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True stories from Christian history and living illustrations for the preacher's craft.
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Daily Bread in an Empty Orphan House
George Muller's orphan ministry in Bristol shows prayer as embodied trust: asking God for daily bread while doing the practical work of caring for vulnerable children.
Palm Beach and the Cost of Witness
The 1956 deaths at Palm Beach can teach costly witness only when the Waodani are treated with dignity and the later reconciliation is told without conquest language.
The Hand She Could Not Raise
Corrie ten Boom's encounter with a former Ravensbruck guard shows forgiveness as costly obedience that must never erase justice, memory, or trauma.
Love in a Prison Cell
Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand's witness under Communist Romania calls the church to remember prisoners, resist idolatrous power, and love enemies without making suffering a spectacle.
The Bible in the Blue Volkswagen
Brother Andrew's Bible-smuggling work is most faithful when told as hidden service to local believers, not as a lone Western hero adventure.
A Long Obedience in Parliament
William Wilberforce's long fight against the slave trade shows faithfulness with teeth: decades of public pressure, partial victories, and unfinished justice.
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