You wouldn’t believe it, but . . . James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, grew up mute. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Albert Einstein was bullied mercilessly in school. Beethoven’s mom almost aborted him. Life takes the strangest sharp turns—and sometimes, U-turns. Robert Petterson—popular speaker, storyteller, and author—has been a student for his entire life of what God is teaching us through those real-life U-turns. In this short book, he compiles amazing stories that teach lessons you won’t easily forget. Each entry is written in the rest-of-the-story style popularized by Paul Harvey. Marvel at how God has used the lives of these ordinary people to change the course of human history. (Adapted from The One Year Book of Amazing Stories)
This book will help you celebrate your faith like no other book you have ever read. It will take your heart and soul on a joyous spiritual retreat from the challenges and struggles of everyday life.
Andy Griffith and Ron Howard had knocked on her front door three years earlier, but she told them to go away. Today, you can find her tombstone etched with the name of her beloved television character, Aunt Bee.
“Oh, go ahead, you'll be fine,” he assured me. “There aren't any bobcats around here.” But immediately a terrifying bobcat lunged out of the woods and began furiously circling around me. I opened the door to the cabin and let him in, ...
He spent much of the next two years in and out of hospitals and foster care. The diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome presented in a myriad of ways, from the loss of his leg to a hole in his heart. Many people would have easily written ...
In this book, he compiles 90 amazing stories that teach lessons you won’t easily forget. Each devotional ends with a compelling thought about life and God. Be amazed. Be encouraged.
These stories are the testimonies of 52 Hope Writers and Hope Artists, shared through their devotionals, poetry, and artwork, assisted by Hope Translators, who also contributed Bible verses in 14 languages.
Everyone loves a good miracle story and these 101 true stories of healing, divine intervention, and answered prayers will inspire Christians and renew their faith.
These stories of 101 miracles will deepen your faith, give you hope, and brighten your day! These 101 amazing stories prove that God is actively involved in our daily lives, working miracles on our behalf.
Readers will be inspired, amazed, and amused by these stories of faith — the 101 best stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library on faith, hope, miracles, and devotion.
I called after him as I ran blindly through the woods, following the loud bawl of theold hound. I was up and over a small hill,into the next ravine.Bandit was getting fartherand farther away but Ikept onrunning, tryingto keep up.