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Customer Reviews for Bethany House Publishers Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
Bethany House Publishers Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Customer Reviews for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
Review 1 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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A God Event
Date:December 30, 2012
Minister Rob Hale
Location:Bristol, TN
Age:45-54
Gender:male
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I was just checking out from the register at Walmart when the Holy Spirit of Christ spoke to me and instructed me to go back to the book stand. I said, "Thank-you God! I remember now I am all out of bibles to give away", thinking that was the reason. When I got in front of the section containing bibles and such the Holy Spirit suddenly gave me tunnel vision (A proven method that God uses with me when He wants to direct my path) and would not let me focus on anything but this Jesus Freaks book. I opened the book and read a story about a saint who was jailed back during the 1500's and was ready to be burned at the stake the next day for his preaching with-out the approval of the High Church then in rule of the saint's country. (Why America became a country, the freedom to worship!). How that one of his fellow inmates needed to know if this Christ God was real or not in the way that the saint preached, that salvation was by grace thru faith. The challenge given was for the saint to clap his hands after he died by being burned. After prayer the saint told the fellow inmate that he would do just that. Well the word got around. Soon the prison and the guards knew the promise given. This saint was very popular with the people of the village and quickly word was told. Word also got to the High Church officials who ordered that the fire be overbuilt and made hotter than normal. Well the next day they burned the saint at the stake with the better part of the village watching. It was nothing but a smoldering black skeleton still at the stake, and most had given up when suddenly the hand bones clapped, not once but three times!... Needless-to-say I bought the Book!
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Review 2 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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A Bit Of A Hash
Date:October 21, 2012
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This is a book whose authorship I am unable to discern. The title page (I guess that's what it is) lists Toby McKeehan and Mark Heimermann as the original copyright holders. The former is a member of dc Talk, a Christian rock group. The book seems to have been assembled under the aegis of The Voice of the Martyrs, an organization devoted to tracking, reporting on, and assisting persecuted Christians in various countries, mostly communist or Islamic. The book purports to tell the stories of various "Jesus freaks", those who suffered severe persecution for their commitment to Jesus, sometimes at the hands of their own countrymen, often with the participation or acquiscence of the governments of the states in which they live or lived. Not all whose stories (really no more than thumbnail sketches) are told died for their faith. Let me set aside the observation that the assemblage of stories reads like notes for a rough draft--there is very little rhyme or reason to the selection, or to the associated scriptural quotes, drawn, by the way, from eight different versions of the Bible, including some which leave me wondering what the compliers of the book had in mind. The substantive problem I have begins with a five-part definition of "martyr", including the traditional idea of one who prefers to suffer (and does suffer) death, rather than deny Jesus. The definition is extended, however, to those who witness to Jesus, who sacrifice "something very important" to the faith, who suffer severely for the faith, and "Jesus freaks". Let me start with the last part of this extended definition. Being of the antediluvian era, I experienced the use of the term "Jesus freak" in a somewhat less flattering sense than the present "authors" would render it. 'Way back then, a "Jesus freak" was someone either of the obnoxious Bible-pounding literalist stripe, or a pre-new age type who thought that Jesus represented "unconditional" (read "uncommitted") love (expressed in liberal indulgence of sex and drugs, together with not much sense of personal responsibility for the results). Neither, as I saw them, seemed to me to know much about scripture as applied. I am not persuaded to re-think this understanding simply because the present book co-opts the term. The idea of severe suffering for the faith, even if one does not die as a result, I am willing to annex to the traditional meaning of the term "martyr". Simply bearing testimony to the truth, however, does not make the witness a martyr. I may acknowledge Jesus today, because I am not faced with a cage full of lions. But tomorrow, under different circumstances, I may very well repudiate my testimony of faith. Likewise, simply sacrificing something of importance to further the faith does not qualify. If, for example, I lose my job because I refuse to lie about a co-worker, and I have so refused because of my faith in Jesus, does that make me a "martyr" in any way? I think not. Or if I give up my wealth and comfort to serve the needs of the poor in some Christian mission, do I then qualify? Here, also, I think not. I have simply chosen to put my faith in Jesus to better ends than I may have previously, even though, when well-to-do and comfortable, I gave freely to charity and was always kind to those with whom I had contact. In these matters, the book is simply off-point. Those who died for the faith are surely saints. The rest, maybe or maybe not. The book does contain one quote, from Jim Elliot, an evangelical missionary who was killed by headhunters in Ecuador in 1956: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." It is a brilliant exegetical summation of the nature of the commitment to Jesus (see, e.g., Mk. 8:35), which says virtually everything of value which the book as a whole has to say. But it also applies to everyone who lives truly according to his or her commitment, martyr or not. Beyond this point, I found the book mostly uninformative.
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Review 3 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Martyrs
Date:August 29, 2012
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The stories told in this book are of faithful people, loyal to Christ, and glorying in His salvation. I often found myself reading more than I intended, captured by the latest story and where it was going, only to feel afterwards a bit of loss. This book focuses solely on martyrdom, not giving much of the Christian's previous life, and always reading of suffering and their end was difficult. I sometimes just wanted their joy and peace in Christ, not the end. I guess it was just a strong cup of coffee.
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Review 4 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Great Book!
Date:July 8, 2012
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I've read it a few times and I love the stories. My dad likes the book, too.
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Review 5 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Date:January 4, 2010
Brenda Shyda
Fantastic book! Very faith challenging. My 17 year old son read it in two days and said it was the best book he's ever read.
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Review 6 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Date:April 15, 2009
Caleb
the best book ever it realy makes you think about the christians in other countries
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Review 7 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Date:April 15, 2009
Caleb
this is the best dc talk cd worth buying I got it as a gift and could'nt stop listening to it
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Review 8 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Date:March 1, 2009
Dan
That book changed my life. I wept for days.That was 8 yrs. ago. It drew me closer to Jesus. I dare you to read it. It's life changing reading it.God Bless.
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Review 9 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Date:March 1, 2009
Dan
That book changed my life. I wept for days.That was 8 yrs. ago. It drew me closer to Jesus. I dare you to read it. It's life changing reading it.God Bless.Dan
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Review 10 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Date:July 29, 2008
Julie Long
A must have for youth (or anyone)! I am a youth pastor and I read excerpts for a message about running the race and going hard after God. It had a BIG impact. I want to buy one for each of the youth to take home! In a nation in which our young people care more about the latest video game or clothing style than actively living out their faith, and in which kids have no idea about their own Christian heritage, this book is a great eye opener and will challenge any reader to go deeper with God and to really LIVE their beliefs!
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Review 11 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Date:June 20, 2008
Rebecca
This book lit a fire under my youth class. I gave this to each class member as a Christmas gift. Needless to say, some of them were disappointed that they had received a book, but when they read it, they came to treasure it, and many of them have shared it with parents and friends. An excellent gift for people of any age.
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Review 12 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Date:June 13, 2008
Ivan Limosenero
an awesome book that every "jesusfreak" needs to have.. this book will definitely inspire you to take a CLOSER walk with God..
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Review 13 for Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus: The Ultimate Jesus Freaks - eBook
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Date:July 24, 2007
Aracely
An amazing book, each story touches deep into your soul. Some stories bring tears to your eyes and some just make you want to yell at the top of your lungs and tell God how amazing he is. It changed me in a way that no human could. This book is another level.Where we see the true Jesus Freaks. I want to be one of them.Everyone should read this book. You won't put it down, and your not going to contain the millions of emotions that pass throw you.
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