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The "Hell" of A Syrian Hospital -- a story of how rebel-held area hospitals lack medicine, experienced caregivers, safe water -- and the list goes on with horrendous results.  It's not that outsiders don't care.  The Syrian government won't let the Red Cross and others into rebel-held areas. Please understand I hate the trivialization of Hell by utilizing the term to speak of terrors, traumas and troubles in this life, thus the quotes around the word in the link to the article. Seven Reasons Pastors Burn Out September 28, 2013 by Thom Rainer Speaking of pastors.  Kindle Deal -- $1.99 On Being a Pastor: Understanding our Calling and Work  Derek Prime and Alistair Begg by Moody Press, 300 pages Kindle Deal for Ladies -- $1.99 Devotional book in Kindle format The Quiet Place: Daily Devotional Readings [Kindle Edition] Nancy Leigh DeMoss (Author) Obama Urges Iranian President to Release Pastor Saeed BY ANUGRAH K UMAR Finally! An ...

  Evin Prison in Iran It is a question that is often times a riddle to Westerners.  How do persecuted believers do it?   What is it within them that enables them to withstand the extremes of persecution? In Nigeria, a pastor's son was hacked to death by machete-wielding Boko Haram terrorists.  His response to the tragedy was that he still loved his son's attackers.   Iranian American pastor Saeed Abedini has been held in Iran's notorious Evin prison for over a year.  Reportedly, he came out of solitary confinement, meant to break a prisoner, actually elated and encouraged from the experience.  What happened in that confinement?  More on that in a minute.  image from International Christian Concern's website   Stories abound of Christian ministers and laypeople being imprisoned, beating, etc., and seeing the situation as a God-given opportunity to minister to prison guards and fellow prisoners.  What make...