…reviewing “Married to a Martyr”

I had been eager to get my hands on a copy of “Married to a Martyr”. I’d heard about the three Christians killed in eastern Turkey during April 2007, but it was difficult to find any coherent account in the confused stories and rumours that emerged.

This is the biography Susan Geske, one of the widows, who in the midst of her grief, speaks out to make the truth known.
Through the short, accessible chapters we learn how Susan made the journey from unbelief, to a faith that will cost her so much, we witness unrequited love that blossoms into marriage and how God-given desires became reality.

Very little is revealed about the three men’s murder, though we are left in no doubt that they suffered horrifically, and that they made the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of the gospel.

I was reduced to tears a number of times as I read this book, and it ultimately left me feeling deeply challenged – fulfilling Susan’s desire that “…the story of my husband, and his two friends’ outright commitment to Christ might challenge today’s church…that they might rise, be strong and declare the mighty name of Jesus across the world.”

‘Married to a Martyr’ by Jonathan Carswell, with Joanna Wright Here I Stand Score – 8/10 Published in 2008 by Authentic Media ISBN: 978-1-85078-785-3 Paperback, 134 pages, £4.50 (10ofthose.com) (Next Book: “Death by Love” by Mark Driscoll)