Vernon Brewer

Op-Ed Contributor

Latest

Jan 7, 2020
How you can pray for the volatile situation in the Middle East
That’s why we should take the most powerful action possible in the face of this volatile situation — pray.
May 5, 2019
Venezuela: One of the world’s most volatile countries
As the world obsesses over the power struggle for Venezuela’s presidency, most Venezuelans are worried about something else: “Will my children eat today?”
Nov 9, 2018
Cancer Made Me Severely Depressed, Then I Got an Unexpected Phone Call
It was 6 p.m. on a Sunday evening. My family had once again gone to church without me, as I was not healthy enough to go with them. So I sat home alone, listening to the radio broadcast of our church's service.
Nov 2, 2018
Nadal Is a Persecuted Christian
Nadal and her husband knew it was only a matter of time before ISIS descended upon their village just outside of Qaraqosh, Iraq.
Oct 15, 2018
How God Used My Cancer to Help a Hospital in Russia
"I am a cancer survivor," I said. Many people in the room began to weep. Though they had wonderful doctors and nurses, their medical resources were almost non-existent. I looked into the faces of men and women who would surely be dead in a few months. "Yes, I am a cancer survivor," I told them. "But someday I will die, and so will you. Today, I have come to tell you how you can live forever."
Aug 8, 2018
Refugees Don't Get Downtime in the Summer
Omar, a refugee, described the food crisis his family has been suffering through: "We had one loaf of bread to live on for 20 days." Nothing to eat — that's the number one problem refugees around the world are facing this summer.
Nov 11, 2017
My Prayer After Hearing From Koreans
Just a few weeks ago, I traveled to the DMZ to interview North Korean Christian defectors who have been persecuted for their faith. I expected to hear stories of torture and imprisonment — and I did — but I wasn't expecting to hear the pleas of hundreds who want peace and for the two Koreas to be reunited.
Aug 4, 2017
ISIS Defeated in Mosul but Humanitarian Fight Has Just Begun
Tens of thousands of homes and several main bridges were damaged or destroyed during battle. In some places, entire streets disappeared under the rubble of concrete, dust and rebar. In a desperate attempt to inflict as much damage as possible to the city as they retreated, ISIS set fire to one of the city's hospitals.
Jun 18, 2017
Refugee Fathers Who Changed My Life
He was asking me to take the baby with me, out of the refugee camp, far away from the terror and death they had fled, and back home to America. He would rather give his child to me — a total stranger — than watch her die in his arms.
Jun 9, 2016
Innocent Christians, Muslims and Yazidis Trapped in Fallujah Need Our Help
As I write this a combination of Iranian-backed Shiite militias and Sunni tribal fighters, assisted by U.S. and ally airstrikes, mount a siege around the ISIS-controlled city of Fallujah. Inside, thousands of ISIS fighters, who took residence in Fallujah's neighborhoods almost 2.5 years ago, wait: their snipers ready, their land mines buried, their barricades defying the attack.