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George Whitefield (1714 – 1770), “The Grand Itinerant,” is the preacher most associated with 18th century Great Awakening in America, Scotland, and England.  There has

Rebecca Protten (1718-1780) was born in Africa and enslaved as a child, ultimately becoming a free woman who lived on three continents.  Her extraordinary life

Sometimes God calls his children to trust and maintain their integrity under extreme circumstances and suffering. The Hiding Place (2006; Chosen Books), by Corrie ten

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a Puritan pastor, philosopher, theologian, and (briefly) college president in eighteenth-century colonial America. Many historians and Christian thinkers have judged him

Richard Baxter (1615-91) was a prolific and influential Puritan writer. J.I. Packer here chronicles Baxter’s writing about the deep grief he experienced after the death

Wilberforce, by John Pollock (David C Cook Publishing, 1977), brings us close to the man who, as much as any single person, achieved the end

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) is one of the most influential and celebrated Christian writers and thinkers in modern times. He is also perhaps one of the

Soon after her diving accident that left her a quadriplegic, two of Joni Eareckson’s high school classmates came to visit. Her head shaved, her frame

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) could have made different — yet acceptable for a Christian, even a Christian pastor — decisions for his life that would have

Eric Liddell (1902-1945) was a Scottish gold-medalist Olympian and Christian missionary to China. His sporting career was immortalized by the Oscar-winning 1981 film, Chariots of