Governor Agricola of Armenia was confronted with “mutiny.” Forty soldiers refused to offer the sacrifice ordered by emperor Licinius. The forty who stood before him that wintry fourth-century day in Sevaste were fine specimens of manhood who radiated an aura of courage. He was determined to make them see reason. But the soldiers were adamant. They refused to sacrifice. To do so was to...
Brother Edward a pastor of a church, in Damascus, Syria. His congregants walk down sniper alleys just to worship together. Recently, a few weeks before a conference in Britain, a bomb exploded not far from his church – killing 157 people. The moderator of the conference asked Brother Edward why he doesn’t leave Syria. He answered: “When one country pulls its ambassadors out of another...
In the 1930s a producer at 20th Century Fox wrote a letter to presidents of several prominent Christian colleges asking them to send him screenwriters. His dream was to produce films with a redemptive subplot. One president wrote back and said he’d sooner send his young people to hell itself than send them to Hollywood. What a missed opportunity. (Mark Batterson – Chase the Lion)