“Today’s pictures are too awful to show. You know I love to show photos but the photo I was sent today was the most awful I have ever seen. A family of 8 all shot through the face laying in a pool of blood with their Bible open on the couch. They would not convert it cost them there … Continue reading
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Iran, Iraq and the God of the nations
“What is happening today in Mosul brings horror, fear and bad memories to the Christians of Iraq and leads us to question; is this happening in the 21st century and in front of the civilized world where innocent Christian civilians are forced to convert, be treated as Dhimmi, or slaughtered?” (senior Iraqi church leader, reported … Continue reading
The face of persecution and the trampling of Mosul
Persecution often comes across as numbers (1000 here, 200 there) and far-away place names. But persecution has a face. Last Sunday I saw a man, stubbly and olive-skinned, nursing his styrofoam cup of coffee at the back of an old church building in London. His immediate family are in the UK but many of his friends and … Continue reading