{"id":7603,"date":"2017-12-20T10:15:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T15:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7603"},"modified":"2018-01-08T10:29:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T15:29:39","slug":"world-news-briefs-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7603","title":{"rendered":"World News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4515 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large.png\" alt=\"Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large\" width=\"620\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large.png 620w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Missions-Catalyst-no-tagline_large-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-7604\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saudi-Christmas-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"saudi-Christmas-2\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saudi-Christmas-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saudi-Christmas-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saudi-Christmas-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saudi-Christmas-2.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><em>Indian Christians celebrate Christmas in Saudi Arabia. Image: Open Doors. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>In This Issue:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7601\">ARAB WORLD: His First Christmas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7599\">THAILAND: Christian Captives Set Free<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7597\">KENYA: \u201cIf the Witchdoctor Is Saved, Jesus Is Real\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7595\">SAUDI ARABIA: Christmas in a Closed Country<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7595\">MIDDLE EAST: Working Out with Refugees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Greetings,<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t you love it when one of your favorite tunes gets rewritten with BETTER lyrics? It seems like heaven gets a hold of it and remakes it in the service of a greater truth. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you know that the original melody of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hark!_The_Herald_Angels_Sing\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hark!_The_Herald_Angels_Sing\">Hark the Herald Angels Sing<\/a> was considered too somber so a new one was sought? Music written to celebrate the invention of the printing press was dusted off. Voila!<\/li>\n<li>Everyone knows the Leonard Cohen song \u201cHallelujah.\u201d Cloverton wrote Christ-focused lyrics that &#8230;well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wbdG-62PE3I\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wbdG-62PE3I\">just listen<\/a>. Wow.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, a gem I just found (thanks to OMF UK). Check out King\u2019s Kaleidoscope\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I6P2R9aTAPI\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I6P2R9aTAPI\">All Glory be to Christ<\/a>. Recognize the tune?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Merry Christmas!<br \/>\nPat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Christians celebrate Christmas in Saudi Arabia. Image: Open Doors. In This Issue: ARAB WORLD: His First Christmas THAILAND: Christian Captives Set Free KENYA: \u201cIf the Witchdoctor Is Saved, Jesus Is Real\u201d SAUDI ARABIA: Christmas in a Closed Country MIDDLE EAST: Working Out with Refugees Greetings, Don\u2019t you love it when one of your favorite &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7603\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World News Briefs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7603"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7619,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7603\/revisions\/7619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}