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Secret Believers
What Happens When Muslims Believe in Christ
by Brother Andrew, Al Janssen
In his most incredible and eye-opening book to date, Brother Andrew invites you to meet brave men and women you never knew existed. This is the riveting true story of the Church in Islamic countries struggling to come to grips with hostile governments, terrorist acts, and an influx of Muslims coming to Christ. The names and places have been changed to protect the real people in the real places. But the stories are... (more)
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Children of the Storm: The Autobiography of Natasha Vins
by Natasha Vins
Young, school-age Natasha receives pressure from her teachers to give her unquestioning allegiance to the Soviet State. Anti-Christian sentiment dogs her family's life as well. The Vins family faces imprisonment, humiliation, court trials, and loss of jobs as part of the persecution waged by their government. In her teen years, Natasha begins to see that doors close to those who remain faithful to Christ. Now... (more)
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God's Smuggler
by Brother Andrew
As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself undercover for God. Brother Andrew was his name and for decades his life story, recounted in God's Smuggler, has awed and inspired millions. The bestseller tells of the young Dutch factory worker's incredible efforts to transport Bibles across closed borders-and the miraculous ways in which God provided for him every step... (more)
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Yun
by Brother Yun
This is the dramatic true story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Helan Province in China and used him mightily to preach the gospel despite horrific opposition. Brother Yun is a house church Christian, a man who despite his relative youth has suffered prolonged torture and imprisonment for his faith. Instead of focusing on the many miracles or experiences of suffering, ... (more)
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The Apostle
A Life of Paul
by John Charles Pollock
The Acclaimed, Authentic Biography of the Early Church's Greatest Evangelist--the Apostle Paul. Master storyteller John Pollock makes Paul and his amazing story freshly alive, so that you can know the greatest apostle much as Luke and Timothy did as they traveled with him. As you turn the pages, you'll sense Paul's motives, his aims and priorities; what mattered to him; and what he was willing to die... (more)
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Light Force: A Stirring Account of the Church Caught in the Middle East Crossfire
by Brother Andrew, Al Janssen
For years, Christians have fled from the horrific conflict in the Middle East. Today, in the land where the church began, less than two percent of the people in Israel, West Bank and Gaza are Christians. Yet that remnant holds the hope for peace-if they can only persevere in faith and not be discouraged. Light Force is the remarkable story of Brother Andrew's mission to seek out the church in the Middle... (more)
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Through the Fire Without Burning
by Dumitru Duduman
Front cover has a sticker sign. Inside front cover page has writing, phone numbers, owner label and a pocket. Slight reader wear but in great condition and all pages intact, including pictures. Ships very quickly and packaged carefully!
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Vanya
by Myrna Grant, Norm Evans
This is a true story of Ivan (Vanya) Moiseyev, a soldier in the Soviet Red Army who was ruthlessly persecuted and incarcerated for his faith. He never denied his Savior, and he never hesitated to share the gospel with anyone who would listen.
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Siberian Miracle: Tales of Christian Courage in Chuguyevka
by Peter De Bruijne
Siberian Miracle traces the exciting true-life tales of individual Soviet citizens who were dared to put God before State.
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Ann of Ava
by Ethel Daniels Hubbard
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: of Samuel Newell and go with him across the great seas to a new home in the far East. She was a fragile flower of girlhood, apparently unfitted for storm and tempest; but those who looked into the depths of her sad, brown eyes read... (more)
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When Iron Gates Yield: The dauntless story of the British Missionary in Tibet, captive in Chinese Communist hands for three years
by Geoffrey T. BULL
A missionary serving in China when the Communists moved in. Trial and difficulty. God's provision and presence.
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Paul Schneider: Witness of Buchenwald
by Rudolf Wentorf
Paul Schneider (1897-1939) was a German Reformed pastor, father of six, and part of the Bekennende Kirche during World War II. Schneider's unequivocal opposition to the quickly ascending Nazi regime led to his imprisonment, torture and eventual execution at the hands of the Gestapo on July 18, 1939. Until now, Pastor Schneider's story has remained less accessible to English-speaking audiences. This... (more)
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He Gave Us A Valley
by Roseveare Dr. Helen
After twelve years of missionary work in the northeast province of what was the Belgian Congo, building up a simple medical service, civil war erupted with horrific effects. During the war Helen was brutally beaten and raped and left with no choice but to return to Britain (this story is told in Give me this Mountain). She quickly returned to the Congo in 1966 to assist in the rebuilding of the nation. She... (more)
In the Cauldron of RussiaIvan S. Prokhanoff
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In the Cauldron of Russia
by Ivan S. Prokhanoff
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Three generations of suffering
by G. P. Vins
Text: English, Russian (translation)
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C. T. Studd
by Norman P. Grubb
The definitive biography on the life of C.T. Studd, the founder of WEC International.
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Light Force
by Brother Andrew, Al Janssen
When the phenomenal success of God's Smuggler made it too dangerous for his contacts in the underground church, Brother Andrew decided he could not return to Eastern Europe. He quietly turned his attention the the Middle East, and for the last thirty-five years he has been serving the Christian Church there as well as witnessing to Jews and Muslims. His impassioned message is that there is a radical Christian... (more)
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The last Christian : the release of the Siberian Seven
by Timothy Chmykhalov
Known to the outside world as "the Siberian Seven," they are Russian Pentecostalists, revivalist worshipers who want to emigrate to the U.S. with the rest of their families. Thus far, the Soviet Union has blocked their efforts.
Guilty: Faith on TrialDon Stephens
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Guilty: Faith on Trial
by Don Stephens
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Martyr of the Catacombs
A Tale of Ancient Rome
by Anonymous Christian
The Martyr of the Catacombs was found on an abandoned American sailing ship in 1876. It is the story of a group of dedicated and courageous Christians living under Roman persecution just two hundred years after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.Join thirteen-year-old Pollio, his mother, and the other believers who gave up everything to follow their Saviour. Imagine what it would be like to... (more)