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North Korean Christians ‘Desperate’ for Bibles, Risking Death to Acquire a Copy
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North Korea’s Christians are so hungry for a Bible that they’re willing to risk 15 years in a labor camp or even death to acquire a copy of God’s Word.
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That’s according to Rachel Godwin of World Help, a Christian humanitarian organization that is working to smuggle 100,000 physical Bibles into the country.
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“There are still countless believers across this dark nation who are desperate for Bibles,” Godwin wrote in a column for FoxNews. “Some people have never even seen a copy of the Scriptures in their life … but they know they would do anything to get their hands on one.”
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Godwin recounted a true story of a small group of North Korean Christians getting in a fishing boat early one morning and traveling to the center of a river so they could read God’s Word together -- away from government ears and eyes. They hid their Bible underneath fishing gear.
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“This is the only place where they feel safe enough to worship together and study God’s Word,” Godwin wrote. “And even then, they are constantly on alert. If they are caught reading the Bible, they could immediately be sentenced to 15 years in a labor camp – or worse. They’ve heard the stories of what happens to people who are heard speaking the name of Jesus.
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“Many of them,” Godwin added, “have family members and friends who are living in the camps now … or have been buried there.”
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Cuban Christians Say No to Same-sex Marriage: A Brave Demonstration
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It takes real courage for Christians to stand for truth anywhere. But in Cuba? Let’s just say we could learn a thing or two from our island brothers and sisters.
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Cuba is considering a change to its constitution that would make it the sixth Latin American nation to legalize same-sex marriage. The government will submit it to a referendum early next year.
Such referenda are not unheard of in dictatorships only, unlike a true democracy, “people” are often expected to rubber-stamp the government’s already-made decision.
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But, this time around, the proposed change has run into unexpectedly strong opposition in the island nation just south of Key West. I say unexpected for two reasons. First, since the Cuban Revolution in 1959, ordinary Cubans have not only had no real say in the country’s laws, they rarely dared to make their opinions known. They are this time.
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Second, the opposition to same-sex marriage is being led by churches who, ever since Fidel Castro assumed power on January 1, 1959 and especially after he officially declared Cuba a Communist state a few years later, have been in the regime’s cross-hairs.
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For decades, both Catholic and Protestant churches have experienced brutal persecution. The Communist government in Cuba has “closed churches, nationalized properties owned by religious organizations and forced the faithful underground.” Believers were often denounced as “social scum.” The government even outlawed Christmas from 1969 until 1997. If you know anything about Latin American culture, that’s a huge deal.
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