Portraits of Faith

Open Bible by candlelight, the kind of evening Matthew Henry sat down to write his diary of thanks

Matthew Henry: Robbed and Still Thankful

He walked home in the dark with empty pockets. Then he sat down and...
Historic wooden meetinghouse interior — Jonathan Edwards Take 5 featured image

Jonathan Edwards Sermon: The Day Heaven Came Down on Enfield

On a warm Wednesday in July of 1741, a slender man with a weak...
A misty Welsh valley between mountain ridges, evoking the lonely road where Christmas Evans climbed the mountainside to wrestle in prayer and got his fire back.

The Mountain Where Christmas Evans Got His Fire Back

He rode into the Welsh mountains with a cold heart. Hours later he came...
Snowcapped mountain peaks under dramatic clouds with a green tree line below, evoking Psalm 46:1 — God is our refuge and strength.

The Unfinished Baptism: The Civil War Revival of 1863

By 1863, the Civil War had become a slaughter. And in the freezing winter...
Portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, civil rights leader, and founder of Bethune-Cookman College. Library of Congress, public domain.

The Detour That Changed Everything

Mary McLeod Bethune spent years preparing to be a missionary to Africa. Then the...
Rows of antique leather-bound books on wooden library shelves, evoking the Oxford rooms where C.S. Lewis studied and read.

C.S. Lewis: The Question Nobody Wants to Answer Honestly

C.S. Lewis was one of the most committed atheists in Britain, a brilliant Oxford...
Eric Liddell — Scottish Olympic runner who refused to compete on Sunday at the 1924 Paris Olympics. Take 5 daily devotional Episode 23.

Eric Liddell: The Runner Who Gave Up Gold

Pull up a chair. This is a story about a runner who refused to...
A narrow mountain trail climbs a grassy ridge toward a sunrise summit, evoking the path of costly discipleship that Bonhoeffer described in The Cost of Discipleship.

What Is Costly Discipleship? Bonhoeffer’s Cost of Discipleship in Plain English

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was thirty-one years old, sitting at a desk in a small German...
Portrait of Dwight L. Moody, 19th-century American evangelist and founder of Moody Bible Institute. Library of Congress, public domain.

The Shoe Clerk Who Shook the World

A Sunday school teacher stood on the sidewalk outside a Boston shoe store, working...
Oil portrait of Samuel Rutherford by Robert Walker, Scottish pastor, theologian, and author of Lex Rex.

The Summons Samuel Rutherford Already Had

The men who came to Samuel Rutherford’s door carried a death warrant in everything...