Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:12 Metropolitan Benjamin (1922) Praised amid Persecution “About myself? What can I tell you? One more...
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Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ… If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it. 1 Corinthians 12:12, 26 Felix and...
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Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Matthew 11:11 (NRSV) John the Baptist (c. 30) Heralded Christ John the Baptist, the cousin of...
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“He will not let your foot slip — he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” Psalm 121:3-4 Job Chittilappilly (2004) Hindu Extremists On 28 August 2004 Job, an elderly Indian...
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The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility goes before honour. Proverbs 15:33 (NRSV) Kuksha (1113) Preached to Pagans Kuksha was a monk but he left his monastery in Kiev (in modern day Ukraine) to begin teaching and preaching to...
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As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no-one can work. John 9:4 Mup (2008) Active Minister Mup, a Degar Vietnamese Christian preacher, was found beaten to death on 26 August 2008 outside his village...
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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is...
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Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:12 Sulaymaan Mahamed Sulaymaan and Ahmed ‘Goode’ Diiriye (1994) “Infidels” Targeted Sulaymaan and Ahmed, two Somali Christians from a Muslim...
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Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. Romans 14:9 Samir Yelda (2005) Kidnapped and Killed Iraqi Christian Samir Yelda, a lecturer at Baghdad University, was kidnapped on 23 August 2005. A...
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Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Colossians 3:2 Pierre Claverie (1996) Life’s Worth “Its worth is measured by my capacity to give it.” These were the words of Pierre Claverie, Bishop of Oran, Algeria, describing the value of...
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