Faith Helped Woman Confront Terrorists

In May of 2013 in Woolwich, England, two Islamic extremists attacked a British soldier and hacked him to death with a machete. It was a gruesome crime ...

First Solo Female Pilot to Circumnavigate the Globe

Jerry Mock was the first solo female pilot to circumnavigate the globe. In the early 1960s the 38-year-old homemaker off-handedly told her husband that ...

Running on Water

It had to be a weird day for the Coast Guard when they got a report about a man in a bubble needing rescue in the middle of the ocean. Reza Baluchi, an ...

People Resist Exiting Dangerous Fires

Psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Grosz points to research that shows we usually don't respond when a fire alarm rings. Instead, of leaving the building immediately, ...

Two Brothers Give Their Lives to Bring the Gospel

Benjamin Kwashi, a Christian leader from Jos, Nigeria, tells the following story of how the gospel came to his part of the country:

Missionaries came to ...

A Soviet Artists Risks All to Sculpt the Cross

Phillip Yancey writes in “Vanishing Grace”:

I have interviewed [faithful followers of Christ] in places like Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, ...

Riding the First Elevators Required Act of Faith

You have undoubtedly been on an elevator that bears his name. Otis elevators have been the industry standard for more than 150 years. While Elisha Otis ...

Chamberlain's Charge Saves Battle of Gettysburg

Joshua Chamberlain was a student of theology and a professor of rhetoric, not a soldier. But when duty called, Chamberlain answered. He climbed the ranks ...

Seven People Die Trying to Retrieve 75 Cents

In a tragic news item, seven people, including an 11-year-old boy, died in Cambodia after trying to retrieve the equivalent of about 75 cents that had ...

Young Man Dies Trying to Save His Cell Phone

A 26-year-old man died after he fell into the frigid waters of the Chicago River. Shortly after midnight, Ken Hoang, a visitor from St. Paul, Minnesota, ...