"Sufferings must be the Churches most ordinary lot, and Christians indeed must be self-denying Cross-bearers, even where there are none but formal nominal Christians to be the Cross-makers."
Richard Baxter

"So, if you are a Christian looking for an easy ministry in a post-Christian culture where Christians are a minority, you are unrealistic in your outlook. It was not to be so in Jeremiah's day, and it cannot be so in ours."
Francis Schaeffer

"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church."
Tertullian, 1st century AD

"To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men."
A. W. Tozer

"What makes you think that you will walk in victory when facing death if you can't walk in obedience in life... If you can't live for Him, don't fool yourself into thinking you will die for Him."
Dennis E. Green

"Have you ever noticed that Foxes Book of Martyrs doesn't list those who die of heart attacks while sitting in a pew?"
Dennis E. Green

"If the heart is cleansed by the love of Jesus Christ, and if the heart loves Him, one can resist all tortures."
Richard Wurmbrand

"I tremble because of the sufferings of those persecuted in different lands. I tremble thinking about the eternal destiny of their torturers. I tremble for Western Christians who don't help their persecuted brethren."
Richard Wurmbrand

"I have found truly joyful Christians only in the Bible, in the Underground Church, and in prison."
Richard Wurmbrand

"Persecution has always produced a better Christian-a witnessing Christian, a soul-winning Christian. Communist persecution has backfired and produced serious, dedicated Christians such as are rarely seen in free lands. These people cannot understand how anyone can be a Christian and not want to win every soul they meet."
Richard Wurmbrand

"My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list."
Leonard Ravenhill

"If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there's something wrong!"
Leonard Ravenhill

"Hypocrites all abandon religion, they are not going to be phony for something that costs them their life."
John MacArthur