Books on History and Biography
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Polycarp of Smyrna
The Man Whose Faith Lasted
Description
The story of ‘the man whose faith lasted’. 40pp.
Thomas Charles’ Spiritual Counsels
Selected From His Letters and Papers by Edward Morgan
Description
Selections from the letters and papers of the 18th-century minister of Bala in North Wales, with a biographical sketch by Iain H. Murray. 520pp.
Theodore Beza
The Counsellor of the French Reformation
Description
Book Description Theodore Beza’s course of activity was, in the words of the author, ‘long and brilliant.’ He presided over the Reformed church in the French-speaking countries of Europe for many years, and was its recognized counsellor and leader in times of peril. His friendship with John Calvin, and also with the French king, Henry […]
The Works of William Bridge
5 Volume Set
Description
Book Description ‘Times of difficulty and of persecution have always been seasons in which God’s ministers shine with greatest lustre.’ These words from the memoir of Bridge contained in these collected Works of William Bridge serve to remind readers of the context in which William Bridge lived and worked. Born in Cambridgeshire around 1600, Bridge […]
Daniel Rowland
and the Great Evangelical Awakening in Wales
Description
Book Description J. C. Ryle described Daniel Rowland (1711–1790) as ‘one of the spiritual giants of the eighteenth century.’ Lady Huntingdon considered him to be ‘second only to Whitefield.’ Howel Harris wrote of him, ‘In his pulpit he is second to St Paul,’ while others acclaimed him as ‘the greatest preacher in Europe.’ Yet he […]
The Diary and Journal of David Brainerd
With Notes and Reflections by Jonathan Edwards
Description
Brainerd’s life is a vivid, powerful testimony to the truth that God can and does use weak, sick, discouraged, lonely, struggling saints . . . to accomplish amazing things for his glory’ — John Piper. 792pp.
Five Pioneer Missionaries
John Eliot, David Brainerd, Henry Martyn, William Chalmers Burns, John G. Paton
Description
The awe-inspiring stories of David Brainerd, William Chalmers Burns, John Eliot, Henry Martyn and John G. Paton. 408pp.
Historical Theology
2 Volume Set
Description
Historical Theology is a two-volume work derived from Dr. Cunningham’s lectures to his Church History class at New College, Edinburgh between 1847–1861. Clothbound, 1408 pages.
John G. Paton
The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
Description
The moving and gripping account of the life of the great pioneer missionary to the New Hebrides. 552pp.
Margaret Paton
Letters from the South Seas
Description
John Paton’s wife gives an enthralling and inspiring account of missionary life in the New Hebrides from the 1860s to the 1890s. 344pp.
Description
In this companion volume to the missionary classic John G. Paton: The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides, Margaret Whitecross Paton gives an enthralling account of the missionary life in the New Hebrides (now called Vanuatu) from the 1860s to the 1890s. The steady advance of the gospel in the islands is vividly […]
You Must Read
Books that have shaped our lives
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Book Description Have you ever wondered what influences have shaped the preachers, teachers and authors you respect? You Must Read brings together more than thirty well-known Christian leaders and gives them the opportunity to talk about a book that has made a lasting impact on their lives. Their personal narratives and recommendations of the literature […]
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