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Ignatius of Antioch
Antiochยท AD 70
Bishop Ignatius of Antioch embraced martyrdom in Rome's Colosseum around 107 AD, calling himself 'God's wheat ground by lions' teeth.' His letters...
Walker Percy: The Moviegoer Who Found God
Louisianaยท 1947
Medical doctor Walker Percy found faith during tuberculosis treatment at Saranac Lake.
T.S. Eliot: The Hollow Man Made Whole
Englandยท 1927
Nobel Prize-winning poet T.S. Eliot found faith in Christ at age 38, transforming from writing about spiritual emptiness to celebrating God's redemption...
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.
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...
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...
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...
George Muller - The Night Everything Changed
Halleยท 1825-11
George Muller was a thief and cheat studying divinity for easy money when a friend invited him to a prayer meeting in November 1825. Seeing believers kneel in prayer for the first time, he felt he had found what he had been seeking all his life. From that night, God began transforming him into a man of extraordinary faith.
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...
