| CONTENTS |
PAGES |
| Acknowledgments |
|
| Introduction. |
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| January |
|
| 1. Standing for "the Full Truthfulness" of the Bible |
2 |
| 2. An Appointment in Heaven. |
4 |
| 3. Choosing Whom You Will Serve. |
6 |
| 4. Where Is Camus? |
8 |
| 5. Struggling to Kneel |
10 |
| 6. Look unto Me. |
12 |
| 7. From the Poolroom to the Pulpit. |
14 |
| 8. Rebels under Judgment. |
16 |
| 9. The Gates of Pearly Splendor. |
18 |
| 10. His Last Prayer Meeting. |
20 |
| 11. A Mind for the Times |
22 |
| 12. A Traveler on His Way to Jerusalem |
24 |
| 13. Stop the Presses!. |
26 |
| 14. Whose Body? |
28 |
| 15. A Change of Heart. |
30 |
| 16. God's Little Lamb |
32 |
| 17. Theodosius the Great |
34 |
| 18. A Life-Changing Prayer. |
36 |
| 19. Detour to Life |
38 |
| 20. A Bible for Everyone. |
40 |
| 21. The Great Gillespie |
42 |
| 22. Strait Is the Way |
44 |
| 23. From Slave to Servant of God |
46 |
| 24. "A Land Fairer Than Day" |
48 |
| 25. A Divine String of Events |
50 |
| 26. In Seeking, They Found |
52 |
| 27. Humanity: Sinful or Innocent at Birth?. |
54 |
| 28. The Momentous Step |
56 |
| 29. A Christian in the White House, |
58 |
| 30. Kurt Who? |
60 |
| 31. From Apathy to Courage. |
62 |
| February |
|
| 1. A Life-Changing Day. |
64 |
| 2. The Holy Roman Empire. |
66 |
| 3. A Pastor's Son as President |
68 |
| 4. Little Quicksilver. |
70 |
| 5. If I, or an Angel from Heaven, Should Preach Any Other Gospel... |
72 |
| 6. The Lord Was Good and Did Good. |
74 |
| 7. Something Big Happened |
76 |
| 8. An Ill-Fated Egotist. |
78 |
| 9. A Brand Plucked out of the Burning. |
80 |
| 10. Could This Marriage Be Saved? |
82 |
| 11. A Final "Good Night" |
84 |
| 12. The Nine-Day Queen |
86 |
| 13. He Followed God's Call. |
88 |
| 14. In Sickness and in Health |
90 |
| 15. Knowing the Big Picture Helps |
92 |
| 16. The Last Class. |
94 |
| 17. The Last to Be Hanged |
96 |
| 18. A Tinker's Pilgrimage |
98 |
| 19. Faith Quake |
100 |
| 20. What Ever Happened to That Dancing Instructor? |
102 |
| 21. Be Still, My Soul |
104 |
| 22. The Door of the Beginning and the End |
106 |
| 23. The Great Persecution. |
108 |
| 24. Two of a Kind |
110 |
| 25. Is Jesus Eternal?. |
112 |
| 26. Physician of Souls |
114 |
| 27. The Spread of Revival |
116 |
| 28. Skin on the Hands of God. |
118 |
| 29. The Reek of Patrick Hamilton. |
120 |
| March |
|
| 1. An Influential Friendship |
122 |
| 2. He Finished Well |
124 |
| 3. The Sword of the King of Babylon Is against You |
126 |
| 4. Bloody Mary |
128 |
| 5. The Sacrifice |
130 |
| 6. Two Weeks on Gibraltar. |
132 |
| 7. Standing Firm. |
134 |
| 8. Blessed Assurance |
136 |
| 9. Who Were the Maccabees? |
138 |
| 10. Together Forever. |
140 |
| 11. It Burned, Then Returned |
142 |
| 12. From Curse to Blessing. |
144 |
| 13. A Prison Door to Eternal Life. |
146 |
| 14. The Great Ulster Revival |
148 |
| 15. The Ides of March. |
150 |
| 16. The Results of Not Taking God Seriously. |
152 |
| 17. Just As I Am |
154 |
| 18. The Cambridge Seven. |
156 |
| 19. Linked by the Pen and the Savior. |
158 |
| 20. Glory Dwelleth in Immanuel's Land. |
160 |
| 21. Amazing Grace. |
162 |
| 22. A Special Instrument of God. |
164 |
| 23. Revival at Crossweeksung. |
166 |
| 24. The Best-Selling Book of All Time. |
168 |
| 25. Navigator to Many. |
170 |
| 26. We Shall Meet Again When We Shall Be Merry |
172 |
| 27. Disastrous Marriages |
174 |
| 28. Costly Devotion |
176 |
| 29. The Downside of Miracles. |
178 |
| 30. Messiah, King, and Lamb |
180 |
| 31. The Fig Tree and the Temple |
182 |
| April |
|
| 1. What the Future Holds |
184 |
| 2. The Last Supper |
186 |
| 3. The Crucifixion. |
188 |
| 4. The Deception. |
190 |
| 5. He Is Risen!. |
192 |
| 6. Latter-Day Saints? |
194 |
| 7. You Must Be Born Again! |
196 |
| 8. The Sons of Moody |
198 |
| 9. A Dream Cut Short |
200 |
| 10. Watchman Nee. |
202 |
| 11. A Pacifist on the Front Line. |
204 |
| 12. A Welcome to Heaven. |
206 |
| 13. Authenticity |
208 |
| 14. A Last Will and Testament |
210 |
| 15. A Hero of the Titanic. |
212 |
| 16. A Godly Heritage. |
214 |
| 17. The Diet of Worms |
216 |
| 18. The Complete Cambridge Man |
218 |
| 19. Prophet and Statesman? |
220 |
| 20. Columbine |
222 |
| 21. The City Set on Seven Hills. |
224 |
| 22. Trying to Avoid Geneva. |
226 |
| 23. World History in Advance. |
228 |
| 24. A Gifted Mind and Still Greater Heart |
230 |
| 25. John Calvin's Testament |
232 |
| 26. Left Alone |
234 |
| 27. Vassar. |
236 |
| 28. The Glorious Temple |
238 |
| 29. The Child Who Knew More Than His Parents |
240 |
| 30. Minka and Margaret . |
242 |
| May |
|
| 1. The Death of John Brown |
244 |
| 2. A Narrow Escape. |
246 |
| 3. The Apostle of Greenland |
248 |
| 4. The Serenity of Heaven. |
250 |
| 5. The Holy Club |
252 |
| 6. From Log Cabin to University. |
254 |
| 7. He Wouldn't Change a Thing |
256 |
| 8. From Enemies to Friends |
258 |
| 9. The Captain's Last Words. |
260 |
| 10. Stonewall |
262 |
| 11. The Faithful Margarets |
264 |
| 12. A Man of God. |
266 |
| 13. The Reforming Monk |
268 |
| 14. Out of Sight but Victorious |
270 |
| 15. Birth of a Nation |
272 |
| 16. A Hero of the Poor |
274 |
| 17. A Father's Prayer. |
276 |
| 18. The Godly General |
278 |
| 19. Anne Boleyn |
280 |
| 20. A Heart Strangely Warmed |
282 |
| 21. The Ninety and Nine. |
284 |
| 22. The Beginnings of an Evangelist |
286 |
| 23. The Miracle of Johane |
288 |
| 24. Pentecost. |
290 |
| 25. Honor Your Mother. |
292 |
| 26. The Role of Emotion. |
294 |
| 27. Fair Sunshine |
296 |
| 28. Rumor Control |
298 |
| 29. The Star of Bethlehem |
300 |
| 30. Jerome of Prague. |
302 |
| 31. "Expect Great Things". |
304 |
| June |
|
| 1. A Man of Principle |
306 |
| 2. From Persecutor to Persecuted |
308 |
| 3. The Pharisees versus the Sadducees. |
310 |
| 4. Rescued in the Nick of Time |
312 |
| 5. Brought Together by a Snake. |
314 |
| 6. The Patient Laborer. |
316 |
| 7. Fulfillment of Prophecy?. |
318 |
| 8. A Man Named Mohammed |
320 |
| 9. Undeserved Honor |
322 |
| 10. How Great Was Alexander?. |
324 |
| 11. From Killers to Converts. |
326 |
| 12. A City upon a Hill. |
328 |
| 13. Two Messengers, Two Results. |
330 |
| 14. Things Aren't Always What They Seem |
332 |
| 15. One Thing Leads to Another. |
334 |
| 16. "Don't Fire until You See the Whites of Their Eyes" |
336 |
| 17. An Unexpected Arrival |
338 |
| 18. The Fugitive Translator. |
340 |
| 19. An Inquiring Mind |
342 |
| 20. The First War in North America |
344 |
| 21. Does the Sun Circle the Earth? |
346 |
| 22. The Good Teacher. |
348 |
| 23. Train Up a Child. |
350 |
| 24. The Prayer for Jabez |
352 |
| 25. The Cost of Incomplete Obedience. |
354 |
| 26. A Letter from Prison |
356 |
| 27. A Deceitful Emperor. |
358 |
| 28. A King Who Threw His Weight Around |
360 |
| 29. Under a Haystack |
362 |
| 30. A Wife's Faithful Prayers. |
364 |
| July |
|
| 1. When God Went to Hawaii. |
366 |
| 2. Civil War |
368 |
| 3. One Man's Odyssey. |
370 |
| 4. God Gave the Increase. |
372 |
| 5. Fruitful Ministry |
374 |
| 6. The Boy King |
376 |
| 7. The Founder of American Democracy |
378 |
| 8. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God |
380 |
| 9. Undemonstrative Love |
382 |
| 10. A Life of Sacrifice |
384 |
| 11. The Flying Scotsman. |
386 |
| 12. What Should I Be?. |
388 |
| 13. Persistence Pays. |
390 |
| 14. The Man from Plains. |
392 |
| 15. An About-Face |
394 |
| 16. The Outcastes Were Not Cast Out. |
396 |
| 17. The Story of a Seaman. |
398 |
| 18. The Last King |
400 |
| 19. The Antidote to Disunity. |
402 |
| 20. Planting Gospel Seed. |
404 |
| 21. The Monkey Trial |
406 |
| 22. The Defender of the Covenant |
408 |
| 23. A Love Story Cut Short. |
410 |
| 24. Water Dog. |
412 |
| 25. Freed to Preach. |
414 |
| 26. Dedication to a Cause |
416 |
| 27. Covenanter Prophet |
418 |
| 28. Why, God?. |
420 |
| 29. A Power Struggle or a Holy War? |
422 |
| 30. Miss Happiness. |
424 |
| 31. The Making of a Prophet. |
426 |
| August |
|
| 1. The Star-Spangled Banner. |
428 |
| 2. The Other Departure of 1492 |
430 |
| 3. The Boxers |
432 |
| 4. God's Hand Was on Him |
434 |
| 5. Sixty Hours. |
436 |
| 6. The Cane Ridge Revival. |
438 |
| 7. The Methodist Parson |
440 |
| 8. A Watchman for Israel |
442 |
| 9. A Personal Covenant. |
444 |
| 10. He Lived to Translate |
446 |
| 11. Rock of Ages. |
448 |
| 12. The President's Hatchet Man. |
450 |
| 13. More Love to Thee |
452 |
| 14. A Future Wilderness Judgment. |
454 |
| 15. From Religion to Salvation |
456 |
| 16. The Precocious Young Pastor |
458 |
| 17. The Sioux Uprising. |
460 |
| 18. China's Greatest Evangelist |
462 |
| 19. Hope-The Anchor for the Soul |
464 |
| 20. Tortured for His Faith. |
466 |
| 21. Revival in the Army. |
468 |
| 22. A New Testament for the Tzeltals |
470 |
| 23. The Rescue of Praise and Prayer |
472 |
| 24. St. Bartholomew's Day. |
474 |
| 25. A Startling Interruption. |
476 |
| 26. An Ape of a Cold God.. |
478 |
| 27. America's First College President. |
480 |
| 28. Fulfilling the Vision. |
482 |
| 29. A Mother's Dream. |
484 |
| 30. The Shame of Shansi |
486 |
| 31. Martyred for His Marriage. |
488 |
| September |
|
| 1. The Agony and the Ecstasy |
490 |
| 2. Not One Stone upon Another |
492 |
| 3. A Famous Mother. |
494 |
| 4. A Spiritual Secret. |
496 |
| 5. Winning over Paganism |
498 |
| 6. The High Cost of Taking a Stand. |
500 |
| 7. Injustice from Within. |
502 |
| 8. The Necessity of Personal Faith. 18. The Extinguishing of Protestantism |
504 |
| 9. The Power of Prayer |
506 |
| 10. An Unrecognized Fulfillment. |
508 |
| 11. Setting Dates for the Rapture Can Backfire |
510 |
| 12. A Case Study in Changing a Nation's Culture. |
512 |
| 13. Wife Number Nineteen. |
514 |
| 14. Handel's Messiah. |
516 |
| 15. Our Negatives Are Sometimes God's Positives |
518 |
| 16. Torture in the Name of Christ. |
520 |
| 17. Our God Is a Jealous God. |
522 |
| 18. Exiled to Patmos. |
524 |
| 19. Triumph in the Face of Trial. |
526 |
| 20. Sorrow Is Part of Life. |
528 |
| 21. A Pep Talk and a Promise |
530 |
| 22. The Shame of Salem |
532 |
| 23. The Fulton Street Prayer Meeting |
534 |
| 24. An Influential Life |
536 |
| 25. A True Nobleman |
538 |
| 26. From Conscientious Objector to War Hero |
540 |
| 27. From Death to Life |
542 |
| 28. A Peep-of-Day Meeting |
544 |
| 29. Faithful to the End |
546 |
| 30. The Results of a Decision Long Ago. |
548 |
| October |
|
| 1. The End of an Empire. |
550 |
| 2. An Amazing Accomplishment. |
552 |
| 3. With a Song in Her Heart |
554 |
| 4. A Match Made in Heaven |
556 |
| 5. A Mother's Legacy. |
558 |
| 6. Baptism of Fire |
560 |
| 7. He Went Forth |
562 |
| 8. A Turning Point for Israel |
564 |
| 9. The First Group Bible Study |
566 |
| 10. An Attorney Who Switched Clients. |
568 |
| 11. The Voyage of the "Christ Bearer" |
570 |
| 12. Misguided Nonchalance |
572 |
| 13. A Mother's Agony |
574 |
| 14. The Perils of Persecutiom |
576 |
| 15. An Incredible Journey from Housemaid to Heroine |
578 |
| 16. The Surprise Ending |
580 |
| 17. Seeing the Big Picture |
582 |
| 18. The Extinguishing of Protestantism in France. |
584 |
| 19. "Vengeance Is Mine," Saith the Lord. |
586 |
| 20. A Close Call |
588 |
| 21. Paying the Ultimate Price |
590 |
| 22. A Small Beginning. |
592 |
| 23. An Eyewitness Account. |
594 |
| 24. Life out of Death |
596 |
| 25. Words of Life |
598 |
| 26. The Ambiguous Emperor |
600 |
| 27. Play Ball!. |
602 |
| 28. Death by Velvet. |
604 |
| 29. A Theologian Becomes Prime Minister. |
606 |
| 30. The Church Divides |
608 |
| 31. Security Takes More Than Walls |
610 |
| November |
|
| 1. A Man of Extremes |
612 |
| 2. An Unlikely Threesome. |
614 |
| 3. The Times and Seasons Are God's |
616 |
| 4. One Man's Spiritual Journey. |
618 |
| 5. Even the Wind and Waves Obey Him. |
620 |
| 6. Facing a Hostile Audience. |
622 |
| 7. The Promise Is to You and Your Children. |
624 |
| 8. One Man's Dilemma |
626 |
| 9. A Day in the Life of George Whitefield. |
628 |
| 10. A Man of Influence |
630 |
| 11. A Momentous Document |
632 |
| 12. The Divine Prayer Assignment. |
624 |
| 13. A Life Transformed. |
636 |
| 14. Starvation at Sea |
638 |
| 15. My Utmost for His Highest |
640 |
| 16. The Power of Hymns. |
642 |
| 17. The Gypsy Evangelist |
644 |
| 18. A Test of Vows |
646 |
| 19. "A Dear and Merciful Savior". |
648 |
| 20. Blind but Not Handicapped |
650 |
| 21. Living by Faith |
652 |
| 22. A Date We Remember. |
654 |
| 23. A Life Spent in Battle. |
656 |
| 24. Content to Be Second |
658 |
| 25. The Ugly Poet. |
660 |
| 26. A Journey from Depression to Faith |
662 |
| 27. The Best Sermon Ever? |
664 |
| 28. A Tale of Misplaced Trust. |
666 |
| 29. Scrolls for Sale. |
668 |
| 30. A Grandfather's Love. |
670 |
| December |
|
| 1. Peace like a River. |
672 |
| 2. Go for Me to China... |
674 |
| 3. "From Pearl Harbor |
676 |
| 4. O for Friday!. |
678 |
| 5. The Land of the Fire |
680 |
| 6. Going to Heaven. |
682 |
| 7. The Future of Jerusalem |
684 |
| 8. A Pen in the Hand of God. |
686 |
| 9. The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword. |
688 |
| 10. Ghostwriter? |
690 |
| 11. In the Darkest Hour |
692 |
| 12. Little Woman, Long Shadow. |
694 |
| 13. The Reluctant Pope. |
696 |
| 14. "I Know Not the Hour" |
698 |
| 15. Change My Sighs to Praise |
700 |
| 16. The Manifestation of Zeus. |
702 |
| 17. A Knife and a Bladder of Ink. |
704 |
| 18. The Good Shepherd |
706 |
| 19. They Went without God |
708 |
| 20. The Blind Evangelist. |
710 |
| 21. A Sinner Saved by Grace |
712 |
| 22. The Spirit and the Bride Say, "Come" |
714 |
| 23. A Contemplative Christmas. |
716 |
| 24. "Grant Us Fair Weather" |
718 |
| 25. The Bells of Christmas |
720 |
| 26. Immanuel's Land. |
722 |
| 27. From Head to Heart |
724 |
| 28. No Mere Man Is the Christ I Know |
726 |
| 29. One More Night |
728 |
| 30. The End of the Temple |
730 |
| 31. Of God and the Elements |
732 |
| Chronological Order of Events in This Book. |
735 |
| Key to Source Abbreviations. |
757 |
| Sources. |
759 |
| Notes |
787 |
| Index |
795 |
| About the Authors. |
803 |