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Praise be to God Most High!!! Praise be to Our Lord Jesus Christ!!! Praise be to The Holy Spirit!!! Praise be to The Holy Trinity!!!

This post’s heading had been created long back, almost 2 months back. But I never came to adding content in it, and it lay in my drafts. In between, a lot has changed, personally for me as well as in our world. Maybe, it needed a genuine calling and time for me to publish this post.

Meanwhile, I updated and added other posts, but never forgot this one. Because this is a special post. It is something that each one of us is called to do as our first duty as Christians – Proclaim the Good News of Our Lord Jesus Christ!!!

In a secular country like ours, Christians have often been criticized for the missionary work they do, derogatorily termed as ‘conversions’. We are accused of destroying the secular fabric of our nation, of trying to forcibly convert the downtrodden by luring them with money, education, health-care, etc. The good that we do is portrayed to be evil. Whereas people who divide society in the name of religion, practice ethnic cleansing and differentiate on caste and creed go scot-free. And what’s worse, is that Christians themselves do not stand up for the missionaries. I’ve heard many a Christian say, “Ours is a secular country. Why should I create problems for myself by preaching my religion? Isn’t it enough that I believe in Jesus Christ, and I am saved?” Some have even gone to the extent of saying that it is wrong to preach our faith!!!

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