The Boxer Uprising
Between 1830 and 1949, China became the largest Protestant mission field in the world, occupying up to 8,000 missionaries at any one time. It also became the scene of the […]
*Verse of the Day
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find […]
The Homemade Rope
He ingeniously tore his Bible apart page by page, folding each page into a tiny strip.
Charles Tindley’s Faith Set Him Singing
What motivated him was faith. It was the kind of faith that can face a bare table with confidence.
Beloved Bishop St. Swithun
When Swithun’s remains were transferred to the cathedral, many people claimed miraculous cures.
Baptism of Indian Warrior Geronimo
Late one afternoon when returning from town we were met by a few women and children who told us that Mexican troops from some other town had attacked our camp, […]
Eroticism to Evangelism
The best missionaries are often those saved from the vilest lifestyles. Raymond Lull, for example, grew up self-indulged on the island of Majorca off the Spanish coast in the Mediterranean. […]
A Simpler Lifestyle
June 22 on the church calendar honors the memory of Paulinus—a wealthy man who gave away his money, a married man who became a priest, and a lawyer who became […]
A New Heart
John Livingstone was a preacher’s kid, born in Scotland in 1603. He continued living with his father when grown, and that caused problems. John wanted to move to France and […]
Have Pity on Me
The drums rolled, the blade fell, and a soldier held the head by its ghostly white hair before the multitude.
Links in the Chain
Edward Kimball was determined to win his Sunday school class to Christ. A teenager named Dwight Moody tended to fall asleep on Sundays, but Kimball, undeterred, set out to reach […]
William and Catherine
Abraham believed that angels help us find our mates. “The Lord will send his angel ahead of you,” he told his servant, “to help you find a wife for my […]
Rhemalogy 
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