What were the social and geographical roots of the 16th-century French Reformation, that great work of Christ that freed some one-and-a-half million men and women from the shackles of medieval Catholicism? This is Marie Durand’s heritage, and her life and letters cannot be understood apart from it.

In 1730 French authorities arrested 19-year-old Marie Durand, shaved her head, and imprisoned her without trial for her Protestant faith in a medieval fortress. Many have held up Durand as an inspiring heroine for their own causes, but what did she truly stand for?

We all want to be healed yesterday from whatever physical or mental ailment or troubled relationship we are experiencing. Here are 8 good ways God may be using slow healing in your life.

At the Siege of Bastogne (1944), American troops were outnumbered and surrounded by German forces. The church today is also under siege and attack, and Satan calls the church to surrender. How should Christians respond?

Marie Durand’s 18th century church community cannot be understood apart from the Saint Bartholomew’s Massacre of 1572. What were the 16th century French Religious Wars and how did they affect the dreadful decisions Durand had to make?