Category: Persecution

Is persecution of Christians the exception or the norm? Hear scholar N. T. Wright answer this from the point of view of the Apostle Paul, and of other authors of the New Testament. Learn more in Wright’s new book, THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ITS WORLD: http://NewTestamentWorld.com.

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Christian Persecution: Damien Richardson shares stories of persecution and martyrdom from Ireland and around the world.

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The Roman emperor Diocletian was responsible for what has been described as the worst period of persecution in the history of the Christian church—persecution so intense it is mentioned in the book of Revelation. Persecution will again shake the church, and God wants you to be ready for that time. Join Pastor John Bradshaw on location in Split, Croatia, the site of Diocletian’s famed summer palace, for “History Repeats.”

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Violence is on the rise in Nigeria as abuses by militant groups like Boko Haram and the Fulani Herdsmen continue to plague Africa’s largest economy making it one of the continent’s poorest nations. Something Auxiliary Bishop Ernest Obodo is battling to overcome.

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Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he is ‘appalled’ at the ongoing persecution of Christians.

One of the countries clamping down is China.

Churches continue to be closed, and Christians have been arrested because of their faith.

That is because the country is officially an atheist state, with freedom of religion guaranteed in the constitution.

Sky’s Tom Cheshire explains.

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