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He Was Muslim, I Was Christian, and God Was in It
LondonΒ· 2024
A Nigerian pastor's daughter and a devout Muslim man navigated faith differences, family rejection, and a year of honest prayer. Their interfaith marriage didn't produce a conversion story, but it revealed a God bigger than religious categories.
Mary Slessor: From a Scottish Jute Mill to Missionary in Nigeria
DundeeΒ· 1870s
Mary Slessor was eleven years old, working twelve-hour shifts in a Scottish jute mill, when she overheard two older women talking about missionaries in...
She First Heard God While Sweeping a Floor
Dorchester CountyΒ· 1840s
Before she became the legendary conductor of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman was an enslaved woman sweeping floors and carrying water.
The UN Secretary-General Who Met God on a Bus
New York CityΒ· 1950s
Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the United Nations, recorded in his private journal that the defining moment of his life happened on an ordinary...
God Answered a Scientist in a Pre-Dawn Laboratory
TuskegeeΒ· 1900s-1940s
George Washington Carver, born into slavery and orphaned as an infant, made his greatest scientific discoveries by arriving at his Tuskegee laboratory...
A Morning Training Run That Became a Calling
EdinburghΒ· 1922
Before the famous Olympic refusal, Eric Liddell was on an ordinary morning training run through Edinburgh when he felt a sudden clarity β that his ability...
God Spoke to a Watchmaker While She Wound a Spring
HaarlemΒ· 1920s
Long before becoming a famous war hero, Corrie ten Boom was winding watch springs in her father's shop when she felt God press something onto her heart β...
The University Sprinter Who Would Not Run on Sunday
EdinburghΒ· 1920s
Eric Liddell, a science student at the University of Edinburgh, refused to run the 100 metres at the 1924 Olympics because the heats fell on a Sunday.
The Philosophy Student Who Refused to Back Down
CambridgeΒ· 1950s
Alvin Plantinga entered Harvard as a Christian freshman and encountered fierce intellectual hostility toward faith.
The Scientist Who Could Not Outrun the Question
Chapel HillΒ· Late 1970s
Francis Collins, an atheist PhD student who became a medical student at the University of North Carolina, found faith after patients challenged his...
The Teacher Who Chose the Darkest Classroom
Hong KongΒ· 1966
Jackie Pullinger, a music graduate from London, sailed to Hong Kong in 1966 and began teaching in the Kowloon Walled City.
The Medical Student Who Followed the Evidence
NorfolkΒ· Early 2000s
Nabeel Qureshi, a devout Muslim pre-med student at Old Dominion University, spent three years investigating Christianity through a campus friendship with...