Killing Christians
Living the Faith Where It's Not Safe to Believe
- Evangelism & Missions
- Publisher: W Publishing Group (Thomas Nelson)
- Published: 2015
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Publisher's Description
Could you retain your faith even if it meant losing your life? Your family’s lives? To many Christians in the Middle East today, a “momentary, light affliction” means enduring only torture instead of martyrdom. The depth of oppression Jesus followers suffer is unimaginable to most Western Christians. Yet, it is an everyday reality for those who choose faith over survival in Syria, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, and other countries hostile to the Gospel of Christ. In Killing Christians, Tom Doyle takes readers to the secret meetings, the torture rooms, the grim prisons, and even the executions that are the “calling” of countless Muslims-turned-Christians. Each survivor longs to share with brothers and sisters “on the outside” what Christ has taught them. Killing Christians is their message to readers who still enjoy freedom to practice their faith. None would wish their pain and suffering on those who do not have to brave such misery, but the richness gained through their remarkable trials are delivered—often in their own words—through this book. The stories are breathtaking, the lessons soul-stirring and renewing. Killing Christians presents the dead serious work of expanding and maintaining the Faith. “When you’re looking for real-life accounts of 21st Century believers whose lives are literally at stake for their beliefs, it demands the credibility of a man who has the smell of the front lines of the battlefield on his clothes because he was there yesterday and will be back there tomorrow. I’m proud to say my friend Tom Doyle is that man.” — Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist & Biographer
Endorsements (5)
“Through the pages of Killing Christians I have heard the command of Jesus reverberating through the martyrs’ voices, “Deny yourself. Take up your cross. Follow Me.” The men and women who have answered that summons—whose gripping stories Tom Doyle so movingly and powerfully shares in these pages—are my role models. They are authentic disciples. Their thrilling testimonies have put tears on my face, praise in my heart, fervency in my prayers, and renewed vigor to my steps as I, too, seek to follow Him.”
“story unfolding behind the news of our day.”
“cloud of witnesses” mentioned in the book of Hebrews apparently have some kindred spirits modeling faithfulness right before our eyes today. If you are looking to be encouraged, challenged, and spurred on in your own life of faith pick up this book.”
“Though today’s headlines look grim, the resolve of the believers you meet in Killing Christians will inspire you and warm your heart. These true-life accounts take you to the front lines of the war that has been declared on Jesus’ church. Yet in the midst of this war, the saints are shining brightly and their stories will thrill you! This book is awesome.”
“There are more Christian martyrs today than at any other time in human history, which has been largely ignored by the press until recently. I am grateful that Tom has made known these remarkable stories of courage and conviction.”
Dr. Neil T. Anderson
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