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How Lutheran Hymns Train For Martyrdom: Meditation on Jesus’ Wounds

 The hymns of the Lutheran Church teach us how to be martyrs for Christ.  Martyrs are witnesses.  The most extreme form of witness is shedding our blood to seal our testimony to Christ, but before a Christian can do that, he must (usually) learn to be a faithful witness in smaller things.

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