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"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, 'You are mad, you are not like us'." --- St Antony of Egypt

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Archive for December 8th, 2008

Christianity effectively outlawed in Comoros

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Christians are coming under severe persecution in Pemba and the Comoros, several islands off the east coast of Africa. They are reportedly being harassed, beaten, imprisoned, and exiled in a persecution so intense that it amounts to effective criminalisation of the faith.
Christians on the predominantly Muslim islands of Pemba and the Comoros archipelago faced [...]

Zakaria Botros: 2008 Daniel of the Year

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Father Zakaria Botros (at right), an elderly priest in the Egyptian Coptic Church, has a very fruitful ministry as an evangelist to Muslims across North Africa, the Middle East and beyond. His weekly television show has an audience numbering in the tens of millions.
An Arabic newspaper has named him Islam’s Public Enemy #1 and [...]

Who said this about Christians in Nazi Germany?

Monday, December 8th, 2008

I was surprised to discover who said this. To find out, click here and scroll down to the fourth and fifth paragraphs.
“Being a lover of freedom, when the revolution came in Germany, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause of truth; [...]

Coalition cracks are showing

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Cartoon: Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle-Herald