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2,500 Pakistani Christians´ fate is hanging in an endless limbo. They fled their homeland where they faced persecution and found shelter in the skyscraper city of Bangkok. They filed their protection applications with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Thailand in the hope that they will be heard …

In these turbulent times, the issue of immigration is never far from the top of the political agenda in many countries.  In Thailand, the same holds true.  However, unlike many countries who seek to provide humane solutions to the plight of refugees, especially those fleeing persecution and threats to life, …

Any Google search on religion and state will bring up many references to the separation of church and state, a very contentious topic in the United States of America.  The argument in that country seems to be that that the atheists object to Christians holding office and bringing Christian ideas …

Let me start with a health warning – understanding our position within Biblical prophecy can be very difficult, not because of the inaccuracy of scripture, but because of the very strong bias that we all have to favour our own prior beliefs and a tendency to only look at the …

For many the Book of Revelation at the end of the Bible is a mysterious and scary book.  It was given so that mankind would know what would happen after Jesus was ascended.  Many people believe that it was written about events happening at the time it was written and …

Recently, JCM published an article on the subject of violence, in which the teacher, whom I respect, asserted that the Christian approach was never to return violence with violence, for Christ did not in his life, even when he was going to unjustly arrested and convicted. I said to JCM’s …

Apart from its internal fractures and stresses, the Church, or the Christian world, faces two major ideological challenges, Islam and secularism.  When seen from a global, rather than a Western perspective, the most potent of these is Islam. To understand why Islam is such a challenge, it must be understood …

The church worldwide has two critical issues to deal with at the same time: the challenge of militant Islam and the challenge of secularist atheism.  These issues are critical because both militant Islam and secularist atheism are operating in a coordinated attack not only on Christians but also on the …

The violence, and incitement to violence, directed by Egyptian Muslims against the Copts — especially those organized sectarian campaigns by the Muslim Brotherhood and related groups — are crimes against humanity and should be treated as such by the international community. We know that a few drops of lemon will …

Do negative emotions threaten to overwhelm you? Through the power of God’s word, they do not have to overcome you! God created us to experience emotions, however there are Godly and ungodly methods to manage them. Consider the word itself: e-motion. Emotions move you to action. Your emotions originate from …