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365 Christian Men
365 Christian Men are inspirational stories of real men. These are both historic and modern day stories. These stories span more than 2000 years. From the abolitionist, to the actor, and the addict. From the baker to the barber. From the educator to the evangelist and the executive. From the pastor to the pill pushers, even presidents. From the tank operator to the truck driver. These stories as well as the hundreds of others will hit home, they will challenge, they will resonate, they will…
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365 Christian MenCarl Smythe, US, Skilled Worker
October 2. Carl Smythe. Carl is not his real name, but Carl is a real man who had to deal with real sin. There was nothing easy about it. Today's story is a…
365 Christian MenMichael J. Lindell, US, Inventor
October 1. Michael Lindell. Mike made one infomercial and grew his company from 5 employees to 500 in a span of 40 days. By 2020, he had 1500 employees and has…
365 Christian MenLewis Hayden, US, Businessman
September 30. Lewis Hayden. Lewis was born a slave, but no mistreatment or ugly label could hold him back. When he finally escaped slavery, he dedicated his…
365 Christian MenJohn Woolman, US, Quaker Abolitionist
September 29. John Woolman. As a young man in newborn America, John was a Christian, and he worked as a scribe—an employee who copied documents by hand. When…
365 Christian MenCharles Hodge, US, Theologian
September 28. Charles Hodge. As a boy, Charles dutifully memorized Scripture and the Westminster Catechism. Then the revival of 1815 "led Charles into an…
365 Christian MenKaboo, Liberia, Missionary to the US
September 27. Prince Kaboo. In the jungles of Liberia, nearing the end of the nineteenth century, people were always preparing for tribal warfare. Or they were…
365 Christian MenJohn Stott, England, Anglican Priest
September 26. John Stott. Stott was an Anglican priest and theologian. On this day in 1950, he was inducted as rector of All Souls Church. But he lived in a…
365 Christian MenCS Lewis, Ireland, Scholar & Author
September 25. CS Lewis. Lewis wrote more than thirty books, which have sold millions of copies. They run the literary gamut: fantasy, sci-fi, speculative…
365 Christian MenKirk Cameron, US, Actor
September 24. Kirk Cameron. Cameron started acting as a child and is well-remembered for his role Mike Seavers in TV's Growing Pains. Later, he starred in the…
365 Christian MenSam Childers, US, Missionary
September 23. Sam Childers. There was a time when Sam rode a sizable American-made motorcycle as a drug-addicted member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Their…
365 Christian MenAbraham Lincoln, US, President
September 22. Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was not only a statesman, a lawyer, and the 16th President of the United States. As a young man, he was also a star…
365 Christian MenDonald Cargill, Scottish Preacher
September 21. Donald Cargill. About seven years after he started preaching, Cargill joined the Covenanters—a group of Bible believers who refused to swear that…
365 Christian Men1263 Josiah Henson, Canada, Minister
September 20. Josiah Henson. Born into slavery, Josiah refused to remain enslaved. When he was 18, he became a Christian and soon began to preach after slaving…
365 Christian MenCharles Spurgeon, England, Minister
September 19. Charles Spurgeon. When Charles was 19, a church asked him to come for a 6-month try-out as pastor. Charles agreed to a 3-month trial and said…
365 Christian MenGK Chesterton, England, Author
September 18. GK Chesterton. Chesterton was an exuberant man, a keen debater, and a prolific writer—ninety books, ten novels, and many articles. Best known for…
365 Christian MenTD Jakes, US, Pastor
September 17. TD Jakes. When TD was a boy, the neighborhood kids called him "Bible Boy," but because he had a speech impediment, grownups said he would never…
365 Christian MenMatt Krueger, US, Accountant
September 16. Matt Krueger. Matt was a hard-driving accountant. He was still a very young man when he had a close encounter of the God kind, and it changed his…
365 Christian MenDerwin Gray, US, NFL Player
September 15. Derwin Gray. Gray played in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 1993 after practice, Gray noticed a linebacker who showered, wrapped a towel…
365 Christian MenApp Promo
365 Christian Men is a project built on some basic truths about God and His character. God cares deeply about each man, and He has a specific purpose for every…
365 Christian MenWilliam McKinley, US President
September 14. William McKinley. In 1861, McKinley was a 17-year-old teacher in a country school when the Civil War broke out, and he enlisted. By the end of…
365 Christian MenA Stubborn Teenager, US, High School Student
September 13. Stubborn Teenager. Today our story is about a man much like you and me. When he was a child, his parents took him to church, but when he became a…
365 Christian MenMajed El Shafie, Canada, Human Rights Activist
September 12. Majed El Shafie. Majed founded One Free World International, an organization devoted to supporting and speaking for persecuted people around the…
365 Christian MenTodd Beamer, US, A 9/11 Hero
September 11. Todd Beamer. Todd was an account manager with Oracle Corporation and sold systems applications. He also taught Sunday school, worked in youth…
365 Christian MenThomas Cranmer, England, Minister
September 10. Thomas Cranmer. Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation, and he was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of two kings and a…
365 Christian MenOswald J Smith, Canada, Evangelist
September 9. Oswald Jeffrey Smith. At an RA Torrey conference Oswald became a Christian at age 16. About 14 years later, he founded The Peoples Church in…
365 Christian MenWilliam Townsend, US, Farmer
September 8. William Townsend. William was a hard-working farmer, a family man, and a man of his word. His whole life is a demonstration of the marvelous…
365 Christian MenRandy Moore, US, TV News Anchorman
September 7. Randy Moore. For more than 30 years, Randy has been a leading news anchorman in the Indiana-Kentucky-Illinois area. People say, "He's … a…
365 Christian MenLeo Tolstoy, Russia, Writer
September 6. Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy was a Russian writer—one of the greatest authors of all time. He wrote two of the world's most acclaimed works of fiction…
365 Christian MenRuss Frase, Jr., US, Pastor
September 5. Russ Frase. Russ has pastored several churches from Texas to Colorado. He's been in ministry more than fifty years. He's been married more than…
365 Christian MenVince Bousselaire, US, Pastor
September 4. Vince Bousselaire. For twenty-one years, Vince was a meat cutter for King Soopers. When he was 39, he became a pastor, and about three years…
365 Christian MenSádhu Sundar Singh, India, Missionary
September 3. Sádhu Sundar Singh. Sundar was desperate to know the truth about life. He knew it must mean something. In his extremity, he cried out for the…
365 Christian MenDeano Sargent, US, Farmer
September 2. Deano Sargent. Deano was a man who loved God, loved his neighbor, and loved to farm. He was a faithful man. A faithful man who did the job at…
365 Christian MenAlok, India, Evangelist
September 1. Alok. Alok was a young man in India—a young man who faced addiction and deception and thought running away was his only choice. But one day…
365 Christian MenAndy Kellywood, US, Maintenance Man
August 31. Andy Kellywood. Andy was the maintenance man for Navajo Ministries. And he was eager to help boys who needed help. The director had his hands full…
365 Christian MenChristopher Todd, US, Shuttle Driver
August 30. Christopher Todd. On this date in 1995, Christopher began a spiritual-healing program, a long struggle from darkness to light. The place beyond…
365 Christian MenFred Luter Jr, US, Minister
August 29. Fred Luter Jr. Luter was a young man when he crashed his motorcycle and met the Lord Jesus. He called the crash his "Road to Damascus moment." He…
365 Christian MenMartin Luther King Jr, US, Civil Rights Activist
August 28. Martin Luther King Jr. King started college when he was 15, and he questioned religion in general. But by the time he became a senior, he had met…
365 Christian MenHenry Dunster, US, College President
August 27. Henry Dunster. Dunster was an English Puritan and a preacher who looked for religious freedom in the New World. Three weeks after he arrived in…
365 Christian MenJohn Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts
August 26. John Winthrop. Winthrop was elected governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, which Winthrop called,"a city upon a hill, before the Puritans ever left…
365 Christian MenLee Strobel, US, Investigative Journalist
August 25. Lee Strobel. Lee has won multiple awards as the legal editor of The Chicago Tribune and is a New York Times best-selling author of more than forty…
365 Christian MenMike Lynch, US, Army MP
August 24. Mike Lynch. Mike was a US Army gunner who got knocked for a horrific loop. Today's story shows how Mike handled it. On this date in 2018, Mike…
365 Christian MenRodney Williams, US, Pastor
August 23. Rodney Williams. Rodney's life was already in a downward swirl when a meth lab blew up in his face. And God met Rodney there in his pain. On this…
365 Christian MenTamrat Layne, Ethiopia, Prime Minister
August 22. Tamrat Layne. Layne was a guerrilla fighter, and as part of a junta, he became Ethiopia's Prime Minister from 1991 to 1995. Ethiopia's Supreme Court…
365 Christian MenJeff Voth, US, Caveman
August 21. Jeff Voth. Jeff grew up primarily in Colorado but now lives in Oklahoma. He has written three books that evolved out of his personal walk with…
365 Christian MenNick Vujicic, US, Evangelist
August 20. Nick Vujicic. Though Nick was born without arms or legs, in 2005—when he was only 17—Nick founded Life Without Limbs, an international non-profit…
365 Christian MenLi De Xian, China, Pastor
August 19. Li De Xian. Pastor Li has been arrested so many times he's lost count. Arrested and treated brutally for illegal preaching. He keeps a go-bag ready…
365 Christian MenDenzel Washington, US, Actor
August 18. Denzel Washington. Denzel was the son of a preacher and a hairstylist. Denzel says, "I was what they call 'throwing rocks at the penitentiary,' but…
365 Christian MenJohn R. Mott, US, Missionary
August 17. John Mott. John came to faith in Christ when he was an undergrad at Cornell. He was among the first hundred students to sign up in Dwight Moody's…
365 Christian MenMichael Lyles, US, Psychiatrist
August 16. Michael Lyles. Michael is a psychiatrist in Georgia who loves God and demonstrates it by loving the people God has created. Today's story takes…
365 Christian MenWilliam E Gladstone, England, Prime Minister
August 15. William Gladstone. Gladstone worked for equal opportunity for people, including self-rule in Ireland. He strove toward those goals for the four…
365 Christian MenMaximillian Kolbe, Poland, Auschwitz Prisoner #16670
August 14. Maximillian Kolbe. Kolbe was born in the part of Poland that belonged to the Russian Empire. When he was 16, he and his brother stowed away in a hay…
365 Christian MenWilliam Melone, US, High School Teacher
August 13. William "Bill" Melone. Bill was a high-school teacher in a tough neighborhood in Philadelphia. He is now Pastor for Mercy and Outreach at a church…
365 Christian MenDoug Smail, Canada, Former NHL player
August 12. Doug Smail. Doug—a left winger—played in the National Hockey League for 13 seasons from 1980 through 1993. Doug is a man who loves God. He also…
365 Christian MenBrian Head Welch, US, Guitarist
August 11. Brian Welch. Brian—also known by his stage name Head—was a guitarist and a founding member of the nu metal band Korn, who pioneered nu metal music…
365 Christian MenLawrence of Rome, Archdeacon
August 10. Lawrence of Rome. In Rome, during the first half of the third century, the government was sold out to Roman so-called deities, and Christians were…
365 Christian MenFranz Jagerstatter, Austria, Farmer
August 9. Franz Jagerstatter. Jagerstatter started out like your average wild kid. As a teenager, he fathered a child out of wedlock, led a motorcycle gang…
365 Christian MenJohn Scudder, US, Physician
August 8. John Scudder. Scudder was the first American medical missionary in India. He was the first Scudder missionary in India, which went on for 1,100…
365 Christian MenRoy Edward Lucas Jr, US, College Professor
August 7. Roy Edward Lucas, Jr. Roy was a man who loved God and wanted to be useful. He made himself available to help wherever God put him. On this date in…
365 Christian MenBrennan Manning, US, Author
August 6. Brennan Manning. Brennan was a Marine in the Korean War, studied journalism at the University of Missouri, and later, philosophy and Latin at Saint…
365 Christian MenKurt Warner, US, Football Player
August 5. Kurt Warner. Kurt was an American football quarterback. He played for three National Football League teams: the St. Louis Rams, the New York Giants…