One Who Beileved True Stories of Faith Author:Robert B. Pamplin *One Who Believed* contains biographies of men and women whose accomplishments have brought them to the atention of others. Many are famous personalities, while others are persons not well-known to the general populace. Some of those profiled here are living, others are deceased. But, the common denominator in the lives of those selected is the ... more »faith that has dominated their existence. Often, as you will read, faith was the catalyst that changed a life or otherwise supported these individuals in a manner that became the cause for their achievement. Without such faith Jeremiah Denton might have perished in the prison camps of Vietnam. It was the principle that guided the day-to-day working relationships of J.C. Penny and Alfred G. Fuller, both of whom founded business empires that bear their names. Many athletes credit their faith with providing a force that somehow gives them a physical edge in their competition, and which also lets them serve as fine role models. It is the same faith that has guided the lives of presidents and common folks, champions and participants, famous and not-so-famous. Through these pages, then, the reader is invited to share this faith, though it has nothing to do with the Jesus who loved his enemies, was poor, and invited us to carry a cross as his followers.« less