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Ruby Bridges: The Six-Year-Old Who Prayed Her Way Into School
New Orleans· 1960
Ruby Bridges was six years old when she became the first Black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.
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.
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.