Charles Colson

Posted on June 15, 2021June 24, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About Charles Colson

As special council to President Richard Nixon during his term, Charles (Chuck) Colson garnered a lot of fame. This was particularly true during the Watergate scandal when he was investigated along with the rest of Nixon’s staff for attempting to sabotage the reelection. He was criticized by the Wall Street Journal during the investigation as “Nixon’s Hatchet Man” and was eventually convicted and sentenced to time in prison for conspiring in the Watergate Scandal.

Full ride ROTC scholarship to Brown university, American attorney with a degree from George Washington University, Top of his class in the U.S. Military, and Special Counsel to the President of the United States. This is who Colson WAS.

Yet, even before he was convicted, Colson was changing. He had everything, and yet he admitted in his autobiography, Born Again, he felt like he had nothing. As he left the court after his sentence, he was recorded saying “I have committed my life to Jesus Christ and I can work for him in prison as well as out.”

Colson has since founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, the world’s largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families.

Truly, it could be said that even when he was behind bars, he was more free than he had ever been.

Peter Muhlenberg

Posted on June 7, 2021June 24, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About Peter Muhlenberg

Peter Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. A Lutheran minister, he served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Pennsylvania.

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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.

Corrie Ten Boom

Posted on June 7, 2021June 24, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About Corrie Ten Boom

Corrie ten Boom and her family helped many Jewish people flee the terror of the Nazis. As a result, her family members were sent to concentration camps, where most of them died. She later travelled the world with the message, “There is no pit within God’s will where His great love is not deeper still.”

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Anna Warner

Posted on June 7, 2021June 24, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About Anna Warner

Anna Warner, along with her sister. Susan, was an author and hymn writer during the 19th century. She is most remembered for writing the hymn “Jesus Loves Me”. Since the two sisters lived on Constitution Island, just across the Hudson River from West Point, New York, they were able to have a thriving outreach to the cadets attending the academy for over 40 years.

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Fanny Crosby

Posted on June 7, 2021June 24, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About Fanny Crosby

Blinded as an infant by an incompetent doctor, Fanny never pitied herself because of her condition. She attended, and later taught at, New York Institute for the Blind, where her gift for writing poetry came into full blossom. The first woman to address Congress, friend of Presidents, and one who deeply loved children, her 6,000 hymns such as “Blessed Assurance,” “Rescue the Perishing,” and “To God be the Glory,” have inspired untold millions.

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George Whitfield

Posted on June 4, 2021June 24, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About George Whitfield

George Whitefield was born at Gloucester in 1714. His mother kept the Bell Inn. At the age of fifteen Whitefield appears to have left school, and to have given up Latin and Greek for a season. He began to help her in the daily work of the Bell Inn. At the early age of twenty-two Whitefield was admitted to holy orders by Bishop Benson of Gloucester, on Trinity Sunday, 1736

Almost immediately after his ordination, Whitefield went to Oxford and took his degree as Bachelor of Arts. He then commenced his regular ministerial life by undertaking temporary duty at the Tower Chapel, London, for two months. While engaged there he preached continually in many London churches; and among others, in the parish churches of Islington, Bishopsgate, St Dunstan’s, St Margaret’s, Westminster, and Bow, Cheapside. From the very first he obtained a degree of popularity such as no preacher, before or since, has probably ever reached. Whether on week-days or Sundays, wherever he preached, the churches were crowded, and an immense sensation was produced. The plain truth is, that a really eloquent, extempore preacher, preaching the pure gospel with most uncommon gifts of voice and manner, was at that time an entire novelty in London. The congregations were taken by surprise and carried by storm.

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Benjamin Rush

Posted on June 4, 2021June 24, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush was an American physician, politician and educator who is best known for his activities during the American Revolution and for signing the Declaration of Independence. Rush studied at Princeton University and then went on for a medical degree at Edinburgh University. He subsequently returned to Philadelphia to begin his medical practice and pursue publishing. A member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Rush also founded Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

In 1773 he contributed editorial essays to the papers about the patriot cause and also joined the American Philosophical Society. He was active in the Sons of Liberty in Philadelphia during that time. In June of 1776 he was elected to attend the provincial conference to send delegates to the Continental Congress. In 1777 he was appointed surgeon-general of the middle department of the Continental Army.

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Susanna Wesley

Posted on June 4, 2021June 24, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About Susanna Wesley

Born in London in 1669, Susanna Wesley was the youngest child of Dr. Annesley, a prominent dissenting minister who gave every attention to her education. At age 19, she met and married Samuel Wesley, a curate in London, who was earning a meager income of £30 a year. During the first 20 years of this marriage which extended over a period of 46 years, Susanna Wesley had 19 children of the 19, only 10 survived infancy. Often times, Susanna was solely responsible for watching all of her children on her own. Because of the family’s constant struggle with poverty, the task of educating the ten children had been left to Susanna, and for six hours a day for 20 years, she continued this work. She believed in forming children’s minds by “conquering their will and bringing them to an obedient temper,” Each night of the week was set aside for one child.

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Elizabeth Elliot

Posted on June 4, 2021June 25, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About Elizabeth Elliot

Elizabeth Elliot was born to a missionary family in 1965. She received her degree at Wheaton college where she met her husband, Jim Elliot, she later attended Prairie Bible Institute for a year of post grad work. Elizabeth and her husband were called by the Lord to serve among the Quichua people in Ecuador. Her husband was speared to death while trying to make contact with the Huaorani tribe. After witnessing to the Huaorani tribe for two years, she returned to the United States.

She spent the remainder of her years writing books, teaching others about the Lord, and sharing her experiences in a public speaking setting. Elizabeth Elliot was known as one of the most influential Christian women of our time.

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Elizabeth Prentiss

Posted on June 4, 2021June 24, 2021 by Marius Sodonis

About Elizabeth Prentiss

Elizabeth Prentiss (1818-1873) spent most of her life in the eastern United States. At the age of 13, Elizabeth trusted the Lord as her Savior, and by age 16, she was an accomplished writer. She taught in school and also served as a pastor’s wife. Although her health was a challenger to her, Elizabeth was able to have children. Her more popular works of the hymn, “More Love to Thee” and the book, Stepping Heavenward are still highly regarded today. Mrs. Prentiss has had several books written about her life including, The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss and Elizabeth Prentiss: More Love to Thee by Sharon James.

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