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Victor Marx: Breaking Four Generations of Violence and Child Abuse
USAยท 1980s
Victor Marx, a survivor of four generations of child abuse, torture, and violence, encountered Jesus through a Marine Bible study and broke the...
The Professor Who Was Undone by a Dinner Invitation
Syracuseยท Late 1990s
Rosaria Butterfield, a tenured professor of English and Women's Studies at Syracuse University, was drawn to Christianity through a pastor's persistent...
The Scientist Who Could Not Outrun the Question
Chapel Hillยท 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...
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.
28 Years of Addiction โ A Mother Prayed Every Day With a Bible and a Notebook
United Statesยท 2000
David Copeland was saved at 10 but chose addiction at 16 for 28 years. His mother Germaine prayed daily with Bible and notebook.
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.
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.
Ten Words That Carried a Quadriplegic Through 60 Years
Chesapeake Bayยท 1967-1970s
After a diving accident left her quadriplegic at 17, Joni Eareckson Tada met teenager Steve Estes, who spoke 10 words that changed everything.
Two Friends, One Garden, and a Voice That Said "Pick It Up and Read"
Milanยท 386 AD
Augustine wept under a fig tree in Milan, heard "Tolle lege," and opened Romans. His lifelong friend Alypius read the next verse.
Nixon's Hatchet Man Wept in a Driveway
Washingtonยท 1973
Nixon's ruthless Special Counsel Chuck Colson visited friend Tom Phillips, who read C.S. Lewis aloud.
Michael Ray Lewis: The Horror Filmmaker Who Found What He Was Looking For
United Statesยท 2016
Michael Ray Lewis was a militant atheist horror filmmaker. When his wife found faith, he researched Christianity to disprove it โ and converted in 2016 at...
Sam Em: The Buddhist Monk Who Heard a Radio Signal in Cambodia
Cambodiaยท 2000s
Sam Em was a Buddhist monk in Cambodia. He heard FEBC radio broadcasts over time and converted to Christianity, eventually becoming a pastor.