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Eric Liddell: The Olympian Who Chose His Children
Weihsien Campยท 1943-1945
Olympic gold medallist Eric Liddell sends his family to safety during WWII and spends his final years caring for children in a Japanese internment camp,...
Susannah Wesley: Raising World-Changers in a Crowded Rectory
Epworthยท Early 1700s
Susannah Wesley raises ten surviving children through poverty, house fires, and an absent husband โ her disciplined kitchen-table education produces John...
How Truett Cathy Built Chick-fil-A on a Closed Day
Atlantaยท 1967-2014
Truett Cathy closed every Chick-fil-A on Sundays despite losing 14% of potential revenue โ and built the highest-grossing fast-food chain per location in...
R.G. LeTourneau and the 90% Give
Longviewยท 1930s-1960s
R.G. LeTourneau, the industrial pioneer who supplied 70% of Allied WWII earthmoving equipment, gave away 90% of his income โ and became wealthier the more...
A Father Read the Bible Every Night โ His Family Saved 800 Lives
Haarlemยท 1944
Dutch watchmaker Casper ten Boom read the Bible to his children nightly for decades.
She Died When He Was 7 โ Her Words Saved Him in a Storm 20 Years Later
North Atlantic Oceanยท 1748
Elizabeth Newton taught her son John Scripture and hymns before dying of tuberculosis when he was 7.
A Mother Prayed 50 Miles Away โ Her Son Converted at That Exact Moment
Yorkshireยท 1849
In June 1849, Amelia Taylor locked herself away to pray for her son. At that exact moment 50 miles away, 17-year-old Hudson read a tract and surrendered...
Eliza Spurgeon: A Mother's Prayer That Haunted Her Children Into Faith
Essexยท 1840s
Eliza Spurgeon lost 9 of 17 children yet faithfully read Scripture every Sunday evening and prayed fierce prayers over her surviving eight.
She Raised 19 Children and Sparked a Global Movement
Epworthยท Early 1700s
Susanna Wesley raised 19 children through devastating loss, dedicating 2 hours daily to prayer and individual time with each child.
She Prayed for 17 Years and Her Son Changed the World
Milanยท 387 AD
Monica prayed for her prodigal son Augustine for 17 years. A bishop told her 'the child of those tears shall never perish.
William Colgate Tithed from His First Dollar and Built a Global Brand
New Yorkยท 1804-1857
William Colgate tithed from his very first dollar in 1804, increased his giving to 30% as his company grew, and built what became the Colgate-Palmolive...
J.C. Penney Lost $40 Million, Cried Out to God, and Rebuilt Everything
Battle Creekยท 1929-1951
J.C. Penney lost his $40 million fortune in the 1929 crash, hit bottom in a sanitarium, cried out to God in a chapel, then rebuilt to over $1 billion by 1951.
