^{by Rob Kerby, Senior Editor}

Would your faith survive under fire? The early church suffered terrible persecution – you’ve heard the stories of the martyrs in the Coliseum, of the suffering under Nero and in modern times, the terrible treatment of God’s people under Stalin and the Soviets. Their most terrible legacy today is North Korea, the world’s most repressive state, writes Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia’s Underground Railroad.