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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Gulag Archipelago
Russia/Soviet Unionยท 1950s
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn found faith in God while imprisoned in Soviet labor camps, transforming from atheist to Christian through suffering and...
Richard Baxter: Bruised Reed Awakened a Soul
Shropshireยท 1630s
Richard Baxter's gradual conversion through Scripture and suffering in 17th century England. The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes opened God's love to him.
Thomas More: King's Good Servant, But
Londonยท 1535
Sir Thomas More, England's Lord Chancellor, chose martyrdom over compromising his faith when King Henry VIII demanded he recognize royal supremacy over...
Catherine of Siena: Vision Changed a Child
Sienaยท 1353
A six-year-old girl in 14th century Siena experienced a life-changing vision of Christ that transformed her into one of history's most influential...
Julian of Norwich: All Shall Be Well
Norwichยท 1373
Julian of Norwich received divine visions while near death in 1373, encountering God's overwhelming love and receiving the famous promise 'All shall be...
Thomas Aquinas: When All Became Straw
Naplesยท 1273
Thomas Aquinas received a divine revelation during Mass in 1273 that made his greatest theological works seem 'like straw' compared to encountering God...
Bernard of Clairvaux
Cรฎteauxยท 1113
In 1113, young French nobleman Bernard of Clairvaux abandoned wealth to become a monk, convincing 30 others to join him.
Clare of Assisi: The Palm Sunday Escape
Assisiยท 1212
In 1212, 18-year-old noblewoman Clare di Favarone left her wealthy family on Palm Sunday to follow Christ in radical poverty, founding the Poor Clares...
The Moravian Pentecost
Herrnhutยท 1727-08-13
In 1727 Germany, God transformed a quarreling refugee community through supernatural outpouring during communion, birthing a 100-year prayer meeting and...
Edward Kimball - Sunday School Teacher
Bostonยท 1855-04-21
Edward Kimball, a Sunday School teacher in 1855 Boston, almost turned back from visiting young Dwight Moody at his shoe store.
Pachomius: Kindness That Converted a Soldier
Thebaidยท 312
Roman soldier Pachomius converted to Christianity in 312 AD after witnessing Christian kindness in prison, later founding eleven monasteries with over...
Anthony the Great: The Voice in the Church
Komaยท 270
A wealthy young Egyptian heard God's voice through Scripture and obeyed radically, becoming Anthony the Great, the Father of All Monks who launched the...