The Bishop Who Knew Which Throne Mattered
In 155 AD, the Roman proconsul in Smyrna gave the aged Bishop Polycarp one simple command: say "Caesar is Lord," sprinkle a pinch of incense...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 110:1-4.
In 155 AD, the Roman proconsul in Smyrna gave the aged Bishop Polycarp one simple command: say "Caesar is Lord," sprinkle a pinch of incense before the emperor's image, and walk free. The crowd in the stadium roared for his blood. Soldiers gripped his arms. Every earthly power pressed against him. Polycarp, eighty-six years old and a direct disciple of the Apostle John, looked at the proconsul and spoke words that have echoed through twenty centuries: "Eighty-six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong.…
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