Middle Eastern refugee prayed to unknown God to calm stormy sea, was shocked...
By Mark Ellis Refugees crossing Aegean Sea The chilly waters of the Aegean Sea reached the chest of Eshan* as he and a few other men attempted to launch an inflatable boat off the shores of western...
View ArticleIn North Carolina revival, God saturated one town with his presence
By Mark Ellis Revival in Burlington Pastor Randy Hobbs has been pastoring New Hope Baptist Church in Burlington for 37 years, but he’s never seen anything like the revival that began on Mother’s Day of...
View ArticleChristian teen swam to save refugees in Aegean Sea, became Olympic swimmer
By Mark Ellis Yusra Madrini When her overloaded refugee boat broke down between Turkey and Greece last year, a Syrian teen and her sister jumped into frigid Aegean waters and used ropes to tow the boat...
View ArticleTaxi driver beat his wife, then discovered it is better to enter heaven with...
By Mark Ellis Sapru, missing his left eye Sapru, 48, was brought up in South Asia and became an atheist and ardent communist. “I never believed in Jesus Christ or the Christian religion,” he says. He...
View Article9/11 Remembrance: only known survivor from impact zone credits God
By Mark Ellis Stanley Praimnath The 9/11 Commission credits Stanley Praimnath as the only known survivor from the impact zone at the World Trade Center towers on September 11. “The Lord saw fit for me...
View ArticleTransgender surgery left him confused and suicidal, until a powerful vision...
By Mark Ellis Walter Heyer as a boy At a young age, he suffered abuse at the hands of several family members, which left him psychologically scarred. Many years later, after gender reassignment surgery...
View ArticleMatchmaking God brought true love after prophetic dreams
By Mark Ellis Elizabeth Coll A hideous violation by her second husband left her wondering if she could every trust a man again. Then her best friend died from cancer, and a series of prophetic words...
View ArticleDavid Platt recounts story of man raised from dead in Southeast Asia
By Mark Ellis In a remote Southeast Asian village, a leader’s death and apparent resurrection from the dead fueled revival among a previously unreached group. Pastor David Platt shared the story with...
View ArticleGod brought dust storm to protect new believers from terrorist attack
By Mark Ellis dust storm in Middle East At least 50 Christians in the Middle East directly experienced God’s mighty hand of protection from Islamist militants when He caused a giant dust storm to hide...
View ArticleChurch leader operating in Middle East receives death threats, asks for prayer
By Mark Ellis Baptism conducted recently by Pastor Paul and Bibles4Mideast Pastor Paul and his team are courageously spreading the Gospel in restricted countries in South Asia and the Middle East. A...
View ArticleFreed Nigerian schoolgirls praise God; 83 more may be released soon
By Mark Ellis Parents overcome with emotion at release of their daughter from captivity The sweet joy of freedom’s air filled 21 Chibok schoolgirls released from captivity in Nigeria. Now delicate...
View ArticleAfter gang attack, Gospel singer died for 30 minutes, saw heavenly city
By Mark Ellis Tony Davis He gave up his first love — singing R & B — when he rededicated his life to Christ. But after he devoted his music to God he became the random victim of a gang initiation...
View ArticleHow God answered Francis Chan’s ‘ridiculous’ prayer for a son-in-law
By Mark Ellis Francis Chan Many Christian parents have prayed for their children to meet and marry another Christian – preferably a faith-filled, sold-out follower of Jesus. But when noted author and...
View ArticleMuslim woman bitten by deadly snake, but Jesus brought healing after a...
By Mark Ellis Hajira* was raised in a prominent, loving, Muslim family in the Middle East. Her father is one of the top religious authorities of the state, an enforcer of Sharia law. “We all were...
View ArticleFrancis Chan: Don’t waste your life; help complete the Great Commission
By Mark Ellis Francis Chan Noted author and preacher Francis Chan urged believers not to waste their lives on fruitless pursuits, but to join with him and others focused on planting churches among the...
View ArticleAll-American kid from Christian home became an addict, lived on a couch, then...
By Mark Ellis Billy Miller He grew up in a Christian home with loving parents, but something went terribly wrong in his teen years that caused a slow but steady descent into addiction. Then God sent a...
View ArticleGod gave holocaust survivor the will to live
By Mark Ellis Magda Herzberger In the closing days of WWII, a British soldier found her almost lifeless body collapsed amid a pile of corpses at Bergen-Belsen. Thousands died from forced starvation and...
View ArticleThe Japanese and American airmen who chose to forgive after WWII
Two opposing warriors transformed: Mitsuo Fuchida and Jake DeShazer By Jack Voelkel Mitsuo Fuchida and Jacob DeShazer On December 7, 1941, 360 Japanese planes were launched from aircraft carriers in...
View ArticleMuslim woman bedridden for a year, healed by prayer in Jesus name
By Mark Ellis refugee baptized in Germany An American missionary couple working with Ekballo Project answered God’s call to Berlin, Germany, and have been ministering to refugees from the Middle East....
View ArticleMuslim hit man killed without conscience, but God got his attention when his...
By Peter Hone Noor Allem The very first time Noor Allem killed a man, he could not believe how it made him feel. The man he killed, a businessman, owed money to a gangster in the city, and he had...
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