The Scriptorium

Sad. Think we have things rough?

A spokesman for a ministry to the persecuted Church says anti-Christian hostility and maltreatment of Christian believers in India has reached new levels. According to Gospel for Asia (GFA), Hindu extremists have launched dozens of attacks against Christians and their churches since January.
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Yohannan says Hindu nationalists want India to be what they would call a “pure Hindu” nation. “What they’re trying to do,” he explains, “is say, ‘If you leave the Hindu fold or if you become Christian, we’re going to treat you badly, and we are going to go after you.’” In reality, he notes, what these extremists are doing “is a kind of ethnic cleansing, [warning people to] stay away from Christians and don’t become Christians.”

The ministry founder says many believers in India are standing strong despite increased persecution and hardship. Believing students have been waylaid and beaten while on outreach, pastors of many churches constantly face death threats, and some radio producers of evangelical broadcasts have been attacked with iron rods.

“Every week we have at least a dozen stories we hear from somewhere on the mission field,” Yohannan says, “where Christian workers facing such persecution are beaten up and abused, and this is increasing. Yet, one of the best things I am learning is that our people are acknowledging that God is sovereign.”
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What these Hindus fail to realize is that Christianity has always flourished under persecution. Pray for our brothers and sisters in India.

Temple University in Pennsylvania is being sued for some outrageous retaliatry and discriminatory acts taken against a student who is a sergeant in the National Guard. Sgt. Christian DeJohn was a graduate student at Temple when his unit was activated and deployed to Bosnia. While in Bosnia, he clashed with Temple professors who sent him anti-war emails. After returning home, he found out that he had been expelled from Temple as a result of these ideological clashes. DeJohn, who had an outstanding student record, fought for and won readmission to the university. After being readmitted though, his master’s thesis was flunked. Temple University then falsely reported him as being delinquient on student loans. The Alliance Defense Fund has filed suit against Temple University to right this wrong. Sgt DeJohn’s major crime is being a serviceman and responding to anti-war professors. Considering the liberal bias rampant in academia, this doesn’t surprise me. I hope and pray that the courts hold Temple liable for their actions.