by Joel Rosenberg
“I will build my church,” Jesus said, “and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18)
The lead story on Drudge over the weekend was the Pope baptizing a prominent Egyptian author who converted from Islam to Catholicism, and for good reason. It’s a huge story in Italy and the Muslim world, especially coming as it did the week that Osama bin Laden accused the Pope of waging a “crusade” against Islam. But this particular baptism is just the tip of the iceberg.
Despite unprecedented press coverage of Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Middle East since September 11, 2001, one big story is generally not being told by the mainstream media. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims are converting to evangelical Christianity and will be celebrating their first Easter this year, even amidst widespread persecution and the very real threat of death.
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