Matyrdom

Connections List
 * Christian Persecution
 * Death
 * Suffering (Christian)

Scope
 * Dying for being a Christian
 * Might include matyrdom for other religions too

Topics
 * Mech
 * Verses
 * Other examples
 * Non-christian

Mech
 * Renounce christ or die
 * Making decisions that sac body for JC (I'm thinking of African jungle missionaries who pack stuff in a coffin).

Verses
 * To live is Christ, to die is gain, Phillipians
 * Ps 116:15 "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints"
 * Stoning of stephen
 * considered as sheep to be slaughtered

Other
 * I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back (song + story)
 * Auca end of the spear
 * Columbine shooting
 * Paul was presumably executed for faith

Non-christian
 * Buddhist monks burn themselves alive in protest (this is not persecution, this is protest)
 * Holocaust (sort of. Basically they were one of the odd classes, along with homosexuals and gypsies. So not exactly for their religion).
 * Muslim jihad in the early days (again, more of a voluntary, proactive)