Tales of Mighty Men

This series recounts the stories of mighty men from the past – from the earliest days of the Roman persecutions all the way up to our modern era.

Captain Sam Chapman: Mosby’s Fighting Parson

Along the banks of the Shenandoah River, in the beautiful Page Valley near Luray, Virginia, a baby boy was born…

2 months ago

General Andrew Pickens: Ring Fight!

A tall and bronzed militia captain named Andrew Pickens led his scouts steadily forward to the unseen enemy. The captain…

2 months ago

Colonel James Gardiner: I Fear Sinning, but I do not Fear Fighting

Since the days of Joshua, Gideon, and David, the pages of history have been adorned with accounts of brave and…

6 months ago

Robert Jermaine Thomas: Korea is Opened to the Gospel

Thomas Robert Jermaine Thomas leaned on the rail of the ship to catch a glimpse of the land for which…

8 months ago

Myles Coverdale: Take These Words Into Thy Heart

Coverdale As William Tyndale, the courageous translator of the English Bible, was being bound to the stake on the morning…

9 months ago

William Poague: A Storm of Grapeshot in the Wilderness

Pogue It was early dawn in the Wilderness. An eerie quiet pervaded the dim light of the morning. On the…

2 years ago

Paul Kruger – Never Give Up the Fight

A young Boer farmer named Paul Kruger took aim at a large rhinoceros.  Already, at the age of 20, Paul…

2 years ago

Gustavus Adolphus: The Lion of the North

  Early in the morning of November 6, 1632, a heavy morning mist hung over the fields around Lützen.  In…

3 years ago

Samuel Davies: Apostle to Virginia

A farmer and his young wife bowed low over the grave of their infant daughter.  Their tears fell softly as…

3 years ago

William Brewster: Patriarch of the Pilgrims

In a quiet English village named Scrooby, a group of believers met to observe the Lord’s Day.  There were no…

3 years ago

Cyrus McCormick: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

A row of sweating men toiled in the hot sun, reaping their wheat. With one hand they grasped a handful…

3 years ago

Daniel Lindley: Making Every Sacrifice

On December 9, 1833, a young Presbyterian pastor named Daniel Lindley offered his services to the American Board of Foreign…

4 years ago