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A Circle of Prayer 700 Meters Down
In 2010, a rockfall trapped 33 miners about 700 meters underground at the San Jose mine in northern Chile. They were stuck in a space about the size of a small apartment, with almost no food and heat that never dropped below about 90 degrees.
A Ring Around Christian Eriksen
On June 12, 2021, Denmark was playing Finland in Copenhagen when midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field just before halftime. Captain Simon Kjaer was one of the first to reach him and appeared to clear his airway.
George Müller’s Ten Thousand Orphans
George Müller lived a wicked life as a young man in Germany before he was converted at about age 20. Later, as a preacher in England, he made a decision: he would never take a salary or ask anyone directly for money.
Hudson Taylor on Brighton Beach
Hudson Taylor carried a burden for the millions in China's interior who had never heard the gospel. But he was terrified of sending men and women unprotected into the unknown.
Livingstone Died on His Knees
David Livingstone spent his childhood working 14 hours a day in a cotton mill. He trained to be a medical missionary to China, but the Opium War shut that door.
Make Seeing Eyes Blind
Andrew van der Bijl grew up poor in the Netherlands and lived through the 1944 famine, when he ate tulip bulbs to survive. After he gave his life to God, he began reaching believers behind the Iron Curtain.
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Thomas Dorsey was a blues piano man who later gave his life to gospel music. One hot August day in 1932 he left his pregnant wife Nettie in Chicago to sing at a revival in St. Louis.
Sarah Hale Wrote Lincoln One More Letter
Before 1863, there was no national Thanksgiving Day. Each state picked its own date, mostly in New England and the North.
The Prayer Meeting That Lasted 100 Years
In early 1727, the Moravian settlement of Herrnhut in Germany was a mess. About 300 people lived there, and they were full of arguing and division.