JESUS FREAKS/FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS

JESUS FREAKS / FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS

I am loving my son's history this year! We are doing American History but studying what our founding fathers looked back to in history and what they had personally come out of. Recently we were reading about Bloody Mary and read some writings by John Foxe. It was time to introduce my son to martyrs in history. I pulled out my copy of DC Talk's Jesus Freaks co-written with The Voice of the Martyrs (There is an updated version, and I have it on order) and a copy of Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Both books are collections of individual stories about people giving their lives or suffering greatly for their beliefs. After reading Jesus Freaks for a couple of days he came back to me and shared with me how very interesting the book is. (I can't really use the word "enjoying" when describing this book.) Today he is encountering a different type of hero than the ones our culture typically celebrates.