Modern martyrs.

From: The Christian Century | Date: April 18, 2006 | Copyright information

IF, AS TERTULLIAN TAUGHT, the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church, in a liberal society church growth has to find its inspiration elsewhere. Western society was built partly on the premise that people shouldn't have to suffer for their faith. That's why talk of martyrdom often seems exotic or irrelevant in churches in the U.S.

Yet in recent days a Christian martyr and a would-be martyr have been in the news. Tom Fox, an American who went to Iraq to witness for...

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