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For decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has tried to control faith. Conversion from Islam is treated as a crime punishable by death. Bibles are confiscated. House churches are raided. Pastors are arrested, imprisoned, and killed. Yet Christianity has quietly grown... not in public churches, but in living rooms, basements, and small apartments where believers gather behind closed doors. Marziyeh Amirizadeh and Maryam Rostampour distributed 20,000 Bibles across Iran and founded two secret house churches. In 2009, both were arrested, imprisoned in the infamous Evin Prison, and sentenced to death by hanging. When interrogators demanded the name of her pastor, Marziyeh answered: "Jesus Christ is my pastor." She was released after 259 days following diplomatic pressure from the United States government and intervention by Pope Benedict XVI. Her fellow prisoner and friend, Shirin Alam Hooli, a Kurdish political activist detained in the same prison, was later executed. Iran is now widely described as having one of the fastest-growing evangelical movements in the world, driven by converts who chose faith despite the consequences. The Islamic Republic spent 45 years trying to eliminate Christianity among its own people. It failed. If this regime eventually falls, the church that grew in secret will simply step into the light. The same Christians who endured decades of repression without being silenced could become some of the country's most powerful witnesses. Dictatorships can demand outward conformity. They cannot manufacture inward conviction. The underground church in Iran has survived the regime.

A western woman converting to Islam.

Only club to have a cross on rather than just poxy Easter egg. Well done Liverpool 🙏🏼

Punish their parents!

@BritishBastardX muslims are just a cancer. Execute those terrorists immediately

@NYCMayor Jesus rose from the dead, mohamed didn't. muslims don't believe in the resurrection of Jesus

He is risen! Have a very happy Easter!

In 1986, the American Medical Association published an article titled "The Physical Death of Jesus Christ". It details the entire process of Jesus' trial to His death on the cross. In Luke 22, before Jesus is arrested, it is written that He was in great distress & sweating blood. Although rare, it is recognized as Hematidrosis, a condition caused by high levels of stress. At the time, the crucifixion was considered the worst death for the worst of criminals. But this is not all Jesus faced. He endured whipping so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. He was beaten so horribly that His face was torn & His beard ripped. A crown of thorns, 2-3 inches long cut deeply into His scalp. The leather whip used to flog Him had tiny iron balls & sharp bones. The balls caused internal injuries while the sharp bones ripped open His flesh. His skeletal muscles, veins, & bowels are exposed, causing major blood loss. Most men do not survive this kind of torture. After Jesus was severely flogged, He was forced to carry His cross while people mocked & spat on Him. Crucifixion was a process meant to instill excruciating pain, creating a slow & agonizing death. Nails as long as 8 inches were driven into Jesus' wrists & feet. The Roman soldiers knew the tendons in the wrists would tear & break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support Himself to breathe. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the courage...Jesus endured this reality for 3 hours! The Gospel of John writes that after Jesus' death, a Roman soldier pierced His side with a spear & blood & water came out. Scientists explain that from hypovolemic shock, the rapid heart rate causes fluid to gather in the sack around the lungs & heart. The accumulation of fluid in the membrane around the heart is called a Pericardial effusion & the lungs is called a pleural effusion. To the world, Christianity is as foolish as it can get. They believe it's for the weak. But when you are confronted by the reality of the cross, it's clearly not a pretty sight. It is brutal & horrific. This is the weight Jesus carried. The weight of the sins of the world, all so that we can live. God's wrath is fully satisfied in Jesus. This is what it took. Repent & believe! Jesus is “God among us” in the flesh. Jesus is our Savior. Jesus loves you so much that He went through this spiritual and physical punishment for your sins and mine. Jesus is the LORD, Almighty God, Everlasting Father. Thank You, Jesus.

Gavin Newsom's State Medicaid program ‘Medi-Cal’ is losing $146 BILLION per year to fraud. The level of fraud in California is insane.

Beautiful ❤️ Easter in Greece 🇬🇷. Thousands of candles lit across ancient rooftops in unapologetic Christian Glory. No drag queens, no rainbow flags garbage…just pure faith and beauty.

@KamalaHarris Your party would have aborted Jesus if they could

Death couldn’t hold him.

John 3:36

John 11:25 #ResurrectionDay #HeIsRisen #JesusIsAlive

UPDATE: Rep. Ilhan Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett, are under investigation after claims their business income jumped from roughly $51,000 to $30 million in a single year.

Jesus Christ is the one true living God, the only one to defeat death and the grave.