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Was Easter Borrowed from a Pagan Holiday?
The historical evidence contradicts this popular notion.
Anthony McRoy | posted 4/02/2009 07:58AM
The Real St. Patrick
Ted Olsen | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
Isaac Watts
Father of English hymnody
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
T.S. Eliot
Modernist poet
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Tattoos of the Cross
During centuries of persecution, Coptic Christians found bold and enduring ways to show their dedication to Christ.
Jennifer A. Johnson | posted 3/19/2009 12:00AM
Translating the Gospel in Eastern Europe
Early missionaries Cyril and Methodius gave the Slavic people an alphabet and a chance to worship God in their own language.
Jennifer Hevelone-Harper | posted 12/31/2008 11:16AM
Galileo Galilei
Misjudged astronomer
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Nicholas Copernicus
Revolutionary astronomer
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Charles Spurgeon
Finest nineteenth-century preacher
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Charles Simeon
Evangelical Mentor and Model
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
William Tyndale
Translator of the first English New Testament
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
The Venerable Bede
Father of English history
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Thomas Chalmers
Unrelenting advocate for the poor
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
John Woolman
Quaker mystic and abolitionist
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Liberalism's popularizer
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
John Eliot
Apostle to Native Americans
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
How Will It All End?
Left Behind is neither the first nor the last word on "last things."
Steven Gertz | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
The King Is Coming, Eventually
What if you announced the rapture, but God didn't show up?
Elesha Coffman | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
Phoebe Palmer
Mother of the holiness movement
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Joan of Arc
Teenage war hero with visions
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Unenthusiastic About Enthusiasm
Modern suspicions about charismatic Christianity trace back to controversies over the French Prophets 300 years ago.
Philip Jenkins | posted 3/05/2009 10:14AM
A Pastor's Revolutionary Vision
The name August Hermann Francke may not be widely known today, but this gentle and innovative teacher helped launch the modern wave of Protestant missions, education, and translation.
Robert Eric Frykenberg | posted 1/14/2009 10:55AM
Richard Allen
Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal church
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Harriet Tubman
The "Moses" of Her People
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
Martin Luther
Passionate reformer
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
John of Damascus
Image-conscious Arab
posted 8/08/2008 12:56PM
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