Marbaniang, Domenic

"Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket." (Acts 9:25) Christians having access to the wall are responsible to help save lives of other Christians threatened by enemies of the Gospel; if unable to physically help, then at least fervently pray and send relief by any means possible. (Matt.10:23; 2Cor.11:23; 1Sam.19:12; Rom.15:30-32; Acts 12:5; 2Thes.3:1,2; Matt.25:37-40; Phil.4:15-18). When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. (Matt.10:23) In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands. (2Cor.11:32-33) So Michal let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped. (1Sam.19:12) For if you remain completely silent at this time, re...

The UN headquarters building in Baghdad after the Canal Hotel bombing, on 22 August 2003 (Wikipedia) News Excerpts ISIS on Christians: 'There is nothing to give them but the sword' Catholic Online , August 8, 2014 (Warning: This page contains graphic images!) The Islamic State has warned Christians, possibly for the last time, saying "there is nothing to give them but the sword." Across Northern Iraq, Christians are huddled in refugee camps, trapped in the desert, or trapped in their homes, waiting for death. "Our people are disappearing," Canon Andrew White, head of the Anglican Church in Iraq "It looks as though the end could be very near," he told the BBC. A week ago, Christians were warned to either leave the city of Mosul and other areas under Islamic State control, or they would have to pay a tax or be put to death. Today, nobody has heard from those Christians and nobody knows what is happening to them. Are they being quietly "put to th...