Nations 4 Jesus

Episode Description: In 2010, Florida pastor Terry Jones planned "Burn a Koran Day"—Gen. Petraeus warned it would "cost American lives." When Jones burned a Quran in 2011, riots killed 27+ people in Afghanistan. Recent burnings in Sweden and Denmark sparked violence and retaliation against Christians in Muslim countries. The question isn't "Can we?" but "Shou...

Episode Description: What if your religion was perpetual "desert time" where God never speaks? That's reality for 1.9 billion Muslims. Islamic prayer is not two-way communication—Muslims never expect Allah to speak back. According to orthodox Islam, God hasn't spoken to anyone since Mohammed 1,400 years ago. Prayer is about earning merit, not relationship. This is why dreams and...

Episode Description: Is Allah God? The answer is both no and yes. No, the Islamic understanding of Allah (unknowable, impersonal, unitarian, not love) is fundamentally different from the Biblical God (knowable, personal, trinitarian, IS love). However, "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for God—used by Arab Christians for 2,000 years. Iraqi pastor Malath: "We use the same term as com...

Episode Description: November 29, 2014: Taliban gunmen killed Werner Groenewald and his children Jean-Pierre (17) and Rode (15) in Kabul, claiming "secret Christian missionary center." Werner worked 12 years in Afghanistan with education and life skills training. PERSONAL: I know an Afghan family who came to Christ through Werner's ministry—have the baptism certificate he signed! Con...

Episode Description: Over 1,000 documented attempts to eliminate the Jewish people throughout history—yet they survive. This "historical anomaly" is powerful evidence for Biblical truth. Scripture: Jeremiah 31:35-37, Amos 9:14-15, Genesis 3:15, Romans 11:26, Psalm 129:1-4 Read more: nations4jesus.blogspot.com

Episode Description: The ancient Jewish feast of Purim reveals Satan's repeated attempts to destroy God's people—and God's faithfulness to preserve them. Are you standing with Israel "for such a time as this"? Scripture: Esther 4:13-14, Genesis 12:3, Psalm 122:6, Esther 9:20-22, James 4:7 Resources: Martin Niemöller quote on Holocaust silence Read more: nations4jesus.blogspot...

Episode Description: The Karen people of Burma had a 2,000-year-old story about Y'wa creating the world, a fruit of trial, and deception leading to death—stunning parallels to Genesis! When missionaries arrived with the Bible, thousands immediately accepted Christ. Today 20-30% of 7+ million Karen are Christians. For Muslims during Ramadan: Eid sacrifice points to Jesus as God's provided L...

Episode Description: September 2022: 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was beaten to death by Iran's morality police for improper hijab, sparking the largest protests in decades as young Iranians chanted "Woman, Life, Freedom!" Muslim women today face oppression similar to 18th-century India: polygamy, child marriage, honor killings (5,000/year), female genital mutilation (200M victims). Just...

Episode Description: For decades, Muslims without any Gospel knowledge have been transformed by dreams and visions of Jesus Christ—especially in closed countries where conversion means death. During Ramadan, when Muslims seek to know Allah (a distant god whose 99 names don't include "Love"), God reveals Himself supernaturally. Dreams include Jesus touching ropes that fall away, appea...

Episode Description: Five times a day, hundreds of thousands of muezzin call Muslims to prayer from minarets across the Islamic world—at dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and nightfall. Understanding this practice helps us pray more effectively for Muslims and interact with them compassionately. Some muezzin have become famous for their beautiful voices, and there's even competition among them to...

Episode Description: The Kabyle Berbers of Algeria were Christians as early as the 2nd century AD, but when Arabs invaded North Africa 1,350 years ago, they lost their faith—largely because the Bible was never translated into their language. For centuries they remained Muslim, and missionaries like Lilias Trotter (who served 40 years until her death in 1928) saw little fruit. But in the early 1980...

Episode Description: Samuel Zwemer, "Apostle to Islam," was turned down by mission boards—went to Arabia alone anyway. Muslims are still most unreached—only 3 missionaries per million in some regions. Zwemer's "Glory of the Impossible": "Unoccupied fields must have Calvary before Pentecost." Many Christians are "making a living" who could "make a li...

Episode Description: The Bible says "do not fear" 365 times, yet fear of Muslims has paralyzed the Western Church. With 1.9 billion Muslims, we send only 2.5% of missionaries to reach them. But God is moving! More Muslims have come to Christ in the last 30 years than in the previous 1,400 years. In Iran, hundreds of thousands are believers despite persecution. Every day 160,000 Muslims d...

Episode Description: Ramadan 2026: February 17 evening through March 19. Calling Christians to 30 days of prayer for Muslims! Laylat al-Qadr ("Night of Power," around March 14-15) is considered better than 1,000 months—Muslims intensely seek forgiveness, cleansing, favor with God. This is why Christians should pray! Muslims are spiritually hungry, but Islam can't give what they seek—...

Episode Description: Missions should NOT come first—Jesus should. When He's first, He "breaks our hearts for what breaks His." Increased compassion, information, and statistics won't sustain mission focus—only the Holy Spirit intensifying our love for Christ will. Focusing on all the needs led me to sadness, despair, burnout. But the Bible doesn't focus on bad—it focuses on G...

Episode Description: Roger Greenway: "Cities are the new frontier of Christian missions...as cities go, the world goes." By 2030: 48 megacities (10M+ people), mostly Asia/Africa. Urban advantage: instead of trekking to remote villages, missionaries in megacities find representatives from thousands of people groups—more open than in villages! Problem: shortage of workers. Many missionarie...

Episode Description: January 22-23, 1999: Graham Staines and his sons Philip (10) and Timothy (6) were burned alive by a Hindu nationalist mob while sleeping in their station wagon. Graham had served India's leprosy patients for 34 years. Widow Gladys Staines' response: "I have forgiven the killers and have no bitterness, because forgiveness brings healing and our land needs healing.&...

Episode Description: John the Baptist expected a conquering Messiah—fiery judge who'd crush Rome and establish a physical kingdom. But Jesus came humbly: no war, no throne, no armies. John doubted from prison: "Are you the one, or should we expect someone else?" Jesus didn't rebuke—He challenged John to change expectations: "Blind see, lame walk, good news preached to poor.&...

Episode Description: Is there a way to share Jesus in a hostile country that can open doors without great dangrer…yes…it’s storying!  Billions in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia—no written language, no Bible, no JESUS film—but there's hope: "storying." ~80% of unreached peoples (5.7B people) are oral preference learners who communicate through stories, not reading. Khalim shares...

In 2026, many Christians are more hopeful with Trump back in the White House, but there’s a crucial question—was Christianity meant to be a political force? When Constantine made Christianity Rome's official religion, it became "ill-equipped to complete the Great Commission among anti-Roman peoples." When Christianity has political power, it often becomes corrupt; when it becomes eas...

Episode Description: Why does God demand praise from all peoples? Isn't that vain? C.S. Lewis discovered: "All enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise—praise completes enjoyment." What if God's demand for praise is actually a demand for our maximum joy? God seeks our praise not because He won't be complete without it, but because we won't be happy until we give it!...

Episode Description: Psalm 117 commands ALL nations to praise the Lord—but "nations" doesn't mean political states, it means ethnic/cultural/language groups. How many remain unreached? Joshua Project 2025: 7,401 unreached people groups, 3.4 billion individuals (42% of world) with virtually no Gospel access. Myth: "Western missions is over"—wrong! Unreached means no local be...

Episode Description: Do you know what may be history's greatest missed missionary opportunity - the Mongol Empire!  In the 13th century, Kublai Khan—ruler of history's largest empire—asked Pope Gregory X to send 100 missionaries to teach him and his people about Christianity. His mother was Christian, Marco Polo was his trusted friend, and the door was wide open. Tragically, the Pope never...

Episode Description: South Korea: 30% Christian (15M believers), explosive growth from near-zero in 1900. Seoul has 20,000 churches—daily 5 AM prayer meetings drawing hundreds, all-night prayer vigils weekly. Korea sends 27,000+ missionaries to 170+ countries (2nd globally despite only 51M population). What created this? Prayer culture, cell group discipleship, evangelism expectation, missions pas...

Episode Description: After 1945, Korea divided—Pyongyang ("Jerusalem of the East" with 100+ churches) faced Communist persecution. Churches closed, pastors arrested, Christians fled south or faced death. North Korea now holds 50,000-70,000 Christians in prison camps, ranks #1 on Open Doors World Watch List for 20+ years. Yet 200,000-400,000 underground believers survive through whispered...