Regular visitors will notice immediately that the blog page has changed. Feedback would be appreciated. More important, I will also change the nature of the posts. I took inventory of the posts and realized that I have neglected the persecuted church and have posted too often on political matters. So, the change of the website... Continue Reading →
Pastor Bike
You have heard of Pastor Bike before, but the latest news is good (though still not great). On a good note, Pastor Bike has just received a payment for the crimes which were committed against him and his family by the Chinese PSB authorities. You may remember that Pastor Bike's son was beaten almost to... Continue Reading →
Urgent Action Sri Lanka
The following alert comes from the Jubilee Campaign. I encourage you to take action. Greetings! An Anti-Conversion Bill was presented yesterday, cloaked in secrecy, for a second reading to the Sri Lankan Parliament. It is expected to go up for a Third Reading in February and likely to be passed. The Anti-Conversion Bill would have... Continue Reading →
Orissa Supreme Court
Praise the Lord for the good decision by the India Supreme Court which ruled that the Christians in Orissa deserve protection by the government. Troops have been sent to secure the region so that the Christians (who have been hiding in bushes for months) might return to their homes in safety. Read the story...
Islamic Exit?
The story I have linked here is fascinating. It details two cases where young Muslims have left Islam as a result of their realizing they were being used to kill. The first case was celebrated because the father of the Muslim man is also a leader of Hamas. In the first case, the young man... Continue Reading →
Hate Crimes?
Two issues have surfaced of late which put a spotlight on hate crimes. Hate crimes legislation—like the concept of tolerance—is a politically coercive attempt to wrestle morality from its historic moorings to soothe the consciences of those who are viscerally (though typically not reasonably) opposed to the Judeo-Christian mores of America’s past. Two recent incidents... Continue Reading →
Islam, India, and Irresponsibility
Political correctness is killing us. Read this story about the “chilling” confessions of the men responsible for the Mumbai murders, where 164 people were killed. Then, notice what is missing. There are words like “handlers” and “militants,” but there is never the slightest mention of Islam. I wonder, were these muslims? Did the 7 page... Continue Reading →
Pastor Bike Released
Pastor Bike from China has been released because of the support of some of you. More than 50,000 people signed a petition for his release. You can find the full story at this link: http://www.monitorchina.org/english_site/document_details.php?id=6055 The Chinese arrested Pastor Bike leading up to the olympics. They then let him go, only to re-arrest him. There... Continue Reading →
Gregory C. Cochran 