Now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith – of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may result in praise, glory...
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May the groans of the prisoners come before you; with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die. Psalm 79:11 Eritrean Prisoners (2007, 2010) Endless Cruelty Thousands of Christians, including most leaders of unregistered churches, are...
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God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things – and the things that are not – to nullify the things that...
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Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:35-36 John Smith (1824) Stood up for Slaves John, from Northamptonshire, England, had been...
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For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the...
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They will be my treasured possession… And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not. Malachi 3:17b, 18 Tarachus, Probus and Andronicus (c. 304) Faith Examined When...
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Bless those you persecute you; bless and do not curse. Romans 12:14 Martyrs of Japan (1597) “I do gladly pardon . . . all who have brought about my death” Paul Miki, a Japanese priest, was among 26 Christians who were tortured then crucified on a...
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“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters...
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In all their distress he too was distressed. Isaiah 63:8 Anastasios (1655) Renounced Forced Conversion Anastasios, an artist in the city of Naupoin, Greece, was forcibly circumcised by a group of Muslims while suffering ill health. This procedure...
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