Abundant Death!

I just read this on Justin Taylor's Theologica blog. I am amazed this gets no press. This just happened a few weeks ago.
Here's a great question to the abundance preachers...
Would you go to church if you faced this? Would your people?
Only if you have a Treasure greater than the here and now and life was Christ and death was really gain.

Denny Burk: "Two weeks ago, I saw a little story in the Associated Press about some Christians who were murdered in Turkey. The story was relatively non-descript. It briefly noted that three Christians had their throats cut by some Islamic radicals. The rest of the piece talked about how religious persecution might hurt Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. Little did I know then the horror and the glory of what really happened."

Read the whole thing.3 Martyrs: Men of Whom the World Was Not Worthy


More info on this story
“3 Killed in Turkey Bible Attack” – Associated Press (April 18, 2007)
“Three killed at Turkish Bible publishers” – Reuters (April 18, 2007)
“Young Muslims in Turkey Murder Three Christians” – Christianity Today (April 20, 2007)
“Bloodbath in Turkey: Widow Forgives Murderers” – Assist News Service (April 20, 2007)
“Slain Missionary Highlights Christian Plight in Turkey” – The Christian Post (April 24, 2007)
“Turkey’s Christians face backlash” – The Christian Science Monitor (April 25, 2007)
“Turkish church requests prayer after three Christians martyred in Malatya” – Voice of the Martyrs (April 26, 2007)
“Turkish Believers ‘Satanically Tortured’ Before Being Killed” – BosNewsLife News Center (April 26, 2007)
“Widow of Slain Christian: ‘Forgive Them’” – WorldNet Daily (April 28, 2007)
“No Turning Back” – World (May 5, 2007)