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How the Apostle Paul Suffered in Prison

The Apostle Paul spent roughly one-quarter of his missionary career in prisons. John McRay wrote in Christian History:

Roman imprisonment was preceded ...

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New Christian Miraculously Saved from Death and Shame

Hawa Ahmed was a Muslim student in North Africa. One day, she read a Christian tract in her dormitory and decided to become a Christian. Her father was ...


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Nazi Aim: End Christianity

"When people think about the Holocaust, they think about the crimes against Jews, but here's a different perspective," said Julie Seltzer ...


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"Ruby Bridges": Confronting Enemies with Courage

Ruby Bridges is the true story of the 6-year-old black girl who became the first person of color in the U.S., by federal law, to attend an all-white school ...


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Gun No Match for Rabbi's Faith

A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted ...


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God Turns Persecution into Opportunity

John Rucyahana, the Anglican bishop of Shyira, Rwanda, served as a pastor in Uganda during the brutal reign of dictator Idi Amin. Amin targeted 200,000 ...


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"Dead Poets Society": Standing for Truth

The movie Dead Poets Society is about a controversial teacher and a class of teenage boys at a prestigious New England prep school in the 1950s. John ...


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God Protects Prisoner

Aberra Wata worked with Christian youth in the southern part of Ethiopia during the time of Communist rule (1974-1991). He reported the following story ...


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Lincoln's Detractors Recant

The influential London Times was one of Abraham Lincoln's fiercest European critics during the Civil War. After he announced the Emancipation Proclamation, ...


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Facing Persecution for Righteousness

George Galatis was an engineer at Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Waterford, Connecticut, when he discovered something was wrong. Spent fuel-rod pools ...


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