We all remember the tragedy of Otto Warmbier. Who could ever forget that disturbing picture where two North Korean soldiers flanked him on either side? He looked dazed \u2013 even drugged \u2013 as he was arrested for crimes against the state. 17 months of incarceration later, he died of brain injuries sustained during his hellacious ordeal.<\/p>\n
News stations all around the globe broadcast this injustice \u2013 and rightly so! What happened to him was unconscionable!<\/p>\n
Mr. Warmbier\u2019s treatment, however, is not at all uncommon in many countries of our world against Christians. We could cite reams full of persecution stories like those of Kyung-Ja, who had spent eight months between two labor camps. When she was released from the 1st, she weighed a cadaverous 63 lbs. Almost one-third of all Christians living in this one unnamed country, \u201creside\u201d in one of its labor camps, some 30,000 Christians in all. Nearly 40% of these \u201ccriminals\u201d die of starvation; all the rest lose up to one-half of their body weight, surviving on a not-so-steady diet of rats. Many are locked in cages \u2013 like animals \u2013 and forced to stand for hours between intermittent beatings until they vomit blood. The faint echoes of these suffering Christian brothers and sisters barely reach the ceilings of these prison hell-holes as they cry out to God: \u201cHow long must I suffer?\u201d and \u201cWhy do You allow these barbarians to continue their monstrous ways?\u201d<\/p>\n
2700 years ago, Old Testament saints wrestled with these very same two heartaches. Why not come this Sunday to learn more about living amid persecution, for who knows what our future in America may hold?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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