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The first deacon and Christian martyr at this time of explosive martyrdom throughout the world. \u00a0Even as they suffer and die, however, persecuted Christians stop to rejoice in the promise of Christmas. \u00a0A humbling witness. On the other hand, story\u00a0after story\u00a0of Muslims who are converting to Christianity in droves. \u00a0Such is the way of things. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,44,17,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-persecution","category-christianity-in-the-world","category-good-news","category-holidays"],"yoast_head":"\n
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