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Reading the Bible and Saving the World

Lt. General William K. Harrison helped lead the famed 30th Infantry Division in World War II, a unit that Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower considered to be one of the…

The Greatness of Christianity

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…

The Bible’s Take on Slavery

“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.”

Robert E. Lee on War

“It is well that war is so terrible; otherwise we should grow too fond of it.”

R. C. Sproul on the Urgency of Preaching

“Dispassionate preaching is a lie.”

Charles Spurgeon on His Calling

“I received some years ago orders from my Master to stand at the foot of the cross until He came. He has not come yet, but I mean to stand…