{"id":3288,"date":"2026-03-16T20:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2026-03-16T20:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:56:12","slug":"persecuted-christians-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/persecuted-christians-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS <\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n

07-26-2014<\/p>\n

There has been no blood or prison bars,
\nNo electric shock so you see the stars,
\nYou haven’t been crucified on a cross,
\nNor suffered any kind of serious loss,<\/p>\n

Yet you whine, murmur and complain,
\nYou say that you are in so much pain,
\nIt is time to wake up my dear friend,
\nYour trials are by no means the end,<\/p>\n

Your troubles are really quite few,
\nIf persecution came what would you do?
\nWould you really stand up to the test?
\nWould you backslide like all the rest?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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