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  • Revenge In Witnessing

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 10, 2011
     | 3,315 views

    REVENGE IN WITNESSING Yubis was filled with grief and didn't know where to turn. Yubis' husband--a pastor--was brutally murdered as a martyr in Colombia for his faith and teachings of Jesus Christ. As a result, their two-year-old daughter was despondent--and she stopped speaking. She would only ...read more

  • Intolerance

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 20, 2011
     | 1,171 views

    New Testament scholar D. A. Carson says: "If I have strong views and articulate them, I am, by definition, intolerant. . . . The group that [claims it is right] is no longer perceived as standing for something and ...read more

  • Kill Us, Torture Us, Condemn Us...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 15, 2011
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     | 2,987 views

    KILL US, TORTURE US, CONDEMN US... An early Christian leader named Tertullian (164-200AD) declared: “Kill us, torture us, condemn us, grind us to dust. The more you mow us down, the more we grow, for the seed of the church is the blood of the Christians. Every single drop of our blood springs up, ...read more

  • The Prayer Police

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
     | 4,386 views

    THE PRAYER POLICE A little over 3 years ago, a group of students at an Alabama high school recited the Lord’s Prayer together in the lunchroom, which prompted a suit by the parents of another student. In response, Judge Ira Dement, on October 29, 1997, termed the action "religiously based ...read more

  • The Meaning Of The Cross

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 4,666 views

    THE MEANING OF THE CROSS In the 19th century, Armenian Christians, under a Turkish Muslim government, experienced a tremendous amount of persecution. The government lifted the ban on Muslims converting to Christianity in 1856. Then just eight years later, they began arresting these Muslim converts ...read more

  • The Fellowship Of His Suffering

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 13, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,955 views

    THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERING "Paul Marshall of the Hudson Institute estimates that at least 600 million -- and maybe closer to 700 million -- Christians world-wide are experiencing some level of persecution. That means roughly one in every three people who profess the name of Christ is ...read more

  • The Story Of Januarius

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 17, 2011
     | 1,764 views

    THE STORY OF JANUARIUS Januarius, as bishop of Benevento, was performing one of the works of mercy when he was arrested. He was visiting some deacon friends in prison. They were then all rounded up and put in the arena with the wild beasts, who refused to eat them. (I find it comforting ...read more

  • We Will Remain Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,454 views

    "WE WILL REMAIN CHRISTIANS" An American journalist in 1993 interviewed a group of children from a Sunday school in southern Sudan where Arab Muslims regularly raided their village and slaughtered Christians. Many of their relatives had already been killed. The journalist asked, "Would you turn to ...read more

  • The Martyrs For Christ

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 1, 2011
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    THE MARTYRS FOR CHRIST James the son of Zebedee was beheaded in Jerusalem, the first of the apostles to die, during the Easter season in about the year A.D. 44. Matthew was slain with the sword in a city in Ethiopia. Mark was dragged through the streets of Alexandria until he expired. Luke was ...read more

  • Hezekiah's Story

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Dec 22, 2011
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    HEZEKIAH'S STORY Laos 2001. Hezekiah's life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved from ...read more

  • The 40 Martyrs  PRO

    Contributed by David Tack on Feb 25, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,598 views

    THE 40 MARTYRS "History knows them as the forty martyrs of Sebaste. They were soldiers in the famed Twelfth Legion of Rome’s imperial army, around A.D. 320. One day the captain informed his troops that Emperor Licinius had sent down an edict commanding all soldiers to offer a sacrifice to his ...read more

  • They Did Not Fear Death  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on May 9, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,785 views

    THEY DID NOT FEAR DEATH Many of you have read Foxe's Book of Martyrs. It’s certainly not light bedtime reading, but is nevertheless inspiring and relevant as we look at this passage of scripture this morning. It’s important to remember that each of the apostles suffered persecution, and most ...read more

  • An Honors Student In Fort Worth, Texas, Was Sent ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 17, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,254 views

    An honors student in Fort Worth, Texas, was sent to the principal's office and punished for telling a classmate that he believes homosexuality is wrong. Holly Pope said she was "absolutely stunned" when she received a telephone call from an assistant principal at Western Hills High School ...read more

  • Responding To Opposition

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 25, 2012
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     | 4,346 views

    RESPONDING TO OPPOSITION Several months ago, a pastor sent some of his associate pastors into a village. They evangelized by knocking on doors and as God brought in healing and deliverance into these families, they would come to Christ. They once knocked on the door of a policeman, a very ...read more

  • Trung's Story

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 3, 2013
     | 2,477 views

    TRUNG'S STORY To Dinh Trung was arrested more than 25 times for preaching the gospel in rural Vietnam. During his 24th imprisonment, in 1991, he was deprived of food for 12 days. He said: "In prison, I worshipped the Lord a lot, praying and singing in a room by myself. My room was the prison ...read more

  • There Was Once A Man Who Was Born In A Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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     | 3,799 views

    There was once a man who was born in a little town back east. He grew up and took on the family business. The only earthly father he had ever known died sometime in his teen years and as the oldest son he took on the responsibility of caring for his mother. He had a good reputation among all the ...read more

  • Stepping Stones

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 3,084 views

    STEPPING STONES When the blacksmith strikes his hammer repeatedly on the anvil, it is said that the same anvil will wear out many hammers. Those who strike Christians are creating boldness in the body of Christ. When Christians are persecuted there is more courage. Tell about the workers at ...read more

  • Nero Fastened The Guilt And Inflicted The Most ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 2,556 views

    "Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators Pontius ...read more

  • In May, 2008 A Missionary Serving In Italy Was ...

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jun 2, 2008
     | 1,593 views

    In May, 2008 a missionary serving in Italy was thrilled to see his first Italian convert after four years of ministry in one small town. After this young man trusted Christ, he was thrown out of his house by his Roman Catholic father for “wasting his life.” The prosperity preachers in America ...read more

  • Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
     | 1,789 views

    NOT IMPRESSED A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith. One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him. They took ...read more

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