History

On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood beneath the looming Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Berlin. Surrounded by Communist leaders, the American president addressed the man responsible for …

Hugh Latimer, one of England’s most powerful voices during the Reformation, was known for his vivid preaching style. Not only did he call sin what it was from behind the …

During an international summit, an unnamed Chinese diplomat told American journalist, David Aikman, what his Asian nation discovered about the West’s greatness: “One of the things we were asked to …

“We have in the Bible the first appeals in world literature to treat slaves as human beings for their own sake and not just in the interests of their masters.”

On the morning of April 19, 1775, John Parker was lying in bed. He didn’t have long to live…but that fact had nothing to do with the 700 British soldiers …

He’s an old man, this one who sits on the stool and leans against the wall. Eyes closed and face soft, were it not for his hand stroking his beard, …

You probably won’t recognize the name Todd Beamer even though you know just about every detail of his story.  Beamer was born in Michigan, but somehow wound up becoming a …

“The more we know about the ancients, the more we find that they were like the moderns.”

On December 24, 1968, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders were far from their homes and loved ones. In fact, they were far from Earth itself…about a quarter million …

In his book The Crucified God, German theologian Jürgen Moltmann quotes the Jewish writer Elie Wiesel, who powerfully wrote in his book Night of his own horrifying experiences at Auschwitz, …