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I have been astonished that men could die martyrsfor their religion--I have shuddered at it,I shudde...

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We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said.

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John Piper (artist)John Calvin: And His Passion for the Majesty of God

We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said.

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John Piper (artist)John Calvin: And His Passion for the Majesty of God

We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said.

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John Piper (theologian)John Calvin: And His Passion for the Majesty of God

We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said.

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John Piper (theologian)John Calvin: And His Passion for the Majesty of God

With no doubt Al Hussain was one of the greatest rebels, for correcting the path of rulers who devia...

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...in a brutal country like ours where human life is cheap, it's stupid to destroy yourself for the ...

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What if you had seen haven open as Stephen did, and all the saints there triumphing in glory, and en...

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The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

A martyrdom is always the design of God, for His love of men, to warn them and to lead them, to brin...

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A christian martyrdom is never an accident, for Saints are not made by accident.

Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgot...

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I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one.

If there is still one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with fo...

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Antonin ArtaudThe Theater and Its Double

Islam is not unusual in having a tradition of martyrs. What is unique to Islam is the tradition of m...

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Ayaan Hirsi AliHeretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now

Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in rememb...

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Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in rememb...

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The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.

Whenever Christ calls us, his call leads us to death.

I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body.

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Evelyn WaughBrideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder