Each month VOM produces "The Jesus Freaks Minute," a daily radio-PSA that shares the stories of the persecuted church with Christian radio listeners all over the United States and around the world. Here's the script for one of the spots that will air next month, a spot entitled ANDRONICUS:
[LYRICS:] What will people think when they hear that I’m a Jesus Freak. What will people do when they find that it’s true.
[TOBYMAC:] Hey, this is TobyMac with truth every Jesus Freak should hear from the Voice of the Martyrs.
[VOM:] When you make a pledge, do you follow through? Is your word a solemn vow?
In 303 A.D., Andronicus was whipped, tortured, and thrown to wild beasts. This is the vow he made and kept to the governor at Cilicia: “Do your worst. I am a Christian. Christ is my help and supporter, and thus armed I will never serve your gods nor do I fear your authority or that of your master, the Emperor. Commence your torments … and make use of every means your malignity can invent, and you shall find in the end that I am not to be shaken from my resolution.”
For more solemn vows from real martyrs, go online to persecution.com.
Source: Jesus Freaks, Page 146
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