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Across the Islamic world God is at work in a powerful way as thousands of Muslims are coming to Christ! And when a Muslim is seeking to know about Jesus, they come to us in search of a Bible. Today I am offering you the chance to put a Bible into the hands of a Muslim seeker. To make your gift even more meaningful we have been offered a $10,000 Challenge Grant to provide these urgently requested Bibles! Which makes your gift even more important! Bibles are scarce in most Islamic countries where it’s illegal to convert from Islam to Christianity. So we have set a goal to distribute at least 4,000 Bibles to Muslim seekers in these countries over the next few months. And if we meet this $10,000 Challenge Grant, we can meet this goal! I think you can see why I’m asking you to give an online gift to Open Doors today. Through your gift, you’ll not only help meet the challenge… but help deliver Bibles to Muslim seekers who risk their lives just to know more about Christ. You’ll be giving them the one thing that can change their life for eternity! So thank you for your gift. And thank you for helping us advance the gospel where faith costs the most. Brother Andrew Open Doors USA |
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The Danger in Being a Christian: It began as a Jewish sect; fierce persecution only helped it spread
Acts 8 Acts 8:1 On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. In some countries, a person who becomes a Christian forfeits a good education and job. And in a few countries, a person who converts risks his or her life. One church historian estimates that more Christians were martyred in the twentieth century than in all preceding centuries put together. Yet, strangely, more often than not, intense persecution of Christians leads to a spurt of growth in the church. An ancient saying expresses this phenomenon: “The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church.” The First Big Advance For a while, the new faith enjoyed popular favor. But very soon it involved grave risk. In the book of Acts, the persecution that produced the first Christian martyr, Stephen, ironically brought about the advance of Christianity outside its Jewish base. Forced out of stormy Jerusalem, the scatterin...
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