True Stories of Faith

Read reflections offering guidance on everyday Christian living.

Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts and author of O Little Town of Bethlehem

Phillips Brooks: The Failure Behind a Beloved Christmas Carol

The twenty-year-old teacher packed his books and walked out of Boston Latin School in...
Samuel Kaboo Morris, the Liberian prince who crossed an ocean to learn about the Holy Spirit

Samuel Morris: The Prince Who Heard God’s Voice

A teenage prince hung in ropes in a Liberian jungle camp, beaten daily, waiting...
Sun rising over a sweeping mountain ridge — Where Heaven Came Down

Where Heaven Came Down: Week of August 1, 2026

Where Heaven Came Down: stories of God breaking through, around the world and around...
RMS Titanic ready for launch in 1911 — John Harper boarded her for her maiden voyage

John Harper: The Preacher on the Titanic

The water was twenty-eight degrees when John Harper went in. He had a life...
Vintage portrait of Andrew Murray, the South African pastor and author of Abide in Christ, who witnessed the 1860 Worcester revival

Andrew Murray: The Revival He Tried to Stop

The prayer meeting would not quiet down. Sixty young people were crying out to...
Tall ship under full sail on open ocean, symbolizing George Liele's 1782 voyage from Savannah to Jamaica as the first Baptist missionary

George Liele: The First Baptist Missionary America Forgot

Every Baptist knows William Carey, the father of modern missions. Few know the man...
A solitary ship crossing a stormy sea at dawn, a picture of faith holding steady through suffering

Why Does God Allow Suffering? A Pastor’s Honest Answer

In November of 1873 a Chicago attorney named Horatio Spafford stood on the deck...
Sun rising over a sweeping mountain ridge — Where Heaven Came Down

Where Heaven Came Down: Week of July 25, 2026

Where Heaven Came Down: stories of God breaking through, around the world and around...
William Wilberforce, British abolitionist and Member of Parliament, historical portrait

William Wilberforce: The Fight He Refused to Lose (The 20-Year War on the Slave Trade)

A frail young man, barely five feet tall and often too sick to stand,...
Martin Luther, German reformer, 1526 portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Martin Luther: The Fear of God and the Verse That Set Him Free

A lightning bolt threw Martin Luther into the mud, and his terror of God...