JAMES DEVINE & SOPHIA LEE Issue: "Inside the wire," March 22, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014, 01:00 a.m. Timothy Kang remembers those boots because they ...

UN Report Opens Eyes to Abuse in North Korea VOM_MediaDev February 18, 2014 This week the United Nations released a comprehensive report of human rights abuses inside North Korea , including evidence and first-hand testimony collected from hundreds of North Korean defectors. In graphic detail the report characterizes a regime that draws comparisons with the terrible evils of the Nazis under Adolph Hitler. Humanity at its very worst A UN report accuses North Korea of “unspeakable” human-rights abuses and hints at China’s complicity in some of them Feb 22nd 2014 | BEIJING AND SEOUL | North Koreans bow to the statues of Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il o on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang (April 2012) North Korea: Underground University The Voice of the Martyrs Canada Considered the most dangerous place to be a follower of Jesus, North Korea consistently tops the world's human rights watch lists as the most repressive and closed nation on earth. Reports o...

One of the most moving songs that I have heard recently is J.J. Heller’s “What Love Really Means.” In fact, one of the hardest messages in that song for law-abiding Christians to process is the one concerning the murderer who cries in his cell to God, saying, “Oh, Lord, forgive me.  I want to go home” and who hears from Jesus, deep in his heart, “I know you've murdered, I know you've lied. I've watch you suffer all of your life, and now that you're listening, I'll tell you that I will love you for you . . .” I thought of this song when I read the story of Pastor Shi Weihan. Pastor Shi operated a bookstore with permission from the Chinese government. However, he wasn’t given permission to print Bibles as the communist government only allows Amity Press to do so in China. The need for Bibles far exceeds their availability. Pastor Shi had a press with which he and his group printed almost two million Bibles! These were freely distributed throughout the c...

"On this furlough we first became impressed with the way God had been raising up intercessors for us.  Frequently, one or more came up at the close of a meeting, saying they have prayed for us every day for years; some even from the time we had left for China.  One day – not now – we shall know the ‘why’ of many victories and perhaps too the ‘why’ of many failures because someone had failed to ‘hold the ropes’” -- Rosalind Goforth (missionary to China)