Resisting the Influence

Christianity's Persecution in So Many Places Tells You Something

Alvin Schmidt's book Under the Influence lays out historic evidence that Christianity changes individual hearts first but then has the power to remake whole portions of society. Rome considered Christians dangerous to their status quo and fought the early Church hoping to diminish its influence; But it grew.

Today the Church is growing with amazing vigor in areas where it is supressed. Voice of the Martyrs is telling the stories of great faith in the face of persecution. These stories will make you consider how precious real hope and changed lives really are.

The heroes of Faith today are people like Coptic Priest, Zakaria Botros, who uses the internet and a 90 minute television show to reach millions in Muslim countries with a message of hope. Millions are listening and many are responding. There are constant threats on the life of this gentle man and many more, less visible representatives of the Christian faith. Randy Alcorn tells the story of such people in his novel Safely Home. Using fictional characters, the novel tells the all-too real story of the church in China. Real men and women are risking everything to live as disciples of their Lord.