Author: Sandra Marroquin

By Sandra Marroquin— Nicole C. Mullens was a grown woman and could make decisions for herself. So she married an abusive man who made her life a hell. “I recall begging him to finish the job as he held my neck against the wall,” she recalls an instance of domestic violence in her book It’s Never Wrong to Do the Right Thing. “I wanted out of this torment, and I longed to see Jesus. As if to spite and torture me even further, he would release my neck and deny me my request. He rather I suffer with him.” Today,…

By Sandra Marroquin – In Phase 3, Brandon Sutton didn’t want to get drunk and he didn’t want to stay sober. “Life was miserable. I was not happy,” Brandon says. “Suicide crossed my mind as an option. Going back to jail where I just came from was an option.” Ultimately, Brandon found Jesus and today leads a recovery group. Brandon Sutton grew up in a stable family. But when he tried marijuana in junior high, it became the center of his life. “I was always looking for the next high,” Brandon says. “How can I maximize this fun?” In high…

By Sandra Marroquin — A South African mother sold her 6-year-old daughter to a Sangoma witchdoctor who wanted to kill her and use her body parts in rituals in March. Her pale skin and green eyes meant she would produce greater magical power for the “spiritual healer.” The horrifying court case of Joshlin Smith, which led to the conviction of mother Kelly Smith, is NOT a rare act of a psychopath. It is a common practice in Subsaharan Africa, according to a former Sangoma practitioner. “All the traditional healers that you see working out there are using human body parts,”…

By Sandra Marroquin — Because Sam Nasser refused to sign a fraudulent contract, the Iranian government persecuted him and his family to the point his wife wanted a divorce and his son was in danger of being kidnapped. “God, do you exist? Show me yourself,” a desperate and angry Nasser prayed to the god of Islam. ”Show me the right way. Every way is materialist. Everybody is against me and I’m doing good things. Show me the right person to come to you. I’m not going to follow you anymore.” God didn’t answer any of those requests. At least not…