One of the more poignant posts
of the ten years of this blog came on St. Stephen’s Day last year. Sadly, it is even more true this year.
There is a particular parallel between the martyrdom
of Stephen and the martyrdom of now thousands of Christians in the Middle East
today that we must not ignore. After the stoning of St. Stephen, the
church was for the most part forced to flee from Jerusalem. (Acts 8:1)
Today, the church is being pressured by Muslims (There. I said it.) to flee
from much of the Middle East. The population of Christians in several
Middle East countries is shrinking precipitously. It is distressing, and
it is hard to see what can be done about it.
And I am at a loss even what to say, except to pray
and to remember that the holy Army of Martyrs will grow yet larger and will
triumph in the end.
This St. Stephen’s day
particularly, let us continue to pray for those displaced, suffering and dying
for the name of Jesus.
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