John Stott's Last Words of Advice

Dr. John Stott's last bit of advice to his assistant before he died in 2011 was simply this: "Do the hard thing." Stott believed that choosing ...

Army Unit Volunteers for Daring Mission

Near the end of World War II, a plane carrying 24 members of the U.S. military, crashed into the New Guinea jungle during a sightseeing excursion. The ...

Thieving Treasure Hunter Captured in Florida

A treasure hunter accused of cheating his investors out of their share of one of the richest hauls in U.S. history—$50 million in gold bars and ...

Soldier Volunteers to Take Out a Tank

On a wintry December day in 1944, German forces made a massive surprise attack on the Allied lines, which became known as the Battle of the Bulge. About ...

Nelson Mandela Was Ready to Suffer for His Convictions

In 1964 Nelson Mandela began his prison sentence at Rodden Island, the former site of a leper colony and the insane. For the next 27 years, Mandela would ...

Mailman Hoards 2,500 Pounds of Mail

Everyone knows that a letter carrier has one job—deliver the mail. Apparently a Brooklyn mailman spent a decade avoiding his job by intentionally ...

Navy SEAL Admiral on Doing Little Things Well

Admiral William H. McRaven, a 36-year Navy SEAL veteran, gave the commencement address to the Class of 2014 at the University of Texas in Austin. He titled ...

Young Christian Trusts God with Same-Sex Attraction

Author and professor Wesley Hill recounts a time as a young adult when he was struggling with the loneliness of living with same-sex attractions. So he ...

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, ...

Doctor Killed in Afghanistan Had Already Died in Christ

In 1967, a student named Libby attended with her boyfriend, Tom. During the final commitment evening, both submitted their lives to the Lord. For 30 years, ...