Another day, [ISIS soldiers] went to a different family. The kids were told to convert or be killed. They refused. There were four of them, 15 years and younger. They beheaded all of them. They were all our children. That is how evil these people are. They have no...
Today, more than half a million Christians from over 150 nations will come together to pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters from around the world. This is no imaginary suffering. Believers worldwide are risking everything—even their lives—for the sake of the...
Last week, I stood only a few hundred miles from Bethlehem, where over 2,000 years ago, our Savior was born. The dust from the desert is still on my shoes, reminding me of my spiritual heritage . . . the Middle East is where the Christian faith was born. Today, this...
The streets of Erbil, Iraq, are lined with children begging for money, for food, for anything to ease their suffering. Why is it that in wars fought with guns and radical ideology, children—the most innocent of all—are the ones who suffer the most? This is the heart...
Saleem and his family of 11 are from the village of Shangal in Northern Iraq. When ISIS marched through Saleem’s hometown, homes and businesses were ransacked and all weapons confiscated. Civilians were mercilessly harassed and attacked for owning anything “illegal,”...