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Aaron Miller is just back from visiting persecuted Christians in the Middle East, including one of our Christian brothers who was formerly a Sunni Muslim, then became a Shia Muslim and ultimately found love, hope and truth in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Aaron also met the family of a man who gave his life delivering Bibles to Iran. Rather than pull back, the family continues to be involved in secret Bible deliveries\u2014in spite of the risk.<\/p>\n

Aaron will discuss Christians displaced in recent years by ISIS, by the situation in Syria and other persecution\u2014and how VOM is encouraging and equipping Christians to reach out with the gospel in some of these difficult situations.<\/p>\n

Finally, Aaron will share about a young woman sharing the gospel with a \u201choly recklessness,\u201d who points to one of the blessings of persecution: she says it gives her \u201ca taste of Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Never miss an episode of VOM Radio! Subscribe the podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to this episode on VOMRadio.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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