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Nice to hear<\/a>.\u00a0 Still, dozens of Christians have died, been sentenced to death, or are being threatened every day, and that\u2019s just in\u00a0the Islamic world.\u00a0 I finally heard on the news that some international organizations are beginning to condemn these actions.\u00a0 Nice to hear.\u00a0 Christians everywhere should be praying for them, and if possible, finding ways to help them.\u00a0 Right now, the global reaction against this has been the diplomatic equivalent of looking at the perpetrators and saying, \u201cShame, shame, double shame, everybody knows your name.\u201d\u00a0 Lord be with those who are persecuted for your name\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"