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Persecuted Christians.

Maybe we think about how we can't speak out in our classrooms about our faith, or maybe we think of the loss of school prayer. Really, we know that this is a relatively mild form of persecution given that the really bad stuff happened back in the days of Nero, who used Christians as torches to light his gardens, right?

Not so fast, pilgrim. Check out Open Doors UK, a site devoted to "serving persecuted Christians worldwide".

Why should we be interested in learning about persecuted Christians? From an article that gives such reasons on their website; here is one of them:

I need to encounter persecuted Christians because they spur me to appreciate the privilege of corporate worship and stop me from complaining about my church.

(cap tip to Joshua Claybourn's blog)