the Muslims of Egypt with the power of forgiveness and their Christ-empowered will to mercy.<\/a><\/p>\nHad dinner last week with an Egyptian family across the street. \u00a0Lovely, sweet folk. \u00a0They are Muslim and the husband\u2019s best buddy growing up was Christian. \u00a0Just the nicest people. \u00a0The bulk of Egyptian Muslims are in their boat, watching the horrors inflicted on Copts by a minority of murderous thugs and moved by the beauty of the Coptic witness to the mercy and love of Christ.<\/p>\n
The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians. \u2013 Tertullian<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2026the Muslims of Egypt with the power of forgiveness and their Christ-empowered will to mercy. Had dinner last week with an Egyptian family across the street. \u00a0Lovely, sweet folk. \u00a0They are Muslim and the husband\u2019s best buddy growing up was Christian. \u00a0Just the nicest people. \u00a0The bulk of Egyptian Muslims are in their boat, watching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-100301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-suffering-church"],"yoast_head":"\n
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