christian persecution

“Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you...

“Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of...

“For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers...

“’Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth’— let Israel now say— ‘Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.’ The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked...

A letter containing the prohibition on celebrating Christmas 2023 and New Year in the Merbau Village area was widely circulated and made the community anxious. The official letter with the village logo was signed by the Head of Merbau Village, Pelalawan, Riau Kasmiran on December 22. The...

Why do you hate her so much? Why must sin now be your crutch? Why do you go on from day after day Lying and cheating and floundering away? Why must you lie through your teeth? Why must you live low, beneath? Why do you keep on in your masquerades? Why must you live as though life is charades...

“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation...

“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the...

Gereja Kristen Kemah Daun Kelurahan Rajabasa Jaya, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia disallow to build their church even though they have fulfill the qualification to build the church. The village authorities (Kelurahan) have not given permission for various reasons. Bandar Lampung is one of the...

Muslim Community Rejects Construction of Gamaliel Christian School in Parepare, Indonesia Even though they had approved and given permission for the construction of the Gamaliel Christian School, the regional government of Parepare City, South Sulawesi, through the Parepare DPRD actually...

Christian employees of an oil palm plantation owned by PT Incasi Raya in the south of Pesisir Selatan Regency, West Sumatra are prohibited from worshiping by the company. This company's employees use tarpaulin for Christian worship. The company argued that traditional institutions in West...

“I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my...

Psalms 37:12-15,39-40 ESV “The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. “The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is...

Muslim residents in Deli Serdang, Indonesia dispersed church congregations who were worshiping in a shophouse in the Tanjung Morawa area. In many areas in Indonesia, minorities such as Christians, Buddhists and others find it difficult to worship even in their own homes. Usually the...

Psalms 119:161-168 ESV "Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil. I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules. Great peace have...

Psalms 94:1-7 “O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve! O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. They...

Luke 23:44-49 ESV “It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!’ And...

John 11:45-48 ESV “Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, ‘What are we to do? For this man...

Luke 12:49-53 ESV Jesus speaking: “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division...

I have been reading in the book of Acts for a little while now, and I have been reading about the persecutions of Paul, and the Lord has been reminding me of some of the difficult experiences I have had in my life, in the way of persecutions, and of how many of those parallel the persecutions of...