46 illustrations found

• Thousands Came to Cane Ridge

  Barton W. Stone was the ordained minister at the Cane Ridge meeting house in Kentucky. In the summer of 1800 he traveled to Logan County to attend a revival led by James McGready.

  Verses: Acts 2:41; Acts 2:46-47; Isaiah 55:1

  Themes: Community, Faith, Hope

• Walter Scott Counted on His Fingers

  Walter Scott was an early preacher in the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement. Studying Acts 2:38, he taught that people respond to God by believing, repenting, and being baptized, and that God responds with forgiveness of sins, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and eternal life.

  Verses: Acts 2:38; Matthew 16:16; Romans 1:16

  Themes: Faith, Hope, Service

• Wesley’s Heart Was Strangely Warmed

  John Wesley was an ordained minister who had even sailed to America as a missionary. Yet he struggled.

  Verses: Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 8:16

  Themes: Faith, Grace, Hope

• Where the Scriptures Speak

  In 1809 in western Pennsylvania, Thomas Campbell was trying to explain to friends how Christians could stop dividing. He offered a simple rule: "Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent."

  Verses: 1 Peter 4:11; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Deuteronomy 29:29

  Themes: Faith, Humility, Integrity

• Wilma Rudolph: My Mother Told Me I Would

  Wilma Rudolph was born premature, the 20th of 22 children, and as a little girl she battled pneumonia, scarlet fever, and polio, which left her with a weak leg and a brace.

  Verses: Mark 9:23; Isaiah 40:31; Proverbs 31:28

  Themes: Faith, Family, Perseverance

• Wisdom Is Still Laying Eggs

  In 1956, biologists put a band on a Laysan albatross at Midway Atoll. She was already about five years old.

  Verses: Psalm 92:14; Isaiah 46:4; Psalm 71:18

  Themes: Faith, Hope, Perseverance