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[8] Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, “Counting the Cost (Accurately), Christianity Today, August 21, 2013, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/september/counting-cost-accurately.html, accessed 4 June 2015; “Pope: there are more Christian martyrs today than ever,” NEWS.va, 2014-07-02, http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-there-are-more-christian-martyrs-today-than-e, accessed 4 June 2015; see also, Johan Candelin, “The Persecution of Christians Today,” Eternal Perspective Ministries, Feb 24, 2010, http://www.epm.org/resources/2010/Feb/24/persecution-christians-today/, accessed 4 June 2015; and Reinhard Backes, “Persecution of Christians getter worse,” Christianity Today, 17 October 2013, http://www.christiantoday.com/article/persecution.of.christians.getting.worse/34395.htm, accessed 4 June 2015

[9] Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., “Martyrs of Today,” Crisis, November 20, 2012, http://www.crisismagazine.com/2012/martyrs-of-today, accessed 4 June 2015; for up-to-date information, consult, Open Doors, https://www.opendoorsusa.org, Voice of the Martyrs, http://www.persecution.com, or Christianity Today, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/topics/p/persecution/

[10] J. L. McCreery, “Who Wrote the Poem ‘There Is No Death’?”, The Annals of Iowa, Volume 1, Number 3, 1893, pp. 196-209, http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1932&context=annals-of-iowa&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dthere%2Bis%2Bno%2Bdeath%2BMcCreery%2Boccasion%26qs%3Dn%26pq%3Dthere%2Bis%2Bno%2Bdeath%2Bmccreery%2Boccasion%26sc%3D0-27%26sp%3D-1%26sk%3D%26cvid%3Dee253f35fdbb4c178779fa9093c12581%26first%3D9%26FORM%3DPORE#search=%22there%20no%20death%20McCreery%20occasion%22, accessed 11 June 2015

[11] See Michael Stark, “Fan the Flame,” Sermon, 22 March 2015, http://newbeginningsbaptist.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2-Timothy-1.06-Fan-the-Flame.pdf

[12] “Muslim Converted Through Amazing Dream,” Denison Forum, 14 May 2014, http://www.denisonforum.org/cultural-commentary/1038-muslim-converted-through-amazing-dream, accessed 12 June 2015

[13] Billy Hallowell, “Is Jesus Christ Reaching Out to Muslims Through Their Dreams?” The Blaze, Jul 5, 2012, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/07/05/is-jesus-christ-reaching-out-to-muslims-through-their-dreams/, accessed 4 June 2015

[14] “Ali (Turkey),” More Than Dreams, http://morethandreams.org/ali.html, accessed 4 June 2015

[15] Hallowell, op. cit.

[16] Billy Hallowell, “Former Muslim and Acid Attack Victim Claims Jesus Spoke to Him in a Dream, Forever Changing His Life, The Blaze, Aug 15, 2013, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/15/former-muslim-and-acid-attack-victim-claims-jesus-spoke-to-him-in-a-dream-forever-changing-his-life/, accessed 4 June 2015

[17] Nicola Menzie, “Report: ISIS Fighter Who ‘Enjoyed’ Killing Christians Wants to Follow Jesus After Dreaming of Man in White Who Told Him ‘You Are Killing My People,’” Christian Post, June 3, 2015, http://www.christianpost.com/news/report-isis-fighter-who-enjoyed-killing-christians-wants-to-follow-jesus-after-dreaming-of-man-in-white-who-told-him-you-are-killing-my-people-139880/, accessed 4 June 2015; “ISIS Fighter Stops Beheading Christians After Meeting Jesus In A Vision, ‘You’re Killing My People,’” Inquisitr, June 4, 2015, http://www.inquisitr.com/2144390/isis-fighter-stops-beheading-christians-after-meeting-jesus-in-a-vision-youre-killing-my-people/, accessed 4 June 2015; Leah Marieann Klett, “Violent ISIS Fighter Converts to Christianity After Encountering Jesus Christ In Powerful Dream,” Jun 03, 2015, http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/55860/20150603/violent-isis-fighter-converts-to-christianity-after-encountering-jesus-christ-in-powerful-dream.htm, accessed 4 Jun 2015