This article reminds us that being a Christian in any meaningful sense always exacts a price, a fact so many of us in the so-called developed world tend to forget.

Professor Philpott is quite right when he talks about the importance of not framing this as a 'Muslims vs. Christians' debate. It's religious intolerance itself that needs to be condemned, whatever form it takes. 

It's a balancing act to advocate for persecuted Christians without allowing the conversation to devolve into a Trump-esque verbal slap fight. It's easy for those of us in nations that enjoy true religious liberty to speak in platitudes when we aren't the ones who pay the price for such rhetoric.