Portraits of Faith
George Liele: The First Baptist Missionary America Forgot
Every Baptist knows William Carey, the father of modern missions. Few know the man...
Why Does God Allow Suffering? A Pastor’s Honest Answer
In November of 1873 a Chicago attorney named Horatio Spafford stood on the deck...
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: 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...
John Wesley: The Boy Pulled From the Fire (A Brand Plucked From the Burning)
Just before midnight in 1709, the Wesley family's rectory in Epworth, England caught fire....
Charles Spurgeon and Depression: When You Can’t Preach the Sadness Away
The greatest preacher of the 1800s wept in the dark, and he never hid...
Augustine: Give Me Purity, But Not Yet (His Most Honest Prayer)
Augustine prayed one of the most honest prayers in history. Lord, give me purity,...
The Billy Graham Rule: How One Honest Hour Protected a Lifetime
In November of 1948, in a forgettable hotel in Modesto, California, four young men...
