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Speaker 1: The Eternal City rose before Paul like a monument to

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Speaker 4: Now leave me to build a new Rome, one that

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Speaker 5: The Lord has made it clear to me, Paul, my

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Speaker 5: To live as Christ and to die is gay.

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Speaker 2: Into his hands, and the writer vanished into darkness, fan

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Speaker 2: For God has not given us a spirit of fear,

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Speaker 1: They crucified him upside down. It was his final request.

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Speaker 2: He abolished death and brought life and immortality to light

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Speaker 2: You, then, my son, be strong, in the grace that

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Speaker 1: Paul was led to a wooden block. The executioner waited,

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Speaker 2: But you keep your wits about you, endure hardship, do

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Speaker 2: For I am already being poured out like a drink

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Speaker 6: I have fought the good fight. The clouds shifted, and

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Speaker 6: A tear slipped down his weathered cheek. I have kept

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Speaker 1: The sword rose, Paul closed his eyes, the blade fell,

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Speaker 3: I like to talk to my sons about hero positions.

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Speaker 3: God puts us in the sink or swim moments in life,

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Speaker 3: There was a feeling in my bones. God was clear,

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Speaker 3: Paul knew that he was called to stand before the

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Speaker 3: heroes live for something worth dying for. The greatest heroes

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Speaker 3: that show my weakness. Thanks for joining us on Paul's

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