Author: Marius Sodonis
“Down but not out.” We say that, but do we really think it’s realistic?
Watch this clip from the movie, Chariots of Fire, based on the true life of Olympic runner and missionary to China, Eric Liddell as he does the impossible.
This scene from the film is actually factual; in July of 1923, Liddell tripped over another runner during a quarter-mile run but was then able to get back up and secure a victory.
Go ahead, give up.
You have the freedom to make that choice; maybe, no one would stop you if you did.
Or, when you are drained of everything you have left, keep going. It’s a truth that seems too simple; it has even become cliché.
“The Death Crawl” from the movie, Facing the Giants, is an inspiration to those who feel like the mountain standing in their way is insurmountable. We hope this small clip encourages you to press on!
As a former atheist, Lee Strobel would not simply believe in God by faith. He needed the facts. He was so skeptical of the Christian faith that he set out on a mission to disprove it. Unfortunately for his skepticism, he didn’t find what he was looking for and was surprised by what he discovered instead. Click to listen to Strobel tell you about his journey.
Listen to this magnificent cover of Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song” performed by the Piano Guys with a seasoning of “Amazing Grace” by John Newton.
The piece is performed next to the absolutely magnificent Eilean Donan Castle in Dornie, Scotland.
“I Can Only Imagine” depicts the true backstory of the creation of the song, “I Can Only Imagine” by Bart Millard of the band MercyMe.
The song, which has brought so much hope and joy to millions of listeners, did not have such a cheerful beginning.
In the movie, Millard, the lead singer of MercyMe, describes what life circumstances led to the creation of the song. He teaches us that sometimes the most beautiful things in life are borne out of the most painful experiences.
By John Piper. © Desiring God Foundation. Source: desiringGod.org
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For more than thirty years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis. He is author of more than fifty books, and his sermons, articles, books, and more are available free of charge at desiringGod.org.
In this humorous and inspiring sermon, John Piper explores the importance of making the most of the limited time we have. Piper says that there are three great truths that if understood would allow someone to live their life well. He quotes from C.T. Studd, “Only one life, twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.” Do our choices really matter? Piper would answer with an ecstatic, “Yes!”
Each. Day. Counts. So, live well.
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Amy Carmichael was raised in Ireland, but she spent most of her life in India serving the Lord. Her brown eyes that she prayed would be taken away proved of use to the Lord. She was never a mother by blood, but was “Amma” to many children that she rescued from temple prostitution. Amy spent the last twenty years of her life bedridden, and she used that time to pen many different books about her relationship with the Lord. Her ministry of the Dohnavur Fellowship, a home for rescued children, still exists today. Her story is beautifully portrayed in A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot.
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Biddy Chambers once aspired to be the secretary for the Prime Minister of England, but the Lord had her be the wife of Oswald Chambers instead. From the start of their marriage, Biddy took shorthand of all of her husband’s lectures and sermons. She also ministered to soldiers during World War I in Egypt during the time that Oswald served as chaplain for the YMCA. After her husband’s death, she began to publish her shorthand that still reaches out to many in the books of Oswald Chambers. To find out more about Biddy, you can find videos on the Discovery of Life YouTube Channel under Oswald Chambers.
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Katharina (Katie) Bora was born in Hirschfeld, Germany on January 29, 1499. Katie decided to become a nun in 1505. In 1523, after realizing all the errors in the Catholic faith, Katie and many of the nuns in her convent fled in a covered wagon among fish barrels. She married Martin Luther, known as the Father of the Reformation, on June 13, 1525. In addition to bearing their six children, Katharina also managed all their household affairs. Martin and Katharina had a powerful relationship as man and wife, as parents of their own children, and even as guardians of 100’s of students and orphans. Her last words were a great testament to her powerful faith in God: “I shall cling to Christ as a burr clings to a coat.”
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Gladys Aylward was born in London, England in 1902, and left the home she knew far behind her to be a missionary in China. With less than ten dollars to her name, and no mission board to support her, Gladys launched out on her faith in God alone. Ministering to the orphans in China, she struggled to teach them about Jesus Christ and provide the basic things they needed to live while in the midst of the Sino-Japanese War. God delivered and protected her time and time again. Her story is living proof of the power of the Lord Jesus Christ!
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The program is offered by History Come to Life. By addressing the audience as a historical personality, in period dress, History Come to Life’s presenters are able to engage the minds and imaginations of audiences in a way that draws them into the subject at hand, weaving a combination of facts and principles into a compelling narrative.