The Significant Events of 1979

I encourage you to watch an exclusive video interview of Joel Rosenberg.

He addresses:
• The significant events of 1979
• The effectiveness of The Jesus Film in reaching the peoples of the Middle East
• Prophecies in Matthew 24 and Joel 2

I especially enjoyed the true story of an Iranian woman’s vision of Jesus while watching the film.

Pray for Father Zakaria Botros

I just read about Father Zakaria Botros in a blog post (go to the very last paragraph) and felt impressed that we should pray for him and his effective ministry in reaching Muslims for Christ.

Father Botros, an Egyptian Coptic priest, reaches 50 million Muslims a day via satellite television.

Joel Rosenberg explains, “. . . he’s taking on Islam verse by verse, chapter by chapter, hadith by hadith and he’s deconstructing it. Then because he’s a believer in Jesus, he explains . . . the truth. Now, people call in to his show and they’re furious.”

Thank you for praying that many will come to Christ through his ministry. Also pray for his personal safety.

Paul on the Road to Damascus… Again

God is using the life of Paul to reach Syrians for Christ.

The premiere showing of Damascus, a film on the life of Paul, was seen by more than 1,000 influential Syrian leaders. See the trailer.

When Paul encountered Jesus, his Messiah, in Damascus, “the Lord said to Ananias, ‘Go! This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel.’” (Acts 9:15)

How exciting to think that God may still be doing that through this film! Join with us in praying for God to use this film in reaching the people of the Middle East.

Muslims converting in record numbers

Over the years, we have heard reports of Muslims having visions and turning to Christ.

In a prophecy of the Last Days, God tells us in Joel 2:28 “. . . I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.”

Recently, we were especially encouraged to read that hundreds of thousands of Muslims are converting to Christianity. We highly recommend you read a report about seven Middle Eastern countries. The article is on one of Joel Rosenberg’s blogs, The Joshua Fund. Click on the sidebar, Archives, for March 2008 and look for the March 23, 2008 post entitled THE BIG (UNTOLD) STORY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

We know you will be encouraged by this exciting report, so to encourage you to read the full report, here is an excerpt:

“More than 1 million Egyptians have trusted Christ over the past decade or so, report Egyptian church leaders. The Egyptian Bible Society told me they used to sell about 3,000 copies of the “Jesus” film a year in the early 1990s. But in 2005 they sold 600,000 copies, plus 750,000 copies of the Bible on tape (in Arabic) and about a half million copies of the Arabic New Testament.”

(Also see this post on how God is moving in the hearts of the people of Iran.)

Iranians Coming to Christ

Since 1976, Christian satellite television. SAT-7, has been broadcasting in North African and Middle Eastern countries.

I just read this exciting report that after only one year in the Farsi language, the television broadcasts are very popular in Iran. Of people who call in to SAT-7, 2 of 3 are making decisions for Christ!

You can visit them on the web at Sat-7USA or SAT-7.

(Also see this post on Muslims coming to Christ)