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Years ago, five men were commissioned from London to do research in the Sahara. They rented a Land Rover and, as they traveled through the Sahara, got stuck. They hoped …

The Sin of Neglect Read More

Bob Hassel grew up in a Christian home and, while he prayed the prayer many times, it wasn’t until he was a freshman at Maranatha Baptist Bible College that he …

A Revival Story Read More

Through some financial reverses and some tough times, Frederick Lehman found himself working in a produce packing plant. This was obviously not a very conducive environment for writing a Gospel …

Hymn Stories: “The Love of God” Read More

Benjamin Russel Hanby was born into a deeply religious family on July 22, 1833, in Rushville, Ohio. He was a pastor, abolitionist, and the author of several well-known songs, including …

Pennsylvania Gospel Songs: Benjamin Hanby Read More

John DeWaard grew up in South Holland, Illinois. He attended school at Calvin College in Michigan and Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. In the 1920s, after graduating, he was …

John DeWaard: Standing for the Truth Read More

John Charles Ryle was born May 10, 1816, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. His parents were wealthy, but unspiritual. He attended Eton, a very prestigious private school, and Oxford, where he …

J. C. Ryle Read More

John Gresham Machen was born into a prominent family on July 28, 1881, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father was an attorney and his mother was a housewife and social lady. …

J. Gresham Machen: Christianity and Liberalism Read More

Roger Williams was born into an Anglican family in London, England, in about 1603 and became a Christian when he was about ten or twelve years old. He became a …

Roger Williams: Coming to America Read More

In 1862, The Old Rugged Cross Church in Dowagiac, Michigan, was originally built as a hops barn, where they stored and dried hops for making beer. In the 1870s, a …

The Old Rugged Cross Read More

Ira David Sankey was born in Edinburg, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 1840, to David and Mary Sankey. He was one of nine children and had four brothers and four sisters. …

Ira Sankey and the Story Behind the Music for “The Ninety and Nine” Read More

In 1963, the Pro Football Hall of Fame opened in Canton, Ohio. One year later, Pastor Harold Henniger was reading Hebrews 11, that great passage on faith and the heroes …

Christian Hall of Fame: Warren Wiersbe Read More

If you were to go to Boston today, you would find a plaque on the outside of a former shoe store, now a bank, which reads, “Christian evangelist, friend of …

D.L. Moody and the Chicago Sunday School Read More

William Booth was born on April 10, 1829, in Sneinton, Nottingham, England. At age thirteen, when his father could no longer pay for his education, he was apprenticed to a …

William Booth and the Founding of the Salvation Army Read More