Testimony: From the Mire to the Choir "The Lord used the comic book, 'Chaos' to bring me to Salvation. Thirty-nine years ago, Monday, December 14th, my husband was about to take off and leave me alone with two little boys. But he had gotten saved the previous week and brought home a bag filled with tracts." "I knew he had gotten saved, but still didn't know the significance of what he had done and only knew that my two babies were my whole world. After reading this, the Lord spoke to me and said, 'When I come back, your babies are going with me and you're not.' That thought devastated me and I trusted Christ that night." "For those of you who think that I had the wrong 'motive,' I've made more than certain in these 39 years that I have the RIGHT motive. The Lord put our marriage back together, gave me two more little boys, sent us to the mission field, and my husband served him right up until the Lord took him home almost eight years ago." "I am eternally grateful to Jack Chick for writing this comic!" — Pam M. Christians Killed by Persecution Increased 60% in 2020 ![]() The missions tracking organization, Open Doors, reports that Christians killed by rising persecution increased by 60% in 2020. The greatest offender was Nigeria, with 2200 murdered by radical Islamists. The next two countries were India and China. Open Doors President David Curry pointed out that, "Most of the Christians killed in 2020 gave up their lives to extremist groups and not governments." Besides outright murder, general pressure has also intensified against Bible believers. In India it is the Hindu extremists, but the government is often an accomplice by failing to defend the Christians. In China, murder is not their game primarily, but increased bulldozing of churches and jailing of pastors makes clear that they see Christianity as a rising threat to their national religion of socialism/communism. In chapter four of the book of Acts, the believers in Jerusalem were coming under increasing pressure from the Jews. In their prayer they quoted David: “Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?” This typifies the state of the world today. Godless heathenism is “raging” worldwide, especially in the western world. And to “imagine vain things” is to believe lies. Today, truth has been thrown out the window and the lies of evolution, atheism, socialism, globalism, man-made climate change, etc., are now dominant in our cultures. And these lies from Satan only lead to destruction as seen in numerous countries of the world who have bought these lies. But the believers in the book of Acts pledged that they would not be deterred from Christ’s Great Commission: “And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word.” As we see the cloud of persecution advancing on our horizon, may we pray that same prayer that God will grant us boldness in saturating our communities with the gospel. Chick publications is pledged to supply the best paper missionaries at the lowest cost so that we can rescue some from the lies that now permeate our culture. Did you receive our last email newsletter? If not, here's what you missed... 1. January/February Battle Cry Newsletter 2. Vatican Power Politics More Important Than Truth Customer Service Have a question? Please contact us.
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