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Denton, TX: College student's powerful Lecrae testimony, a university conversion. Hip-hop and faith collide in this school encounter with God.
Modern

The College Visit That Changed Everything

Dentonยท Late 1990s

Lecrae Moore, raised in a turbulent Houston environment, encountered God at a Christian conference during college at the University of North Texas.

C.S. Lewis conversion. Oxford faith story: The reluctant convert's testimony at Oxford University, England. Academic finds God.
Historical

The Most Reluctant Convert at Oxford

Oxfordยท 1931

C.S. Lewis, a committed atheist and Oxford don, was gradually drawn to faith through late-night conversations with fellow academics like Tolkien.

Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu in modern setting revealing Israel nuclear weapons program documents at Dimona facility exposure
Modern

Mordechai Vanunu: The Whistleblower Who Exposed Israel's Nuclear Program

Israel / Londonยท 1986-2004

Former Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu exposed Israel's secret nuclear weapons program to the Sunday Times in 1986.

Gospel singer Delia Knox experiences wheelchair healing as she stands after 22 years of paralysis during modern revival service in Mobile Alabama
Modern

Twenty-Two Years in a Wheelchair, Then Someone Said Stand Up

Mobileยท August 2010

Delia Knox, a gospel singer paralysed from the waist down since a 1987 car accident, stood and walked for the first time in twenty-two years during a...

Sundar Singh โ€” the former Sikh who burned a Bible at fourteen, then walked barefoot through Himalayan passes carrying nothing but faith
Historical

The Sikh Who Walked Barefoot Through the Himalayas Because He Couldn't Not Go

Himalayan Passesยท 1905-1929

Sundar Singh, a former Sikh who burned a Bible at fourteen, became a barefoot sadhu who walked tens of thousands of miles through the Himalayan passes for...

Historical photo: George Muller's orphanage Bristol. A physical act of faith: staff setting the table with empty plates, trusting in prayer and pro...
Historical

Three Hundred Orphans, Empty Plates, and the Man Who Set the Table Anyway

Bristolยท 1840s-1890s

George Muller, who ran orphanages in Bristol without ever asking for money, instructed his staff to set tables with empty plates for 300 orphans when...

Brother Yun's Zhengzhou prison escape China. Miraculous walking on broken legs, 1997. Underground church persecution.
Modern

The Prisoner Who Walked Out of a Maximum Security Prison on Broken Legs

Zhengzhouยท May 1997

Brother Yun, imprisoned in China's Zhengzhou Maximum Security Prison with documented broken legs, walked out of the prison on May 5, 1997, passing through...

1968 Maryland: Joni Eareckson Tada, quadriplegic after paralysis, during her baptism. A physical act of faith begins her ministry.
Modern

Baptised in a Pool She Could Not Enter on Her Own

Marylandยท 1968

Joni Eareckson, paralysed from the shoulders down after a diving accident at seventeen, chose to be baptised in 1968, requiring others to carry and...

1738 London: John Wesley's Aldersgate experience. Historical depiction of the "heart strangely warmed" moment, spurring the Methodist movement.
Historical

The Priest Who Finally Felt What He Had Been Preaching

Aldersgate Streetยท May 1738

John Wesley, an ordained Anglican priest who had spent over a decade in ministry without a personal experience of faith, felt his "heart strangely warmed"...

Ravensbruck: Corrie ten Boom leads communion in concentration camp, a physical act of defiance. Women breaking bread together.
Historical

Communion Wine in a Concentration Camp

Ravensbruckยท 1944

Corrie and Betsie ten Boom held secret communion services in Ravensbruck concentration camp using scraps of stolen bread, creating a physical act of faith...

Charles Finney kneeling in an Adams, New York forest on October 10, 1821 โ€” a sceptical lawyer who stood up a different man entirely
Historical

The Lawyer Who Walked Into a Forest and Came Out Someone Else

Adamsยท October 1821

Charles Finney, a sceptical lawyer in Adams, New York, knelt in a forest clearing on October 10, 1821, and experienced a transformative encounter that led...

Smith Wigglesworth in 1921 London โ€” a barely literate Bradford plumber who anointed a dying cancer patient with oil and watched God move
Historical

The Plumber Who Anointed a Dying Woman Back to Life

Londonยท 1921

Smith Wigglesworth, a barely literate plumber from Bradford, anointed a dying cancer patient with olive oil in 1921.

Historical photo: Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector, serving without weapons on Hacksaw Ridge, Okinawa. Medal of Honor recipient.
Historical

Desmond Doss: The Soldier Who Saved 75 Men Without a Weapon

Okinawaยท 1945

Desmond Doss saved 75 wounded soldiers at Hacksaw Ridge without a weapon, praying "Lord, help me get one more." First conscientious objector Medal of Honor.

Millard Fuller speaking at Habitat for Humanity house building site with volunteers in Americus Georgia demonstrating radical generosity
Modern

Millard Fuller: The Millionaire Who Gave It All Away to Build Houses

Americusยท 1965-1976

Millard Fuller gave away his entire fortune after his marriage nearly collapsed, then founded Habitat for Humanity. Over 13 million homes built worldwide.

Young Katie Davis Majors surrounded by adopted children in Jinja, Uganda. Teenager who adopted 13 children through radical faith obedience.
Modern

Katie Davis Majors: A Teenager Who Adopted 13 Children in Uganda

Jinjaยท 2007-present

Katie Davis Majors went to Uganda at 18 for a gap year and never returned. She adopted 13 children and founded Amazima Ministries, serving hundreds more.

Dr. Paul Brand touching a leprosy patient's hand in Vellore, India โ€” the surgeon who left prestige behind to serve the untouchables and redefine pain
Historical

Paul Brand: The Surgeon Who Touched Lepers When Nobody Would

Velloreยท 1946-1980s

Surgeon Paul Brand left a prestigious career to serve leprosy patients in India, touching people nobody else would. His service shaped a theology of pain.

Chuck Colson after Watergate โ€” from Nixon hatchet man to prison inmate to founding Prison Fellowship among the broken in Washington
Modern

How a Prison Chaplain Found God Behind Bars

Washingtonยท 1974-1976

Chuck Colson went from Watergate convict to founding Prison Fellowship, the world's largest prison ministry, after finding God behind bars among broken people.

London: "Rescue dog faith" blooms. Greyhound adoption testimony: Animals and spiritual healing inspire renewed faith.
Modern

She Rescued a Dog. The Dog Rescued Her Faith.

Londonยท 2019-2020

A London financial professional who'd walked away from faith at 22 found her way back after adopting a traumatised rescue greyhound whose healing process...

Richard Wurmbrand prison: Cat finds him in solitary confinement, Romania. Animal comfort prison shows God's care for persecuted Christians.
Historical

The Cat That Found Him in Solitary

Romaniaยท 1950s

Richard Wurmbrand, imprisoned for 14 years in Communist Romania, describes a stray cat that repeatedly found its way into his solitary confinement cell...

19th-century image: John Paton missionary in Vanuatu, receiving missionary protection. Animals alert danger near Tanna village.
Historical

The Missionary Who Slept While Cobras Guarded His Door

Tannaยท 1860s

Missionary John G. Paton on the island of Tanna survived multiple assassination attempts in the 1860s, protected by what attackers described as shining...

Guide dog 9/11 hero. Michael Hingson, blind man, & Roselle his dog, escape World Trade Center twin towers. Dog saved life, modern NYC.
Modern

The Guide Dog Who Led His Blind Owner Down 78 Floors on 9/11

New York Cityยท September 11, 2001

Michael Hingson, a blind man working on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center, was led down 1,463 steps to safety by his guide dog Roselle on September...

Fort Worth: Combat veteran finds solace in equine therapy PTSD program. Animals healing trauma as a therapy horse offers non-verbal comfort.
Modern

The Horse That Broke Through Where Therapists Couldn't

Fort Worthยท 2018

A combat veteran from Afghanistan who couldn't break through PTSD with traditional therapy found healing through an equine therapy programme in Texas,...

Dogs howled and refused to board as the Titanic set sail from Southampton โ€” while pastor John Harper prepared to preach until the very end
Historical

The Dog That Wouldn't Board the Titanic

Southampton to North Atlanticยท April 1912

Documented accounts of dogs exhibiting unusual distress before the Titanic sailed, alongside the story of pastor John Harper, who used his final moments...

Brave missionary Mary Slessor in Calabar, Nigeria. Witnessing God in the jungle and saving twins.
Historical

Mary Slessor: Barefoot in the Jungle, Saving Lives

Calabarยท 1876-1915

Mary Slessor left the slums of Dundee for the jungles of Calabar, Nigeria, where she spent nearly forty years walking barefoot through the rainforest,...

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