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The Philosophy Student Who Refused to Back Down
Cambridge· 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 Hill· 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 Kong· 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
Norfolk· Early 2000s
Nabeel Qureshi, a devout Muslim pre-med student at Old Dominion University, spent three years investigating Christianity through a campus friendship with...
Katie Davis Majors: A Teenager Who Adopted 13 Children in Uganda
Jinja· 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.
Three Days Inside a Fish: The Prophet Who Ran and Got Swallowed
Mediterranean Sea· c. 780 BC
The prophet Jonah ran from God's assignment to Nineveh, was thrown overboard in a storm, and was swallowed by a great fish for three days -- where the...
When a Donkey Saw What a Prophet Couldn't
Moab (modern Jordan)· c. 1400 BC
The biblical account of Balaam's donkey, who saw the angel of the Lord and saved her master's life three times while he beat her for disobedience -- a...
Bill Bright Fasted for Forty Days and Launched a Movement of Two Million
Orlando· 1994
In 1994, Campus Crusade founder Bill Bright completed a forty-day fast at age seventy-three and felt God call two million Americans to fast for spiritual...
They Adopted Three Daughters — Then Their World Collapsed in a Driveway
Franklin· 2008
Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman adopted 3 daughters from China. In May 2008, youngest daughter Maria was accidentally killed in their driveway.
Her Husband Was Killed by a Tribe — She Moved In With Her Baby
Ecuador· 1958
After her husband Jim was speared to death by the Huaorani tribe in 1956, Elisabeth Elliot stayed in Ecuador and moved INTO the tribal village with her...
Boris & Dushka Vujicic: A Son Born Without Arms or Legs
Melbourne· 1982
Boris and Dushka Vujicic were devastated when their son Nick was born without arms or legs in 1982.
A Father Read the Bible Every Night — His Family Saved 800 Lives
Haarlem· 1944
Dutch watchmaker Casper ten Boom read the Bible to his children nightly for decades.