Biography

Books that have shaped our lives

Every generation is called by God to be involved in His World Mission. Here are 8 short biographies of ordinary men and women who obeyed God’s call on their lives and served Him in different parts of the world.

By Lionel Fitzsimons

A biography of the missionary who pioneered the Gospel to the country of Tibet.

William Carey (1761-1834), Missionary to India. He worked as a shoemaker from the age of 16 to 28. After his conversion at 18, he became a preacher among the Baptists, working by day and ministering in his spare time. In 1793, he sailed for Bengal, India. He worked for 34 years in Bible translation and production, evangelism, church-planting, education and medical relief.

By E. A. Annett

This book tells the heroic story of William Carey’s passionate advocacy of world mission.

John Wesley – Oxford don and itinerant preacher, intellectual and evangelist, author and man of action, upholder of the Church of England yet founder of another world-wide denomination, disagreeing with George Whitefield, yet preaching his funeral sermon-truly a many-sided man.

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A Life of Amy Carmichael

C. H. Spurgeon is commonly called the Prince of Preachers, a title he rightly deserves. At the height of his ministry in the heart of London during the 19th century, his sermons were published in daily newspapers both in England and the U.S. Now 100 years later after his death, this book gives an indepth look at Spurgeon and incorporates many of his own writings in this book.

By Eric Hayden

The life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon is a life that should be studied by every Christian, especially those who are in the ministry.

The Baseball Evangelist

This is the moving story of God’s redeeming and restoring grace to one who wrote the following epitaph for himself: John Newton, Clerk, Once and infidel and libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy. Formerly published as But Now I See, this biography contains much valuable first-hand material from Newton himself. Indeed, considerable use is made of his Diary and Letters. His pre-conversion days, his call to the Christian ministry, and his time at Olney and St. Mary Woolnoth are all covered. This is no arid record of the past. Besides being a worthy memorial to the life and work of John Newton, this biography will also encourage those who love the gospel to consecrate themselves to the Master’s service as Newton did.

Apart from a short period of missionary service in India, Milne spent his whole ministry in Perth as a pastor and evangelist. Bonar’s account of one who lived close to Christ remains a guide to what the churches need in every age.

The Life of John Brown is the story of an orphaned shepherd boy who rose to become the revered minister of Haddington in south-east Scotland and the theological professor of his denomination. Though his life’s labours were inextricably linked with one town, the influence of John Brown of Haddington spread worldwide through his writings, especially his Self-Interpreting Bible. This book contains his own account of his life. To this, his youngest son, Dr. William Brown, has added family recollections, letters and some of his father’s choicest short writings.

As he drew near the end of his life, John Brown exclaimed, ‘Oh! What must Christ be in Himself, when He sweetens heaven, sweetens Scriptures, sweetens ordinances, sweetens earth, and sweetens even trials! Oh! What must Christ be in Himself!’ Modern readers will taste some of the same Christ-derived sweetness as they meditate on The Life of John Brown with Select Writings.

The life of Elijah has gripped the thought and imagination of preachers and writers in all ages. His sudden appearance out of complete obscurity, his dramatic interventions in the national history of Israel, his miracles, his departure from the earth in a chariot of fire all serve to that end. Judgement and mercy were mingled throughout Elijah’s astonishing career.

Absolutely the best biography of Charles Haddon Spurgeon available. Every Christian should read this inspiring biography.

A biography of J. Frank Norris

The world can do nothing to a Christian who has no fear of man. – Brother Yun a Chinese Christian his story

Hendrickson Classic Biographies presents a one-volume abridgement of Wesley’s multi-volume journals. The Heart of John Wesley’s Journal presents a remarkable life, recorded and examined in real time by Wesley himself.

The Diary and Life of Andrew Bonar gives a panoramic view of one of the most fascinating periods of Scotland’s church history.  But foremost it is the record of God’s work in the life of a man who represented all that was finest in the evangelical life of that country.

Have you ever felt mixed up, left out, let down and worthless? Have you ever felt that everything around you was black and dark and hopeless? Have you ever tried something, anything, everything in search of soul satisfaction? Joanna Maciantowicz was someone who had all those experiences. Raised in Communist Poland in trying times, Joanna had a difficult childhood. When the whole picture is complete, it is a telling tribute to the transforming power and hand of God.

By Noel Davidson

This is a magnificent two-volume set, calculated to stir the soul and to find a place of honour and affection in every Christian who loves to read the thrilling history of the Scottish church!

Andrew Bonar’s biography of M’Cheyne conveys the fragrance of his life that no later writer could ever recapture.  Being dead, M’Cheyne yet speaks and it may be doubted whether any Christian can seriously read these pages without having an example of the power of godliness stamped upon their conscience in a manner that will remain with them for all their days.

Written by Dr. Phil Stringer, these books tell the true stories of some of history’s most world changing people and events. These books also lay to rest some of the many untrue myths and legends of the people and events that have shaped our world.

This is truly a life worth studying. Dr. Roger Martin, a longtime professor at Temple Baptist Seminary in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has thoroughly researched the valuable information in this biography. With a B.A. in history, an M.A. in New Testament, and a Ph.D. in theology, Dr. Martin has delivered a scholarly but captivating volume that will challenge and inspire.

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Think of the Maze Prison–what memories flood your mind? Can anything good ever come out of the Maze? If nothing else, there is one person, Thomas Martin. This book recounts a thrilling story of transformation. Martin is now a happy man, involved in a busy ministry for God.

By Noel Davidson

A paper missionary sounds a most unlikely medium for a sophisticated age. The “Every Home Crusade” uses three tons of paper every day, to produce millions of gospel publications in multiple languages every month, and has hundreds of distributors in more than 100 countries to whom the literature is sent freely.

By Victor Maxwell

A man of brilliant intellect, Duncan is often only known today by the anecdotes which memorialise the eccentricities which marked his life- as is often true of men of genius.

The Rev. Dr. Henry Cooke dominated Irish Presbyterianism for more than forty years. He emerged to fame as a “Mr. Valiant for Truth,” a champion of orthodoxy in his debates with Rev. Dr. Henry Montgomery in the Arian Controversy, which brought about the expulsion of those who held Unitarian beliefs.

By J. L. Porter