Books on General Biography
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J. Gresham Machen
A biographical memoir
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Book Description John Gresham Machen (1881–1937) was one of the most significant figures in the evangelical church throughout the twentieth century. He is best known through his vision for a truly evangelical presbyterian church in the USA, and as the founder of Westminster Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania. Gifted with an incisive mind which was finely tuned […]
The Woman Who Helped A Reformer
Katharina Luther
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EndorsementsRead More ↓ ‘We are thankful for this series which introduces the littlest kids to some of the biggest names in church history. The illustrations are engaging and the writing is simple, yet edifying. We look forward to reading these books to our own children.’ — KEVIN AND TRISHA DEYOUNG ‘I’ve read these books. I’ve […]
Douglas Higgins
Autobiography of a Yorkshire Christian
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Book Description Not every day does an autobiography appear from a man in his 100th year, but all who know Douglas Higgins never saw him as belonging to the ordinary. From astronomy to Christ at the age of twenty-two, then Art College at Sheffield, war service in the RAF, and a career in school teaching—these […]
Ernest Kevan
Leader in Twentieth Century British Evangelicalism
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A worthy memorial to a man who contributed enormously to the life and thought of English-speaking evangelicalism in the mid-twentieth century, by one of his former students at London Bible College. 312pp.
Voyage To Freedom
A Story of the Atlantic Crossing 1620
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A racy and imaginative account of the voyage of The Mayflower, for young people. 160pp. Illustrated.
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A book for young people, with stories of men and women who had faith in Christ and loved him more than anything else. 128pp.
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Splendid introductions to classics such as Guthrie’s The Christian’s Great Interest, Rutherford’s Letters and Ryle’s Christian Leaders. 128pp.
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These Christians are unrecorded in the world’s annals of fame, but if the true principle of living Christianity is simple dependence upon God, and child-like faith, then their lives are eminent among those ‘of whom the world is not worthy’. 144pp.
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In this once famous best-seller, Scott (1747–1821) describes the influences which brought him into the kingdom of God. 128pp.
Ignatius of Antioch
The Man Who Faced Lions
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The story of ‘the man who faced lions’. 40pp.
Susannah Spurgeon: Free Grace and Dying Love
Morning Devotions With the Life of Susannah Spurgeon
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Subtitled ‘Free Grace and Dying Love’, contains A Carillon of Bells, 24 daily meditations selected by Susannah Spurgeon, and The Life of Susannah Spurgeon by Charles Ray. 256pp.
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Conquests of faith in the lives of godly men and women such as Col. James Gardiner, Archibald Brown and Sally Wesley. 192pp.
Singing In The Fire
Christians in Adversity
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The reality of the faith that carries Christians victoriously through trials is brought home through 14 short biographies. 208pp. Illustrated.
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Vivid sketches of some of the converts and of the life of the spiritual family which Bethlehem Forward Movement Church (‘Sandfields’), Aberavon, became during the early ministry of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones. 122pp.
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Pungent biographies of the lives of Hooper, Taylor, Latimer, Bradford and Ridley, with an analysis of the reasons for their martyrdom. 160pp.
Fair Sunshine
Character Studies of the Scottish Covenanters
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These ‘Character Studies of the Scottish Covenanters’, have a lyrical quality and demonstrate the author’s spiritual perception. 208pp.
Southern Presbyterian Leaders
1683 - 1911
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A fascinating series of sketches of leaders in the Southern Presbyterian Church between colonial times and 1911 when White wrote. 512pp.
Selina, Countess of Huntingdon
Her Pivotal Role in the 18th Century Evangelical Awakening
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This major biography rescues the Countess—so greatly admired by King George III, Whitefield and other leaders of the Evangelical Revival— from undeserved obscurity and misrepresentation. 496pp.
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Murray explores Scotland’s rich Christian heritage and underlines its remarkable relevance for our own day. While not a Scottish Church history, A Scottish Christian Heritage is a gripping introduction to the many glorious successes, and some of the painful failures of the church, from the days of John Knox to those of Horatius Bonar. 416pp.
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Stirring mini-biographies of the Christian heroes of Scotland from the 1520s to the ‘killing times’ of the 1680s. 672pp.
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A gripping narrative of the English Reformation through the lives of Bilney, Tyndale, Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer. 320pp.
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The lives of the author’s father and uncle, members of the Scottish aristocracy, who became identified for fifty years with many of the foremost evangelical enterprises of the 19th century. 728pp.
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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.
Ernest Reisinger
A Biography
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The absorbing story of a man greatly used of God in the renaissance of the Reformed faith in the 20th century. 272pp.
Elizabeth Prentiss
More Love to Thee
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The moving story of a fascinating, gifted and godly woman, author of the popular novel Stepping Heavenward. 264pp.
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