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Nicky Cruz: From Generational Violence to Radical Love
Brooklynยท 1958
Nicky Cruz, raised under witchcraft and parental abuse in Puerto Rico, became a violent gang warlord in Brooklyn before Jesus shattered the generational...
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 Girl Who Unlearned Hate Through Conversation
Topekaยท 2009-2012
Megan Phelps-Roper, raised inside the Westboro Baptist Church and homeschooled in its ideology, found her real education through online conversations with...
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...
The Medical Student Who Followed the Evidence
Norfolkยท Early 2000s
Nabeel Qureshi, a devout Muslim pre-med student at Old Dominion University, spent three years investigating Christianity through a campus friendship with...
The College Visit That Changed Everything
Dentonยท Late 1990s
Lecrae Moore, raised in a turbulent Houston environment, encountered God at a Christian conference during college at the University of North Texas.
The Most Reluctant Convert at Oxford
Oxfordยท 1931
C.S. Lewis, a committed atheist and Oxford don, was gradually drawn to faith through late-night conversations with fellow academics like Tolkien.
Mordechai Vanunu: The Whistleblower Who Exposed Israel's Nuclear Program
Israel / Londonยท 1986-2004
Former Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu exposed Israel's secret nuclear weapons program to the Sunday Times in 1986.
The Sikh Who Walked Barefoot Through the Himalayas Because He Couldn't Not Go
Himalayan Passesยท 1905-1929
Sundar Singh, a former Sikh who burned a Bible at fourteen, became a barefoot sadhu who walked tens of thousands of miles through the Himalayan passes for...
The Priest Who Finally Felt What He Had Been Preaching
Aldersgate Streetยท May 1738
John Wesley, an ordained Anglican priest who had spent over a decade in ministry without a personal experience of faith, felt his "heart strangely warmed"...
The Lawyer Who Walked Into a Forest and Came Out Someone Else
Adamsยท October 1821
Charles Finney, a sceptical lawyer in Adams, New York, knelt in a forest clearing on October 10, 1821, and experienced a transformative encounter that led...
Millard Fuller: The Millionaire Who Gave It All Away to Build Houses
Americusยท 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.
