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The Night the Lions Didn't Eat
Babylon (modern Iraq)· c. 539 BC
Daniel, an elderly statesman in his eighties, was thrown into a den of execution lions for refusing to stop praying.
The Dog That Wouldn't Board the Titanic
Southampton to North Atlantic· 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...
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...
Ernest Shackleton: The Fourth Man on the Ice
South Georgia Island· 1916
Sir Ernest Shackleton and his companions, crossing the unmapped glaciers of South Georgia after their ship was crushed in Antarctic ice, all reported the...
Mary Slessor: Barefoot in the Jungle, Saving Lives
Calabar· 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,...
Jim Elliot: The Jungle That Became an Altar
Ecuador
Jim Elliot sensed his calling in the mountains of Oregon and found his deepest communion with God in the jungles of Ecuador, where he and four companions...
How Rees Howells Fasted Through a Plague and Nobody Died
Gazaland· 1918
During the 1918 influenza pandemic, Welsh missionary Rees Howells fasted and interceded for his district in southern Africa.
How Esther Called a Corporate Fast and Saved a Nation
Susa· 5th century BC
Queen Esther called a three-day corporate fast across the Jewish community in Persia.
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.
Erika: From Dawkins-Style Atheist to Cambridge Theology Student
Cambridge· 2024
A self-described "Dawkins-esque atheist" came to Cambridge to study theology critically—and left a believer pursuing an MPhil in the subject.
Johnny Chang: From Gang Violence to Prison Ministry
USA· 2024
Johnny Chang grew up with an abusive father and joined a gang, dealing drugs and committing robberies.
Brian Barcelona: Ex-Atheist Teen Now Leading Thousands of Gen Z to Jesus
Dallas· 2024
Brian Barcelona was a teenage atheist until age 16 when he had a radical encounter with God.