{"product_id":"the-21-coptic-martyrs-of-libya-21-men-one-beach-a-faith-stronger-than-fear-9798198066168","title":"The 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya: 21 Men. One Beach. A Faith Stronger Than Fear","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gideon Black\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Living - Spiritual Growth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE 21 COPTIC MARTYRS OF LIBYA: 21 Men. One Beach. A Faith Stronger Than Fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you say when the knife is at your throat? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you see when the sea is behind you and death is in front of you? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat kind of faith looks the empire in the eye and whispers, Lord Jesus Christ? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn February 15, 2015, the world got its answer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-one men. Laborers, farmers, fathers, sons. Ordinary Christians from the villages of Egypt, working in Libya to feed their families. Captured by ISIS. Draped in orange. Marched onto a beach at dawn. Given one choice: Deny your God, or die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey did not deny. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith their hands bound and the waves at their backs, they spoke the Name that has shaken empires for two thousand years. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Then the blade fell. The sea ran red. And the Church received twenty-one new saints. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE 21 COPTIC MARTYRS OF LIBYA is not a story of defeat. It is the story of victory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the deserts of Antony and Paul, to the hidden prison of Mark, to the blood-stained sands of Sirte, this book traces the unbroken line of a faith that death cannot kill. You will walk with the mothers who ululated instead of wailed. With the Pope who wrote we forgive while the world called for war. With the brother who laid down his gun because his brother died praying. With the millions who saw the video and chose, in that moment, to believe again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will see why martyrdom still matters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will see why the Cross is not history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will see why terror will always lose to a Church that remembers the Resurrection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book for the afraid. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the doubting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the ones who wonder if faith can survive the 21st century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the ones who need to know that the gates of hell have not prevailed, and will not prevail. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 Men. One Beach. A Faith Stronger Than Fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir blood was the seed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir witness is the fire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir story is yours. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen these pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe martyrs are waiting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Christ is risen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891008258199,"sku":"9798198066168","price":986.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198066168.webp?v=1781182037","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-21-coptic-martyrs-of-libya-21-men-one-beach-a-faith-stronger-than-fear-9798198066168","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}