John Mark Comer

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3,965 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 6d ago

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Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer · Water From A Deep Well | Witness E01 · 25 May 2026 podcast

first child, a little girl, was arrested and thrown in prison with her servant Felicity. voice-verified

She was given two options: either just deny Christ and burn incense to Caesar. voice-verified

You can worship Christ, but worship Caesar too, or be killed in the arena for blood sport to a thirsty mob. voice-verified

Her own father, who was not a Christian, he was a pagan official, visited her in prison and begged her to compromise for the sake of her baby. voice-verified

He was just pleading with her as a grandfather, as you can imagine. voice-verified

Imagine. voice-verified

But she just kept saying I am a Christian. voice-verified

While in prison, Perpetua had a dream where she saw a ladder reaching up to heaven with a dragon guarding the base of it. voice-verified

She climbed the ladder and at the top was a beautiful garden and a tall grey haired man dressed like a shepherd, surrounded by thousands of people wearing white robes. voice-verified

He said to her, Welcome, my child, and gave her a piece of sweet cheese. voice-verified

When she woke up, voice-verified

Woke up again in her prison cell, she realized God was calling her to martyrdom. voice-verified

In the third century writing that tells Perpetua story, she is brought into the arena singing a psalm, totally peaceful and calm and poised. voice-verified

When the gladiator stabs her to the bone, in the story, she takes his hand and guides the sword up to her throat. voice-verified

The account says it was as though so great a woman, feared as she was by the voice-verified

by the unclean spirit could not be dispatched unless she herself were willing. voice-verified

And Perpetua is one of thousands of early Christians who died for their faith and left behind what we are calling witness, the spirituality of the early Christian martyrs. voice-verified

Welcome to Session Of Water from a Deep Well. voice-verified

Doctor Sitzer, we're talking about the first generation of followers of Jesus who were facing persecution. voice-verified

Tell us more about this early era of church history and what was happening. voice-verified

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