Books on History and Biography
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Life of John Brown
With Select Writings
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An autobiographical account of the life of John Brown of Haddington (1722–1787), with additional material from his youngest son. 208pp.
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Written shortly after his father’s death by his son and successor at Princeton, this life of Charles Hodge brings together a wealth of material from letters, diaries, journal articles, and personal reflections. Full of interest for all kinds of readers. 672pp. Illustrated.
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The heart-stirring and compelling story of a strong and complex character—a ‘Mr Valiant-for-truth’ who was also a humble Christian. A revised and enlarged edition of Murray’s original 1981 biography. 368pp.
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Takes us behind the public figure—J. H. Thornwell’s successor in Columbia, South Carolina—to the humble, prayerful Christian whose life was marked by affliction. 704pp.
Jonathan Edwards
A New Biography
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Edwards’ theology is here set in its proper context of his life. We see him in public and private, as pastor in the days of the Great Awakening, as well as in the ‘wilderness’ years in Stockbridge. 536pp. Illustrated.
John MacArthur
Servant of the Word and Flock
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A biography of the pastor for more than forty years of Grace Community Church, Los Angeles. John MacArthur has proved that true preaching of the Word of God is international, and his sermons are heard or read in more than two hundred countries around the world. 264pp. Illustrated.
John G. Paton
The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
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The moving and gripping account of the life of the great pioneer missionary to the New Hebrides. 340pp.
John E. Marshall
Life and Writings
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A short biography and selected writings of a much-loved pastor. 320pp.
Irenaeus of Lyons
The Man Who Wrote Books
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The story of ‘the man who wrote books’. 40pp.
History of the English Calvinistic Baptists 1791-1892
From John Gill to C.H. Spurgeon
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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.
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Traces the great movements of thought within the church from the apostolic fathers to the last century. 288pp.
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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.
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