The bruises from the beating were painful. I was losing weight, getting weaker, but my spirit was somehow getting stronger. That is the mystery of…

The SS had spent years terrorizing civilians across Europe. But when Germany collapsed, the tables turned fast. Captured SS soldiers were not treated like normal…
” I memorized Romans 8 about nothing being able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. I memorized parts of the…
But this woman, condemned to die, beaten and imprisoned, was praying with such peace, such sincerity, such faith. He walked away confused. But he could…

Nieves Fernandez was a poor schoolteacher in the Philippines who had no plan to fight a war. But then came the Japanese occupation during World…
But Jesus said that was a blessing. He said the kingdom of heaven belonged to such people. It was a strange comfort. It did not…
I would imagine the stones, the pain, the crowd watching, the humiliation, my mother seeing her daughter killed and the fear would crush me. But…
Not perfect peace, not the absence of fear, but enough peace to keep breathing, keep praying, keep trusting. The physical conditions were deteriorating. I had…
The audio Bible on my USB drive became my most precious possession. Every night, I would wait until the house was quiet. I would lock…

“When ISIS Leaders’ Wives Were Executed, and the Footage Leaked!” The rise of ISIS brought fear like the world had never seen. But behind…
