#GruntGod ch.7 (George and Martyrdom)

What is worth dying for—and how do we live honorably when death isn’t the point?

St. George’s earliest lives depict a soldier who refuses imperial demands, framing martyrdom as faithful witness—an honorable life that may cost everything—rather than a quest for heroic death.

Rebekah Eklund (Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore) is a New Testament and ethics scholar whose Beatitudes research—on meekness, peacemaking, and the persecuted—maps 2,000 years of interpretation in The Beatitudes through the Ages.


Chapter 7 of the #GruntGod Season Pass will include:

  • 📝 A revised chapter exploring George and martyrdom.

  • 🎨 An original digital icon of George the Martyr—part of the GruntGod Icon Series

  • 🎧 A high-quality, ad-free MP3 download of the podcast episode, featuring exclusive insights from Rebekah Eklund.

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