History & Biography
Here are books on significant events and revivals in the history of the Church as well as Christian biographies (pastoral, missionary, puritan and reformer biographies). These books are warm theological reflections on historical events and people which challenge readers to learn from what God has accomplished through His Church in the past. Noteworthy books include The Agency that Transformed a Nation by J.C. Ryle, Amy Carmichael by Iain H. Murray, and The Life of John Calvin by W.J. Grier.
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Andrew Bonar
Diary & Life
Description
The Diary and Life of Andrew Bonar (1810-92) gives a panoramic view of one of the most fascinating periods of Scotland’s church history.
Archibald G. Brown
Spurgeon's Successor
Description
A biography of Archibald G. Brown (1844-1922), who built a church to seat 3000 in the East End of London while still in his twenties, led mission work among the poor, and was Co-pastor and then Pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, 1907-10. 432pp. Illustrated.
The Atonement Controversy
In Welsh Theological Literature and Debate, 1707 - 1841
Description
Details the discussion in Welsh theological literature and debate (1707–1841), seeking to understand the nature and extent of the atonement. Translated by John Aaron. 432pp.
Description
Challenges the thesis that later Calvinism departed from the doctrines of John Calvin himself. 92pp.
A Day’s March Nearer Home
Autobiography of J. Graham Miller
Description
The autobiography of a lawyer, missionary, preacher, author and intercessor, whose great aim was to point others to Jesus Christ. A day of national mourning was appointed in Vanuatu on his death in 2008. 352pp.
Elizabeth Prentiss
More Love to Thee
Description
The moving story of a fascinating, gifted and godly woman, author of the popular novel Stepping Heavenward. 264pp.
Ernest Reisinger
A Biography
Description
The absorbing story of a man greatly used of God in the renaissance of the Reformed faith in the 20th century. 272pp.
Evangelicalism Divided
A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950 to 2000
Description
A penetrating review of 50 years of crucial change in evangelical attitudes and alignments, 1950–2000. 352pp.
Description
Iain Murray writes on specific aspects of some of the Christians he particularly admires from past years. Most space is given to little-known figures, such as Robert Kalley and William Hewitson, missionaries to Madeira, and Charles and Mary Colcock Jones of Georgia. 320pp.
Description
Traces the great movements of thought within the church from the apostolic fathers to the last century. 288pp.
History of the English Calvinistic Baptists 1791-1892
From John Gill to C.H. Spurgeon
Description
Covering the period 1771–1892, from the death of John Gill to that of C. H. Spurgeon, gives a fascinating look at the lives and perspectives of both theological giants and lesser-known lights among the Baptists. 432pp.
John E. Marshall
Life and Writings
Description
A short biography and selected writings of a much-loved pastor. 320pp.
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