Month: September 2025

Brother Andrew: The God’s Smuggler Who Broke Barriers

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Known as Brother Andrew in English-speaking nations, Andrew “Anne” van der Bijl (Dutch: 11 May 1928 – 27 September 2022) was a Dutch Christian missionary and the creator of the Christian organization Open Doors. Known for smuggling Bibles and other Christian material into communist nations during the Cold War, he earned the moniker “God’s Smuggler” for his actions. Biography of Brother Andrew Van der Bijl was born on May 11, 1928, in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, the fourth of six children of a poor blacksmith and an invalid mother. He joined…

Corrie ten Boom: The Christian Faith Behind The Hiding Place

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Cornelia Arnolda Johanna “Corrie” ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who later became a Christian author and public speaker. She helped many Jews flee the Nazis during World War II by hiding them in her home with the help of her father, Casper ten Boom, sister Betsie ten Boom, and other family members. She was taken into custody and taken to the Ravensbrück detention camp once they were apprehended. The Hiding Place, her best-known book, is a biography that tells the tale of…

Tim Keller’s Legacy: Faith, Reason, and A Modern Christianity

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Biography of Tim Keller Tim Keller was an American Presbyterian pastor, preacher, theologian, and Christian apologist who lived from September 23, 1950, until May 19, 2023. He co-founded and served as chairman of Redeemer City to City, a program that prepares pastors for service all around the world. The New York Times bestselling books The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (2008), Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (2014), and The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (2008) were written by him. He…

John Piper: The Theologian Behind A Life of Joy

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John Piper, a Reformed Baptist pastor and theologian with a focus on New Testament studies, was born on January 11, 1946. In addition, he serves as chancellor of Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Bethlehem College and Seminary. Before spending 33 years (1980–2013) as the pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church (Converge) in Minneapolis, Piper spent six years (1974–1980) teaching biblical studies at Bethel University. In addition to being the founder and senior instructor of Desiring God (desiringgod.org), which was named after his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist…

Jackie Robinson’s Forgotten Faith: How Belief Shaped a Legend

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Jackie Robinson Christian The first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern period was Jackie Robinson, an American professional baseball player who was born on January 31, 1919, and died on October 24, 1972. On April 15, 1947, Robinson began at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color line. Racial segregation in professional baseball, which had forced black players into the Negro leagues since the 1880s, came to an end with the Dodgers’ signing of Robinson. Robinson grew up in Pasadena, California, after being…

Eric Liddell: The Olympian Who Gave Up Gold for God

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Eric Liddell was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player, and Christian missionary who lived from 16 January 1902 until 21 February 1945. Born to Scottish missionary parents in Tianjin, China, he went to boarding school close to London and spent as much time as he could with his family in Edinburgh before enrolling at the University of Edinburgh. Because the 100-meter race was scheduled for a Sunday at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Eric Liddell declined to run in the heat. Instead, he participated in and won the 400-meter event…

Gregor Mendel: The Monk Who Became the Father of Genetics

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Father of Genetics Austrian biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinian friar, and abbot of St. Thomas’ Abbey in Brno (Brünn), Margraviate of Moravia, Gregor Mendel OSA was born on July 20, 1822, and died on January 6, 1884. Mendel, who became famous after his death as the father of modern genetics, was born into a German-speaking family in the Silesian region of the Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic). Many of the laws of heredity, today known as the laws of Mendelian inheritance, were established by Mendel’s pea plant studies between 1856…

Isaac Newton: The Christian Faith of a Scientific Genius

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Who is Isaac Newton? English polymath Sir Isaac Newton was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and writer from 4 January 1643 to 31 March 1727. During the Scientific Revolution and the ensuing Enlightenment, Newton played a significant role. First published in 1687, his book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) developed classical mechanics and accomplished the first great unification in physics. Although he created calculus years before German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Newton is credited with creating infinitesimal calculus and made significant advances to…

Elisabeth Elliot: A Biography of Faith & Through Gates of Splendor

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Who is Elisabeth Elliot? Elisabeth Elliot (née Howard) was a Christian speaker, author, and missionary who lived from December 21, 1926, until June 15, 2015. While trying to establish missionary contact with the Auca people (now known as Huaorani; alternatively translated as Waorani or Waodani) of eastern Ecuador, her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956. Later, she served as a missionary to the tribal members that murdered her husband for two years. She spent several years in South America before coming back to the United States, where she…

Destiny Paul-Enenche Refutes Luxury Bag Claims, Stating: “We Don’t Depend on Church Offerings”

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Pastor Paul and Pastor Becky Enenche’s daughter, Destiny Paul-Enenche, has publicly denied claims that she finances luxuries with church offerings. A social media user said that an expensive handbag she was spotted with was purchased with funds from a church contribution, sparking the dispute. Online watchers reacted negatively to the claim and speculated about it. Destiny vehemently refuted the accusation in an Instagram video, referring to the critic’s assertion as “ignorant.” She said that the opulent bag was a gift rather than something that was bought with money raised at…