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The Day of Death and Triumph
James Guthrie, the Covenanter, woke up in the condemned cell on the morning of his execution. His servant was weeping, and he said, "Stop that at ...
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Four Days Till Glory
In December 1666, Hugh MacHale, the youngest and most gallant of the Covenanters, was brought to his trial in Edinburgh. He was given four days to live ...
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Take Up Your Cross
When Jesus said, "If you are going to follow me, you have to take up a cross," it was the same as saying, "Come and bring your electric ...
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The Gospel Is a Risky Business
The story we're called to tell and live and die by is one of risk confronted, death embraced. What's more, Jesus calls us to walk the narrow way, ...
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Only Humans Can Be Martyrs
Some ants build; some ants sow and later reap the crop; and some apes fight and have wars although they are not as cruel as people are. But nothing in ...
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A Living Sacrifice
In "From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya" (Academie, 1983), Ruth Tucker writes about Dr. Eleanor Chestnut. After arriving in China in 1893 under the American ...
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To Die Is Gain
If we look at our life as some precious treasure we must hoard, the demands made by others of our life are like losses. And death is a final loss, a final ...
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Tiny Sacrifices
Fred Craddock, in an address to ministers, caught the practical implications of consecration. "To give my life for Christ appears glorious," ...
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Some Through the Fire
Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love. There are ...
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