{"id":4298,"date":"2006-08-04T01:39:21","date_gmt":"2006-08-04T01:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2021-04-08T22:54:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T14:54:03","slug":"committed-to-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/teaching-illustrations\/committed-to-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Committed to Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/russian_flag.jpg\" alt=\"russian_flag.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"93\" \/>Baptists in Russia tell the story about a group of Christians meeting in secret for Bible study in a village near Moscow. Suddenly the door of their meeting room burst open, and there stood two communist soldiers, their rifles with bayonets pointed at the Christians. 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