Paulicarp said, 86 years, I have served him and he never did me any wrong.

How can I now blaspheme my king who saved me?

And so he died there in the arena, 86 years being faithful to Christ.

And he died because he said to the world, to his enemies, I am a Christian.

Throughout church history, as Christians have faced persecution, in particular to the

point of modesty, the church is not waned, but instead the church is actually flourished.

Hi, I'm Nathan Dobie Bingham and thank you for joining us today for renewing your mind.

As we feature some favorite messages from RC Sprawl this week on renewing your mind,

today we'll hear the moving story of Paulicarp's modesty, perhaps the most famous modesty

of the second century.

Only the death of Paulicarp encouraged you as it did me to continue to stand firm for

Christ.

Here's Dr. Sprawl.

A few years ago I had the opportunity to lecture to some faculty members and members

of the administration at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

And at that time SMU was on probation because of violations of the NCAA in their football

program.

And there was a discouraged atmosphere looming over the university because of it.

But before I gave my address there, I mentioned to the faculty and to the dean that I had

great affection in my heart for SMU because my childhood hero was the great doke walker,

a triple threat football player, one the Heisman Drowfee from SMU back in the 40s.

Well after I completed that visit to the campus of SMU and returned back to Orlando, a

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