Pray for Christians in India. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the Point. A new law in a

northern state of India imposes up to 10 years in jail for so-called forced or mass conversions,

meaning more than one person at a time. It also cast suspicion on anyone influenced by

Christian social services like health, education, and charity, which often appeal to those trapped

in Hindu marginalized lower caste. India's constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but

laws like this reflect just how rapidly the ruling party's push for Hindu nationalism

has changed things for Christians in that country. But efforts to restrict the gospel rarely work in history, as one local bishop there put it,

anyone who converts to Christianity does so from a strong, unflinching personal following of Jesus

Christ, and very much as a personal conscious decision of divine attraction to Jesus Christ,

God's love, compassion, forgiveness, justice, and truth.

His death we celebrate in love.

His resurrection for the dead, we profess with living faith.

His coming in glory, we await with hope.

This personal experience makes people embrace Christianity.

Amen.

And that is why faith in Christ has survived so many attempts to stamp it out.

I'm John Stone Street.