Acts 7:54-60 is one of the most powerful and chilling passages in the book of Acts. It describes the stoning of Stephen, and is the story of one of the first Christians to be martyred. Throughout history, the church has undergone countless instances of violence and persecution. This should not come as...

When asked about the most persecuted cultural minorities in the world today, not many people would name the Kurds. The plight of this people group, the fourth largest in the Middle East, is not often spoken of by mainstream media in the West, probably because there are very few Kurds living in the United...

On the morning of April 4, 1945, the United States 4th Armored Division and the 89th Infantry division arrived at the small German town of Ohrdruf. What they found, to quote General Dwight Eisenhower, were atrocities “beyond the American mind to comprehend.” In a small encampment outside the town,...

Thanksgiving looks like happy turkeys and smiling pilgrims and shirtless “Indians” with headdresses of gold, red and orange. It connotes happy hand turkeys and stretchy pants and your mom’s cheesy flip-a-grams of you and your siblings throughout the years. We reflect on our blessings, take second...