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.

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…

1 week 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…

2 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…

1 year 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…

2 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…

3 years ago

James Stewart, Earl of Moray: The Good Regent

Editor’s Note: This post on Tales of Mighty Men comes to us from Stephen Huffman The young queen gazed out between the…

3 years ago

John Pelham: I Can Hold My Ground

The sun dawned slowly upon a grim scene.  It was December 13, 1862.  The rising sun painted the fog of…

4 years ago

Captain Allen Gardiner: Hope Deferred, Not Lost

A rescue ship drifted slowly toward a rocky coastline at “the end of the earth.”  Long feared by sailors for…

4 years ago