The Words That Cost Everything
In 155 AD, Roman soldiers dragged an eighty-six-year-old bishop named Polycarp into the arena at Smyrna. The proconsul offered him a simple deal: say "Caesar...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 10:9.
In 155 AD, Roman soldiers dragged an eighty-six-year-old bishop named Polycarp into the arena at Smyrna. The proconsul offered him a simple deal: say "Caesar is Lord," scatter a pinch of incense before the emperor's image, and walk free. The crowd roared. The flames of the pyre crackled nearby. Every survival instinct begged the old man to mouth two easy words and go home.…
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