Atheism Fails in Crisis

Richard Wurmbrand, a Romanian Jew, has been called "the voice of the underground church." In the 1940s, he was jailed and tortured by communist officials ...

Christian Prisoner Mysteriously Freed

After watching the Jesus film and listening to Christian radio, on July 15, 2001, Samuel (not his real name) took a monumental step for an Afghan and ...

Romanian Converts Willing to Lose Everything

In February 2001, John Oros spoke to an audience at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary about his experience as a church leader in Romania during the ...

19th Century Persecution in Armenia

In By Their BloodJames and Marti Hefley write:

In the 19th century Protestant evangelical missionaries brought the gospel to the Armenians with stirring ...

Kierkegaard on the World's Hatred of the Gospel

Theologian and philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote: "When one preaches Christianity in such a way that the echo answers, 'Away with that man, ...

Jonathan Edwards Not Exempt from Criticism

Jonathan Edwards, pastor of the prestigious Northampton, Massachusetts, Congregational Church, was a leading figure of the eighteenth century First Great ...

Iranian Christians Multiply After Martyrdoms

In Iran, Mehdi Dibaj, an Assemblies of God minister, spent nearly 10 years in prison for his faith. A convert from Islam in 1955, Dibaj is given every ...

Praying for Persecutors at Gunpoint

J. E. Modupe Taylor-Pearce writes in, "I Feel Like Executing You Now!"

On January 6, 1999, rebels terrorized Freetown, Sierra Leone, —murdering ...

Burnhams Faced Death with Joy

Less than a week before Martin Burnham's abduction by Muslim guerrillas on the Philippine island of Palawan in May 2001, the New Tribes missionary ...

High Stakes of Following Christ

Calvin Miller writes:

I think the most vibrant missionaries I have met are medical doctors serving in lonely outposts of the Arab world. These physicians ...