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The writer of Hebrews calls the faithful to hold fast to what is right without wavering. Sometimes the best pattern for faithfulness comes from the secular arena.
Nobody ever stood more steadfastly, fighting for a principle than did the Spartan military leader, Leonidas. Although the Spartans and the Athenians were almost constantly at each other's throats, when the common enemy threatened, both Greek communities agreed that freedom was preferable to Oriental despotism at the hands of the Persians.
Nobody ever stood more steadfastly, fighting for a principle than did the Spartan military leader, Leonidas. Although the Spartans and the Athenians were almost constantly at each other's throats, when the common enemy threatened, both Greek communities agreed that freedom was preferable to Oriental despotism at the hands of the Persians.