Courageous Student Prevents School Shooting

In September of 2006, a high school senior named Matt Atkinson learned of a dark secret from three of his friends. In confidence, they told him of their ...

Young Amish Girl Offered Her Life for Classmates

October 2, 2006, was a dark day for the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. That morning, a local milkman named Charles Carl Roberts barricaded ...

John McCain on Courage

Courage is like a muscle. The more we exercise it, the stronger it gets. I sometimes worry that our collective courage is growing weaker from disuse. ...

Definition of Perseverance

Perseverance is courage stretched out.

Former Muslim Baptized Despite His Burns

Missionaries Ilir and Kate Cami write:

For some years we have worked with a ministry to refugees in Athens, Greece. Athens is part of the "Refugee ...

Chinese Children Stand for Christ

Near the beginning of 2005, Chinese officials from the Public Security Bureau burst into a Sunday school room at a local church. They found 30 children ...

Billy Graham on Courage

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened. —Billy Graham

Palestinian Pastor Learns to Love Enemies

Bible College professor Yohanna Katanacho pastored a small church in the Israeli city of Jerusalem. As a Palestinian living in Israel, and a Christian ...

Man Refuses to Deny Jesus While under Attack

Following Sunday worship services on January 8, 2006, five young men attacked and threatened to kill a Protestant church leader in Turkey's fourth ...

The Difference Between Courage and Fear

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."

—General George Patton, as heard from Chaplain George Metcalf