Posted on 09/18/2025 9:43:15 AM PDT by Rev M. Bresciani
Christianity has never been politically correct. It never will be. Therefore, there have been numerous attempts to snuff it out, beginning with its very Founder. As the saying goes, if you don’t like the message, shoot the messenger. But beginning with Him, there’s always a resurrection that its opponents had not counted on.
The killing of Charlie Kirk last week was a Christian martyrdom. And that assassination could well see a positive turning point in the life of America.
Martyrdom has been an historic fact in the 2000 years of the Christian faith. One of my favorite stories involving it goes back to around the year 300 A.D.
At that time, there was a Roman Emperor who was so anti-Christian that he did everything he could to stamp out Christianity. His name was Diocletian. He killed Christians for being Christian, and he burned their scriptures. There are fragments of the New Testament that exist to this day that were saved from the fire of Diocletian’s persecution. Diocletian’s chief general was quite suspicious of the Christians, and he had them completely purged from the Roman army.
Thankfully, Diocletian’s anti-Christian crusade did not last too long. He resigned because of illness.
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“God’s truth abideth still.”
In His wisdom, sometimes God chooses to allow his best spokespeople to be struck down, such as the Apostle Stephen. It’s to force His followers to find other voices to speak His truth, proving it’s the message, not the messenger.
Not my will but Thy Will be done.
“His kingdom is forever.”
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