Martyrdom

  • Remembrance Day: Martyrdom, Suffering & Hope

    John McCrae and Flanders Fields In Canada and around the world, the poppy has long been a symbol of the immeasurable sacrifice made by those who have died defending and preserving the rights and freedoms of others. It was a Canadian physician, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae who made it a symbol of Remembrance Day.…

  • Mass Shootings and Martyrdom (Carnivore Theology: Ep. 48)

    Mass Shootings and Martyrdom (Carnivore Theology: Ep. 48)

    The tragic massacre in Roseburg, Oregon, US has raised a lot of questions. Some news articles are claiming that one of the motives of the shooter may have been hatred of religion in general, or Christians in particular. Were the victims of the shootings martyrs? What is a martyr? Podcast Audio: Behind the Scenes…

  • From Saul to Paul: A Conversion Story

    From Saul to Paul: A Conversion Story

    Saul: Enemy of the Church Paul has an amazing testimony, and it’s broken up into two very different parts. The part he is most famous for is where He is Paul, the great missionary and theologian of the Christian church. But he wasn’t always the Apostle Paul – for the beginning of his life he…