How Deep Is Your Love: The Apostles, Oppression, and Modern Martyrs

“What does faith look like when the world turns its back on the faithful?”

From the blood-soaked roads of ancient Rome to the back alleys of modern America, How Deep Is Your Love: The Apostles, Suffering, and the Power of Enduring Faith is a gripping journey through time—where the anguish of the apostles’ echoes in the cries of the marginalized today.

Dr. Michael J. Henderson weaves together the martyrdom of early Christian apostles with the lived experiences of Black, Brown, and immigrant communities who suffer under the weight of systemic injustice, racial violence, and spiritual silence. This book dares to ask the hard questions: What does it mean to suffer for your beliefs? How do you hold on to faith when the world deems you disposable? And can love truly endure through betrayal, oppression, and despair?

In this stirring blend of theology, history, and modern witness, Henderson reclaims the sacred voices of those who refuse to bow—then and now. From persecuted prophets to present-day prophets in hoodies, uniforms, and hijabs, this book reminds us that the power of enduring faith isn’t just a relic of the past—it’s alive, it’s burning, and it’s still bleeding truth into a broken world. This is not just a story of the apostles. This is the story of all of us.