I have been doing a lot of reading lately about Judean Christians, Messianic Evangelism and the underground churches of Asia. And I have found both wonderful and disturbing things. The approach of the Gospel during the last two hundred years in Asia, Israel and to the Jews in America and Europe have been [...]
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For Christmas my wonderful wife ordered the book “God, Torah, Messiah. The Messianic Jewish Theology of Dr.Louis Goldberg” edited by Dr Richard A. Robinson. This massive study is offered by JEWS FOR JESUS and is available through their website book store (www.store.jewsforjesus.org). I will tell you that is not light reading even though [...]
Islamic thugs kill seven Christians on Coptic Christmas (Jan 6) in Egypt.
Malaysian mob fire-bombs three Christian Churches,
35 of the 50 countries on Open Doors watch list of worst persecutors are Islamic. It is now more than ever we must be vigilant in our Faith because as much as Muslims claim to be a [...]
On October 20, 2009, two suicide bombers tried to enter a Muslim school with the intention of killing as many young men and young women as possible. The fact that this school is in Pakistan’s Capital, Islamabad, is not lost in the story. Islamic Terrorists hatred of education and advancement of the mind [...]
This Sunday is the International Day of Prayer and the focus is on the Persecuted Church. But a new concern has come up here in America. While it was an Islamic who went on a rampage and killed twelve soldiers and wounded thirty-one others before being brought down, he was an American Officer and it [...]
Asia News International reports that two energy giants, Trout Industries (France) and Chevron Corp (USA). have been helping Myanmar (Burma) train its forces to kill, imprison and abuse its citizens to the tune of US$ 5 billion!
This report has been confirmed by many other news sources including Yahoo News, The Himalayan Times, Sydney Morning News, [...]
Sep. 7,1969 Paul Shiras and Colleen Byers became Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shiras
I can hardly believe it. Colleen and I have been married forty years! And my two wonderful children and my extra sweet daughter-in-law helped make it memorable by allowing us to kick back and do nothing. While there was no [...]
Death of an American Icon
Aug 27
While many Christians on the Far Right may not agree, Sen. Ted Kennedy was a Icon in the scheme of American politics. and while I only agreed with about half of what he stood for, he still was a strong and powerful voice in the American conscience.
His strength and his weakness was his true [...]
After being “detained” at Kashi Detention Center since Jan 21, 2008, Alimujiang Yimiti has a trail date set for July 28. That is today! He has been charges with “revealing state secrets or intelligence to overseas organizations.” However, the real charges are that he is a Christian Witness and shares his Faith [...]
I am encouraged by the news I get from the different Missions fields. The Baptist Standard tells me that Jimmy and Rosalynn Center Offering for Religious Liberty has been successful in training young women to start home Churches in Iran. In Thailand, I hear that the children that were run out of Burma [...]