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The University Sprinter Who Would Not Run on Sunday
Edinburgh· 1920s
Eric Liddell, a science student at the University of Edinburgh, refused to run the 100 metres at the 1924 Olympics because the heats fell on a Sunday.
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.
Bethany Hamilton: The Girl Who Went Back to School With One Arm
Kauai· 2003-2005
Bethany Hamilton lost her left arm in a shark attack at age thirteen, then returned to school and competitive surfing within weeks.
The Chapel Service That Would Not End
Wilmore· February 2023
In February 2023, a routine chapel service at Asbury University in Kentucky turned into a sixteen-day continuous revival.
Baptised in a Pool She Could Not Enter on Her Own
Maryland· 1968
Joni Eareckson, paralysed from the shoulders down after a diving accident at seventeen, chose to be baptised in 1968, requiring others to carry and...
Communion Wine in a Concentration Camp
Ravensbruck· 1944
Corrie and Betsie ten Boom held secret communion services in Ravensbruck concentration camp using scraps of stolen bread, creating a physical act of faith...
Millard Fuller: The Millionaire Who Gave It All Away to Build Houses
Americus· 1965-1976
Millard Fuller gave away his entire fortune after his marriage nearly collapsed, then founded Habitat for Humanity. Over 13 million homes built worldwide.
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.
Paul Brand: The Surgeon Who Touched Lepers When Nobody Would
Vellore· 1946-1980s
Surgeon Paul Brand left a prestigious career to serve leprosy patients in India, touching people nobody else would. His service shaped a theology of pain.
How a Prison Chaplain Found God Behind Bars
Washington· 1974-1976
Chuck Colson went from Watergate convict to founding Prison Fellowship, the world's largest prison ministry, after finding God behind bars among broken people.
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,...
John Muir: Finding God in Every Leaf and Waterfall
Yosemite Valley· 1860s-1910s
John Muir, raised under severe religious discipline in Scotland, found his deepest sense of God not in his father's sermons but in the forests of...
