365 Christian Men

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 hard one. In 1989, Carl was released from prison.  Do the hard work. God will do his part.  Carl stared at the barren cell. How […] The post Carl Smythe, US, Skilled Worker first appeared on 365 Christian Men.

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 sold 27 million pillows.  Mike looks terrific in an infomercial. But his life hasn’t been a smooth ride. Here’s his story.  Feed an addiction, and you will be tied to it. Call on the Lord, and be […] The post Michael J. Lindell, US, Inventor first appeared on 365 Christian Men.

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 life, his time, and his skill as a businessman to serve and support slaves and escaped slaves.  Lewis ran a clothing store, where he dressed runaway slaves—and he held meetings and campaigned against slavery. His home had a […] The post Lewis Hayden, US, Businessman first appeared on 365 Christian Men.

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 his boss told him to write out a bill of sale, of course, John did it.  But it was a bill of sale for a slave, a human being. In […] The post John Woolman, US, Quaker Abolitionist first appeared on 365 Christian Men.

September 28. Charles Hodge. As a boy, Charles dutifully memorized Scripture and the Westminster Catechism. Then the revival of 1815 “led Charles into an intense season of spiritual searching, and he found that God had made his boyhood beliefs both sincere and heartfelt.”  He entered Princeton Theological Seminary, where they required him to memorize the Catechism again—in Latin—and on this date in 1819, he graduated. Within […] The post Charles Hodge, US, Theologian first appeared on 365 Christian Men.

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 recovering from tribal warfare. Or they were in the middle of tribal warfare.  It was a hard way to live.  But fifteen-year-old Prince Kaboo—the son of a Kru tribal chieftain—bore more than his share of the tribal-warfare pain. Already he had […] The post Kaboo, Liberia, Missionary to the US first appeared on 365 Christian Men.

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 two-room flat above the garage behind the rectory. He had a bedroom, but it also served as a hallway and a study for his research assistant.    And Stott needed a research assistant; he wrote fifty books, which were translated into sixty-five languages. He also […] The post John Stott, England, Anglican Priest first appeared on 365 Christian Men.

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 fiction, apologetics, autobiography, and now-classic Christian non-fiction. The Chronicles of Narnia have also appeared on stage, TV, radio, and in films.  Lewis taught English at both Oxford and Cambridge, and during World War 2, he bolstered the courage of many young military […] The post CS Lewis, Ireland, Scholar & Author first appeared on 365 Christian Men.

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 Left Behind series, Monumental, and Fireproof, which became the number-one-grossing inspirational film of the year.  Cameron partners with Ray Comfort in an evangelical ministry, The Way of the Master, and speaks at thirty churches a year as part of the “Love Worth Fighting For” marriage conference. On this date in […] The post Kirk Cameron, US, Actor first appeared on 365 Christian Men.

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 nemesis club was Hell’s Angels, and Outlaws liked to say, “ADIOS,” which stood for: “Angels Die In Outlaw States.”  Later, after Sam became a Christian, he rode in a Land Cruiser, carried an AK-47, and fought to protect women and children in South Sudan. With his wife Lynn, Sam founded and […] The post Sam Childers, US, Missionary first appeared on 365 Christian Men.