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In this outstanding devotional book you will find 366 stories of brave Christians who gave up their lives for their Lord. These believers, from New Testament times to our own day, witnessed to the truth and power of the Gospel by their faithfulness to Christ. Their stories inspire us to live wholeheartedly for Him and are interwoven with Bible verses, hymns, prayers and words of wisdom and encouragement. Spend a year with these great heroes of our faith and allow God to touch your life.

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This is a collection of 366 short daily devotionals - each describing a martyrdom, prefaced by a scripture and accompanied by a prayer or quotation. When we read the word 'hero' we imagine someone who has performed mighty deeds, but the heroism of most of the people commemorated in this book is of a quieter kind, the heroism of standing firm in the face of an often horrific death. Names, places and dates are indexed and Patrick Sookhdeo has written a thoughtful foreword exploring what martyrdom means and how Christian attitudes to it have changed down the centuries. One story tells of a Korean pastor and his family placed in a hole dug by the communists and offered freedom in return for denouncing the gospel. Instead, the mother told the children that they would be dining with the King of kings, the Lord of lords that night and led them in singing a hymn while the hole was slowly filled in. Many of the witnesses became Christians. These 366 instances serve to represent the many hundreds of thousands around the world that have died and continue to die because they belong to Jesus, and whose stories remain unknown and go untold. -- Diane Morrison thegoodbookstall.org.uk 20120824

This is a collection of 366 short daily devotionals - each describing a martyrdom, prefaced by a scripture and accompanied by a prayer or quotation. When we read the word `hero' we imagine someone who has performed mighty deeds, but the heroism of most of the people commemorated in this book is of a quieter kind, the heroism of standing firm in the face of an often horrific death. Names, places and dates are indexed and Patrick Sookhdeo has written a thoughtful foreword exploring what martyrdom means and how Christian attitudes to it have changed down the centuries. One story tells of a Korean pastor and his family placed in a hole dug by the communists and offered freedom in return for denouncing the gospel. Instead, the mother told the children that they would be dining with the King of kings, the Lord of lords that night and led them in singing a hymn while the hole was slowly filled in. Many of the witnesses became Christians. These 366 instances serve to represent the many hundreds of thousands around the world that have died and continue to die because they belong to Jesus, and whose stories remain unknown and go untold. -- Diane Morrison * thegoodbookstall.org.uk *

This is a collection of 366 short daily devotionals - each describing a martyrdom, prefaced by a scripture and accompanied by a prayer or quotation. When we read the word 'hero' we imagine someone who has performed mighty deeds, but the heroism of most of the people commemorated in this book is of a quieter kind, the heroism of standing firm in the face of an often horrific death. Names, places and dates are indexed and Patrick Sookhdeo has written a thoughtful foreword exploring what martyrdom means and how Christian attitudes to it have changed down the centuries. One story tells of a Korean pastor and his family placed in a hole dug by the communists and offered freedom in return for denouncing the gospel. Instead, the mother told the children that they would be dining with the King of kings, the Lord of lords that night and led them in singing a hymn while the hole was slowly filled in. Many of the witnesses became Christians. These 366 instances serve to represent the many hundreds of thousands around the world that have died and continue to die because they belong to Jesus, and whose stories remain unknown and go untold. -- Diane Morrison * thegoodbookstall.org.uk *

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Dr Patrick Sookhdeo is Director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity, International Director of Barnabas Fund and Executive Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life. He has been Visiting Professor at a number of military academic centres. He is a Research Associate at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria. He is Cor Episcopos of the Syriac Orthodox Church. He is author/editor of 36 books.

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