What's the condition of the global church in places where persecution is commonplace today?

What are the countries where this persecution is the worst?

And what are some of the stories of the heroic followers of Jesus, both in the past and today who are

currently enduring persecution for their faith.

We answer these questions in more with our guest, Mr. Johnny Moore, a former

member of the U.S US Commission on International Religious Freedom

and most recently author of the new book of Christian martyrs. I'm your host Scott

Ray and this is Think Biblically from Talbot School of Theology

Biola University. Johnny welcome great to have you with us and so appreciate your heart for the persecuted

church and the work you've done on your new book, the new book of Christian martyrs.

Thanks, Scott.

It's always a blessing to be on Biola's campus and there's no more important topic to discuss on this one.

So why are you so passionate about this subject of the persecuted church?

The persecuted church changed my own life.

I mean, I grew up in the deep south in the United States.

I had Christian parents and a church that we were at every time the doors were open. I had all kinds of Bible

verses memorized because I grew up in Christian culture. But I felt like I

had never seen so many things in the New Testament and as soon as I was an adult I

started traveling all around the world. I started meeting persecuted Christians and

the lights came on. So I know you've been involved with both traveling today meeting folks who are in some really difficult places to maintain the name of Christ.

But you've also been a scholar of some of the early Christian martyrs who were,

I mean in some cases just spectacularly persecuted for their faith. What are, tell us one of the stories of those martyrs that is most moving and impactful to you.

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