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How Harriet Beecher Stowe's Christian faith moved her to challenge slavery
Harriet not only saw what slavery entailed but her offended conscience demanded that she took action. We live at a time when there are plenty of overlooked outrages and we need more Christians with Harriet's enthusiasm to notice them and react wisely.
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The courageous faith of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed for his long-standing opposition to Hitler, is one of the great Christian heroes of the twentieth century.
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4 lessons in faith from Salvation Army founder William Booth
Many people had been doing work with the poor in various ways, but Booth's genius was somehow to bring together the ingredients of help, evangelism, support and discipleship to produce a formula that, in the Salvation Army, was so spectacularly successful.
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The uniqueness of George Müller
George Müller's unique life demonstrated to his contemporaries that God could be trusted. It says the same to us today.
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Who was Elizabeth Fry and why was she important?
The story of how a middle-class lady was able to reform the appalling conditions under which prisoners were treated in Britain and in many other countries, is a classic example of the way God can use unlikely people to extraordinary effect.
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The lasting contribution of Francis Schaeffer
Francis Schaeffer cared about the world, he cared about truth, he cared about people. Do we?
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The faithful life of Elisabeth Elliot continues to set a challenging example of discipleship
Elisabeth saw Christianity as something that involved a discipleship of complete obedience to Christ. It was such a discipleship that compelled her to meet with her husband's killers and forgive them.
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Lessons in the faith from slave trader-turned hymn-writer John Newton
Few stories in Christian history are more dramatic than that of John Newton, whose life demonstrates the title of his most famous hymn, 'Amazing Grace'.
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Waking up to wokeness
The concept of 'being woke' is an attempt to create moral boundaries but without God. It offers only a bleak and hopeless world in which a stern and constantly shifting morality subjects all to a judgement from which there can be no redemption or restoration.
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Europe – a soil now ready for sowing?
In terms of hard soil for the gospel, Western Europe has long been seen as a region where sown seeds of faith fail to take root.
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John Stott: an extraordinary hero of the Christian faith
April 27th sees the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the great Christian leader John Stott, a man who helped and encouraged so many people across the world, including me.
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How a little woman from London was used by God in extraordinary ways in China
Gladys Aylward overcame huge obstacles to become one of the most fruitful and respected missionaries to China. There is much we can learn from her today.
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Luis Palau: a life well-lived
With Luis Palau's 'promotion to glory' another of a generation of pioneering preachers has left us.
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Lessons in faith from Michael Faraday, the brilliant Christian scientist who rose from poverty and obscurity
The odds were stacked against Faraday but he rose from lowly beginnings to become one of Britain's most brilliant and distinguished scientists. Despite this good fortune, he remained a committed Christian, regularly visiting the poor and sick.
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Four lessons for Christians today from the life and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Few of us have Spurgeon's voice, his memory or his energy. We can, though, all seek his love of Christ and the Bible, and his zeal to spread the gospel.
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