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Life Under Taliban Rule More Difficult for Afghanistan’s Christians
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Afghanistan – According to Mission Network News (MNN), life has become more difficult for Christians in Afghanistan. This report comes weeks after the Taliban retook control of the country and US-led forces completely withdrew.
“Prior to Taliban rule, [Christians] already ad a very difficult time living out their faith,” Open Doors’ Field Director for Asia told MNN. “They had to keep it secret from their families for fear of being shunned, or worse, killed. Now that the Taliban is in power, their vulnerability increases tenfold.”
With the Taliban’s victory now complete, minorities in Afghanistan are bracing for increased persecution, including the country’s small and secretive Christian community.
“Some known Christians are already receiving threatening phone calls,” the Christian leader told International Christian Concern (ICC) in the days following Kabul’s fall on August 15. “In these phone calls, unknown people say, ‘We are coming for you’.”
While ICC has not confirmed any targeted killings of Christians, Release International’s spokesman, Andrew Boyd, claimed at least one Christian has been killed by the Taliban.
“The Taliban have been checking phones to check if there are any bibles downloaded onto their phones,” Boyd told GB News. “We have a report that at least on Hazara has been killed as a result of this.”
Afghanistan’s Christian community is almost exclusively comprised of converts from Islam. Some estimate the Christian population to be between 8,000 and 12,000, making it one of the country’s largest religious minority groups. However, due to extreme persecution, the Christian community remains largely closeted and hidden from the public eye.
Their status as converts makes Afghan Christians direct targets for persecution by both extremist groups and society in general. In Afghanistan, leaving Islam is considered extremely shameful and converts can face dire consequences if their conversion is discovered.
In many cases, known Christians must flee Afghanistan or risk being killed.
According to the Taliban’s ideology, Afghanistan is a Muslim country and non-Muslims must leave Afghanistan or accept second class status. For Christians, coming from convert backgrounds, the Taliban will consider them apostate and subject to Shariah’s deadliest consequences.
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ഒളിമ്പിക്സിനോട് അനുബന്ധിച്ച് രണ്ടു ലക്ഷത്തോളം ബൈബിള്; തയാറെടുപ്പുമായി ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റി
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പാരീസ്: ഒളിമ്പിക്സിനോട് അനുബന്ധിച്ച് രണ്ടു ലക്ഷത്തോളം ബൈബിളിന്റെ വിതരണത്തിനായി തയാറെടുപ്പുമായി ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റി. 140,000 ഫ്രഞ്ച് കോപ്പികളും 60,000 ഇംഗ്ലീഷിലുള്ള ബൈബിളും വിതരണം ചെയ്യാനാണ് സൊസൈറ്റി പദ്ധതിയിടുന്നത്. ബൈബിളിലെ പുതിയ നിയമമാണ് വിതരണം ചെയ്യുക. വിതരണം സുഗമമാക്കുന്നതിന് വിവിധ ക്രിസ്ത്യന് മിനിസ്ട്രികളുമായി സൊസൈറ്റി രൂപരേഖ തയാറാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഫ്രഞ്ച് ഹാൻഡ്ബോൾ ചാമ്പ്യൻ ജോയൽ അബാറ്റി, ഓസ്ട്രേലിയൻ ഹൈജമ്പർ നിക്കോള ഒലിസ്ലാഗേഴ്സ് എന്നിവര് ഉള്പ്പെടെയുള്ളവര് പദ്ധതിയുടെ ഭാഗമാകുന്നുണ്ട്.
ഓരോ രാജ്യത്തെയും ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റി വഹിക്കുന്നതു സ്തുത്യര്ഹമായ പങ്കാണെന്നും സമകാലിക ലോകത്ത് ബൈബിളിന് ശക്തമായ സ്വാധീനമാണുള്ളതെന്നും ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റിയുടെ ജനറൽ സെക്രട്ടറി ജോനാഥൻ ബൗലറ്റ് പറഞ്ഞു. പാരീസ് ഒളിംപിസ്കിനു സാക്ഷ്യം വഹിക്കുവാന് ലോകമെമ്പാടുമുള്ള 11 ദശലക്ഷത്തിലധികം സന്ദർശകർ എത്തുമെന്നാണ് അധികൃതരുടെ കണക്ക്. സെപ്തംബർ എട്ടിന് സമാപിക്കുന്ന ഒളിമ്പിക്സിലും പാരാലിമ്പിക്സിലും ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിൾ സൊസൈറ്റി പുതിയ നിയമത്തിൻ്റെ പകർപ്പുകൾ വിതരണം ചെയ്യുമെന്നും ഫ്രഞ്ച് ബൈബിള് സൊസൈറ്റി വ്യക്തമാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.
കടപ്പാട് :പ്രവാചക ശബ്ദം
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ഡാളസ്: റിച്ചാർഡ്സൺ സിറ്റിയിൽ സയൺ ചർച്ചിൽ വച്ച് ഞായറാഴ്ച (ജൂലൈ 28) വൈകുന്നേരം 6.30ന് സംഗീത ആരാധന നടത്തുന്നു.
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‘God Had Big Plans’: Man’s Incredible Story of Escaping Abuse, Chaos to Find Jesus Christ
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In a world of lies, David Hoffman is on a mission to deliver truth.
Hoffman, author of “Relationships Over Rules: 7 Principles to Lead Gracefully and Love Generously – Harnessing the Power of Relationships to Overcome Your Past and Embrace Your Future,” is a successful business and family man today — but his journey didn’t start out that way.
“The world tells us all these rules of what you can’t do,” he told CBN News, citing some of the lies he was tempted to believe. “I grew up Jewish, so I can’t be a believer … I was raised in a broken household without a lot of love, and so I can’t be married with kids and show them unconditional love.”
While many people might buy into lies like these based on their circumstances, Hoffman said there’s another path, one centered on the Lord.
“I just want to encourage people that, with [God] in the center — with the gifts He gives you — with the relationships He places in your life, you can reach your true potential,” he said.
Hoffman said his upbringing led to complex feelings and emotions. Overall, he felt a lack of love as a child, and this missing puzzle piece left him with a great deal of pain.
“My father left when I was 11,” he said. “I grew up with like a lot of neglect and I felt like I was alone a lot.”
Hoffman continued, “I would ask God why He would let all these bad things happen to good people.”
It’s understandable why he felt so conflicted. Hoffman described a childhood filled with abuse. The challenges were profound — so much so that, when nourishment was reportedly withheld, he resorted to eating dog food when he was hungry.
And that’s just one example of his purported struggles.
Over time, Hoffman came to understand God’s nature and character, realizing the Lord isn’t the author of any of the evil we might face in life.
Rather than living in lament, he came to appreciate this reality.
“I just want to encourage people … that your past does not define your purpose,” he said. “And your past doesn’t dictate your potential. And, so, for me, not having … many loved ones in my life, not feeling a lot of love, not having a lot of opportunity … it made me crave those and appreciate those.”
Hoffman said he has “learned forgiveness” and has “no malice towards anyone” from his past. In fact, the struggles have only made him stronger and more persistent.
“Adversity became a gift as I got older, because, again, I’m grateful,” he said, noting he doesn’t want anyone else to feel the loneliness and pain he once experienced. “I felt like I was always being told, ‘No,’ and so I want to always find the, ‘Yes.’”
For Hoffman, much of the chaos in his life was healed after becoming a Christian. Because he was raised religiously Jewish, he said he didn’t hear about Jesus until he was 30 years old.
“Unbeknownst to me, God had big plans,” he said. “I didn’t even know Him.”
Hoffman had recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, at the time and was working hard to find success — something he discovered after getting into real estate in 2005.
By 2008, business was booming, and then the economic crash hit him hard. Plus, Hoffman had a one-year marriage before his ex-wife left him.
“The money dried up and there was no faith foundation, and so we went separate ways,” Hoffman said.
One night, though, he felt a voice speak to him and that message changed everything.
“So, one day, I’m meeting with a dear friend … who loves the Lord, and the night before, I heard God say to me — I didn’t know it was God yet — but I heard an audible voice say, ‘You’ve trotted your way for almost 30 years. Give me a chance,’” Hoffman said. “And the next day, I went to lunch with a dear friend. And he said, ‘David, you’ve tried your way for almost 30 years. You look tired. Give it to God. Give Him a chance.’ And this same friend had taken me to church two days earlier.”
At that lunch in 2009, Hoffman realized how tired he was and how much he needed the Lord. Erupting in tears, he admitted his need for God, and his journey with the Lord commenced.
“That Tuesday afternoon I said, ‘I’m tired. I’m just tired, God. … I’ve tried it my way long enough. I’m just going to give it to you,’” Hoffman recalled. “The next day, I met my wife.”
From then on, the puzzle pieces started to come together. Now, Hoffman sees how it all connected for God to work good in his life.
“God makes no mistakes,” he said. “I just point to Jeremiah 29: 11 — ‘He has a plan for us and for us to prosper.’ And it’s not always on our time.”
Today, he’s focusing his attention on his blessings, and he hopes “Relationships Over Rules” helps people discover God’s plans for their lives.
“I want to encourage people that their past does not define His plan and purpose of their life or their potential,” Hoffman said. “And that adversity they faced last night or 30 years ago … that is actually providing a unique perspective that only they have to really be grateful to see all that God is doing [in] their life.”
Sources:faithwire
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