The Martyrs (#06 in God's Generals Series)

*They Paid the Ultimate Price* In his sixth *God's Generals* volume, Roberts Liardon chronicles some of the great martyrs for the faith--and some of the lesser-known ones. Their inspirational testimony, acts of courage, and even seasons of doubt both encourage and point awareness toward the persecuted church of the twenty-first century.

The book includes profiles on...

* Apostle Paul and Stephen the Faithful (c. 100 AD)
* Polycarp of Smyrna, Justin Martyr, and Ignatius of Antioch (c. 100-175 AD)
* Perpetua, Blandina, and Irenaeus and Fabian (c. 175-350 AD)
* William Tyndale, John Wyclyffe, Patrick Hamilton, and John Hus (c. 1300-1530)
* Anne Askew, John Foxe, Hugh Latimer, and Thomas Cranmer (c. 1530-1560)
* Martyrs from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
* Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John and Betty Stam, and Jim Elliot (c. 1900-1950)
* Wang Zhiming, Gaspar Makil, and Archbishop Oscar Romero (c. 1950-1990)
* Martyrs from the twenty-first century, in regions such as the Philippines, Iraq, Libya, and SyriaRead less