Al comenzar la carrera parecia obvio que Eric Liddell seria superado. La multitud en el estadio olimpico enmudecio cuando el corredor escoces rehuso ser sobrepasado al cruzar la linea de meta, el gentio irrumpio en un aplauso que se oyo en todo Paris. Eric Liddell habia hecho lo imposible, se habia batido un nuevo record munidal. Aquella misma semana Eric rehuso correr el domingo en la carrera de 100 metros que asombrara al mundo. Pero su increible victoria en la carrera de 400 metros fortalecio aun mas su fe en la promesa de Dios: "A aquel que me honra yo le honrare." Unos anos mas tarde...

During nearly sixty years in India, Dr. Ida Scudder (1870-1960) pioneered rural healthcare and the medical training of Indian women. An amazing testimony to the courage, compassion, and truth found in Christ.

"A wealthy Irish girl rescuing children in India? An English maid preaching the gospel in China? An American pilot serving missionaries in Ecuador? Christian Heroes" Then & Now chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory. These easy-to-read biographies are perfect for ages 10 to 100! Famous cricket player C.T. Studd (1860-1931) pioneered mission work in the interior of Africa.

"A wealthy Irish girl rescuing children in India? An English maid preaching the gospel in China? An American pilot serving missionaries in Ecuador? Christian Heroes" Then & Now chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory. These easy-to-read biographies are perfect for ages 10 to 100! English missionary doctor Wilfred Grenfell (1865-1940) worked among the desperately poor fishing communities of Newfoundland.

A wealthy Irish girl rescuing children in India? An English maid preaching the gospel in China? An American pilot serving missionaries in Ecuador? Christian Heroes Then & Now chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory. These easy-to-read biographies are perfect for ages 10 to 100 Against great odds, American Lillian Trasher (1887-1961) founded an orphanage in Egypt that has now cared for more than 25,000 children.

New Zealander Florence Young (1856-1940) rose to her calling and became a fearless and faithful witness for Jesus Christ in the remote and dangerous Solomon Islands and in China during the deadly Boxer Rebellion.

When young Rachel Saint (1914-1994) surrendered her life to God, she began an unimaginable journey that would span decades and radically transform a dying culture steeped in revenge. Against all odds, God would lead her to Ecuador's Waorani Indians - known as Aucas, or savages, and infamous for murder. Despite the martyrdom of five missionaries by Waorani spears, Rachel boldly persisted in following God. In one of the greatest testimonies to God's grace and power in our time, this pioneering Bible translator would live for two decades with her own brother's killers, for the joy of seeing them...

When he became God's smuggler, Brother Andrew was already familiar with risk. As a boy, the intrepid Andrew van der Bijl joined the Dutch Resistance against the Nazi occupation. As a young man, he fought eagerly in the Dutch East Indies - until the horror of war turned the adventure seeker to a life of alcohol and desperation. Redeemed by God, the Dutchman became a daring messenger of hope, smuggling Scripture through closed borders and equipping persecuted Christians behind the Iron Curtain. Today Brother Andrew and the ministry of Open Doors continue to shine the light of Christ in the...