I have been reading about Mrs. Hassan, and I am stunned that her story is not being reported as ardently as, say, important stuff like Ted Haggard. If you don’t already know about Aasiya Hassan, you will be shocked, too. Newspapers are going out of business… and it isn’t just because of the internet. Mainstream... Continue Reading →
Persecution Violates Human Rights
This story from China Aid makes the claim that the persecution of Christians is a violation of human rights. Isn't it astounding that such a blatant reality has to be spelled out for folks? Of course the persecution of Christians violates human rights! Yet, as the story indicates, it must be spelled out because the... Continue Reading →
Our Canary in the Cave
In days gone by, miners would send canaries into the shafts of mines if there were a question about whether the mines were safe. Often, mine shafts would be dangerously low on oxygen. So before fancy "sniffing" equipment was available, canaries were the sniffers. If they died, the mine was not safe. I read a reference... Continue Reading →
Repentance and a Few Changes
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 →
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 →
The Way of the World
The world hates us, right? One wonders, then, why the Muslim world especially accepts help from our military. This story is the follow up to the Somali "pirates" story that broke a couple of months ago. Apparently, the ship was ransomed for $3 million. In a stroke of poetic justice, the "pirates" drowned when their... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Faith and Politics
The Pew Forum recently sponsored a conference concerning faith and politics. Specifically, they sought to understand how Catholics and evangelicals might impact the '08 elections. There is a link here to the story, which comes with transcripts, interviews, audio, and Q& A. It is all quite informative if you have the time and the interest... Continue Reading →
Curran Catholicism
Charles E. Curran, Catholic Moral Tradition Today (Georgetown Press, 1999). Bishop Curran was ordained as a Catholic priest back in 1958 in the Rochester, NY, diocese. Shortly after this, he began to be a questionable sort of Catholic, leading a charge with a few hundred other priests to oppose Pope Paul VI's now infamous... Continue Reading →
Muslim Milestones
Seyyid Qutb, Milestones, Dr al-Ilm (Damascus, Syria). (I have heard it pronounced "Koot-buh," with the last syllable pronounced very quickly). This is a book Dr. Mark Coppenger describes as “bed-time reading for Osama bin Laden.” This book was referenced by both Huckabee and Romney in the Republican presidential debates. At any rate, this book... Continue Reading →
San Angelo Suspicions
My suspicions are turning out to be true according to this recent article. Notice particularly the quote from a UCLA law professor. Now, I'm not given to agreement often with UCLA lawyers, but I think this fellow has a valid point about which we all--especially Christians--should be concerned. Here's the quote: Eugene Volokh, a UCLA law... Continue Reading →
Olympic Persecution
Many have begun to protest China. I read yesterday that a human rights torch relay is taking place all across the USA. I have linked an article here which demonstrates that the Chinese government has a thorough cleansing policy ahead of the '08 Olympics. The article tells of the persecution of 2 Christians in particular... Continue Reading →
Another Ill-fated Peace Ploy
I cannot imagine how King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia will ever pull off this ambitious attempt to dialogue with Jews and Christians. Apparently, he is trying to arrange a summit for the world’s monotheistic religions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. But it isn’t clear that Jews would be invited, even though they represent the Torah and... Continue Reading →
O – god
There is a new god to worship who requires no belief. The largest single church service in the world follows this new god, whom I am calling the O-god. The god of Oprah and, apparently, the god of Obama. We have been chronicling for you some of the latest developments in the gospel of Obama. ... Continue Reading →
Gregory C. Cochran 