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A Texas Judge Just Declined to Take the Posters Down. He Did Not Say They Were Lawful.

A denied temporary restraining order is not a ruling on the merits. The hearing that matters is August 17, and the standard at stake is one Texas Christians wrote for themselves.

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Three Church Leaders Are Gone From One Town in Sudan. Nobody Has Asked for Money.

Heiban lost three church leaders in nine days. In three months of abductions, no one has demanded a ransom for any of them. That absence is the story.

I Knew Which Version of This Story I Wanted Before I Knew Any of the Facts

I Knew Which Version of This Story I Wanted Before I Knew Any of the Facts

Two pastors detained in Texas, two accounts of why, and the speed at which I decided which one to believe.

He Went Back to Look at His Family's Land. Fifteen Days Later They Let Him Out.

He Went Back to Look at His Family's Land. Fifteen Days Later They Let Him Out.

Nihad Hassan pastors a Kurdish congregation in Beirut. He went home to see what was left of his family's property. Police held him fifteen days and never filed a charge.

New York Did Not Lose in Court. It Agreed to Wait.

New York Did Not Lose in Court. It Agreed to Wait.

The July 30 order protecting four orders of Catholic nuns was entered by consent. That distinction is the whole story.

Seven Men Went to a Child's Birthday Party. Six Villages Lost Their Churches.

Seven Men Went to a Child's Birthday Party. Six Villages Lost Their Churches.

A birthday party for a five year old in Dindori ended with seven men serving five years and six village congregations shut.

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Our News Has a Blind Spot, and It Is Shaped Like 388 Million People

This week a scholar did something uncomfortable. He counted. Greg Cochran, a fellow at International Christian Concern, ran searches across the big Christian news outlets to see how often they cover the persecution of Christians, compared with everything else they cover. He is upfront that the counts are indicative, not