Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Like I said a bit ago over at my devotional blog, I really like the old devotional book Daily Light on the Daily Path
Below is the evening part of yesterday’s selections. (The evening part I posted at Panting Hart.)
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I read that in Psalm 3 earlier this morning. Verse 5.
That’s my testimony right now.
What do you think of when you think of Mexico? Illegal immigration? A hot vacation spot? What you may not realize is how much persecution exists there and how widespread it is.
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While Mexico does have religious freedom laws, much of the persecution takes place in more rural areas where it is harder for the government to keep tabs on how Christians are being treated.
Plus, Musselman said the response to the Gospel has been tremendous throughout these villages: “One of the reasons there’s been an increase in persecution is the indigenous people are really responsive to the Gospel.”
As the church grows, Musselman said persecution increases, but then the church grows even more.
To shed light on everything taking place there, VOMC created a video, Mexican Voices: Testimonies of the Persecuted.
Source: Video seeks to raise awareness about persecution in Mexico
Earlier in that same verse, I’m told I must believe that.
This Christianity business requires so much faith!
A yet-unmet friend recently theorized and bemoan-ized via email:
Fuller quote: “Somehow, I wish there were a link between the visionaries…and the moneywagons in our midst. The visionaries have no money, and the moneywagons have no vision. Well, that is an overgeneralization, I admit. But things do tend to be that way.”
Context 😯
Did you get this email?
You may have recently gotten an e-mail prayer alert that reads like this: “Please pray for churches in India. Buddhist extremists in India burned down 20 churches last night. Tonight they plan to destroy 200 churches in the province of Olisabang. They plan to kill 200 missionaries within 24 hours.”
Rev. Samuel Stephens with India Gospel League says this message is false. He writes, “If this were true, I would have been one among the first few to receive such information because of the presence of our extensive network of pastors and church planters spread over a good part of the country. Further, there are no provinces in India. We have states and districts. There is no state or district named Olisabang.”
Another fact that debunks the e-mail’s veracity: Buddhist extremist groups are prevalent only in Sri Lanka, not in India. Violent attacks on Christians and pastors and the destruction of churches by Buddhist extremists are becoming increasingly frequent and widespread in Sri Lanka.
However, IGL says Buddhists and Christians in India have lived peacefully and in amity with each other for years. Stephens notes: “I am led to believe that this message is a deliberate, planned and mischievous attempt by Hindu extremists to damage the good relationship between Buddhists and Christians. It is intentionally sent out to create animosity between these two groups.”
I didn’t.
Are the Facebook posts and Twitter tweets you make while away from the job immune from the prying eyes of your employer? The New York Times reports that new software called Social Sentry is ensuring everything you do online is being scrutinized.
Employers pay between $2 and $8 per employee depending on company size to have Social Sentry’s proprietary software automatically track employees in the social media sphere. The Social Sentry service is only available for Facebook and Twitter at this point, but it will soon expand to cover YouTube, MySpace and LinkedIn.
Six out of 10 companies now say they have a social media monitoring policy. Employers are considering anything that’s publicly accessible as something that you waive your right to privacy on.
Source: Clark Howard: Employers monitor your social networking profile