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IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 8
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Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith?
As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside. One of these was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor and author.
In this New York Times bestselling biography, Eric Metaxas takes
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A Harvest book volume HB72
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 3
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The story of the murder of Thomas a Becket as seen through the eyes of the poet. A dramatization in verse of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury.
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2020
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Spanning two thousand years, The Everlasting follows four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an illicit affair. Outsiders to a city dense with history, this quartet separated by time grapples with the physicality of bodies, the necessity for sacrifice, and the power of...
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In 1955 a group of missionaries entered a jungle in Ecuador to bring Christianity to a hostile and primitive tribe. Attempting to quell their distrust, they showered the natives with gifts and built an airstrip before being massacred by them. Written by the wife of one of these men, the story will be gripping for believers in such initiatives. Others may be overcome by the melodrama and the Jesus-as-Lord tone that explains the nobility but not the...
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Pub. Date
2021
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Great character is sometimes forged amid great turmoil. Sabina: Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years is the true story of how God's love transformed ambitious, atheistic hedonists into one of the greatest Christian couples of the 20th century. The film opens with Sabina Wurmbrand risking her life to show Christ's love to a trio of Nazi soldiers. Why? Why would a Jewish Christian risk her life to help her enemies - members of the army that killed...
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[2017]
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"Months of solitary confinement, years of periodic physical torture, constant suffering from hunger and cold, the anguish of brain-washing and mental cruelty these are the experiences of a Romanian pastor during his fourteen years in Communist prisons. His crime, like that of thousands of others, was his fervent belief in Jesus Christ and his public witness concerning his faith. Meeting in homes, in basements, and in woods sometimes daring to preach...
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[2020]
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"Approximately 100,000 Christians are martyred every year-more than in the days of the Roman Empire-and their stories must be told. In this revised and updated edition of the classic book, readers will discover poignant stories of modern and historic martyrs who have made the ultimate sacrifice to follow Jesus"--
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Trailblazer books volume 28
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 5
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A group of Christians in Uganda are in danger of being executed by the forces of General Idi Amin.
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©2009
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"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out." Hugh Latimer's famous words of consolation to Nicholas Ridley as they are both about to be burnt alive for heresy come from John Foxe's magisterial Acts and Monuments, popularly known as the Book of Martyrs . This vast collection of unforgettable accounts of religious persecution exerted as great...
12) Extreme devotion
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©2001
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This daily devotional features hundreds of stories of ancient to modern day believersmany of whose stories are published here for the first timewho sacrificed everything for Christ. Each true account concludes with a life application and a Bible verse to challenge you to live out your own extreme devotion.
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[2006]
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These ten boys grew up to become successful men. The two things they have in common is that they all put to good use the talents and gifts they had, and they all believed that God had given them to be used. Paul Brand took medicine into new lands to bring hope to the sick, Ghillean Prance's love of the world around him led to Kew Gardens, still a center of excellence in studying God's creation, C S Lewis opened the door into Narnia and opened the...
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2018.
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"On February 29, 1948, Richard Wurmbrand was arrested by the secret police. His crimes? Leading Christian worship and witnessing both of which were illegal under the atheistic Communist regime in Romania. Richard spent fourteen years in prison. He was tortured, beaten, and locked into a solitary confinement cell. Sabina Wurmbrand spent three years in a labor camp, nearly freezing to death as she and other prisoners worked on the Danube Canal. She...
17) A hidden life
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[2020]
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Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz J©Þgerst©Þtter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
18) A hidden life
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[2020]
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Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.