David Batstone, author of Not For Sale, was interviewed on CBS a couple years ago about human trafficking and modern-day slavery. I found the interview to be interesting and helpful, so I thought I would share it. If you'd ...
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David Batstone Interview on CBS
January 7, 2010 by
Praying for the Abolition of Modern-day Slavery
January 6, 2010 by
International Justice Mission has many great resources on their website, and as I was looking through them, I found their "Prayer Guide for the Abolition of Slavery". It is both informative and insightful for praying about ...
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Love146 Video – Abolish Child Trafficking
January 4, 2010 by
I just learned how to put videos on my blog :). This one is the Love146 video that I wrote about in another post. Now you can watch it here . . . ...
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Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce
January 1, 2010 by
I recently listened to the audiobook, Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce, by John Piper, read by Wayne Shepherd. It is a brief overview of William Wilberforce's life and passion to end slavery in the late ...
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Modern-day Slavery
December 30, 2009 by
I wrote another post about Love146 a few weeks ago, but I wanted to call attention to a specific area on their website that gives some eye-opening information about modern-day slavery in an interesting and engaging way. It ...
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Overwhelmed
December 29, 2009 by
As I continue researching modern-day slavery and human trafficking, I am feeling overwhelmed again. There is so much information and so many books, websites and organizations about this issue that I don't even know what to ...
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Justice for the Oppressed
December 26, 2009 by
The following Psalm brings to my mind how human traffickers prey upon the poor. They are the wicked who sit in ambush in the villages, watching for the helpless and seizing the poor, thinking that God will never see it. Yet ...
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Abolition in the 21st Century
December 23, 2009 by
I just came across a couple more websites about modern-day slavery that are worth checking out. According to their website, The A21 Campaign "stands for abolishing injustice in the 21st century. Anyone can join - everyone ...
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Top 10 Facts About Modern-day Slavery
December 22, 2009 by
Slavery: forced to work without pay under threat of violence and unable to walk away.
27 million slaves in the world today.
Slavery is not legal anywhere but happens everywhere.
The majority of slaves can be found in India ...
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Oppression, Justice and Abolition
December 15, 2009 by
In his book Not For Sale, David Batstone writes the following:
The book of Ecclesiastes is one of the extraordinary pieces of ancient wisdom literature. The author beautifully expressed the desperation of the powerless: “I ...
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