Christian Biography

Persecuted for her unwavering faith, imprisoned because of her love for God, Jeanne Guyon lived out the life Jesus Christ called her to live. Her true story has been an inspiration to thousands. She discusses: What to do in times of adversity; Understanding true conversion; Overcoming suffering; Developing strong faith; and hearing God's voice.

Christians in the twenty-first century need encouragement and inspiration to lead lives that honor God. When faith is weak or the pressures of the world seem overwhelming, remembering the great men and women of the past can inspire us to renewed strength and purpose. Our spiritual struggles are not new, and the stories of those who have gone before us can help lead the way to our own victories.

Elisabeth Elliot calls this biography of Lilias Trotter a drop everything book! This is the life story of the woman whose life of faith and devotion inspired the hymn Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. She abandoned a life of privilege and pleasure as well as a promising career in art to serve Christ in Algeria. Despite frail health and many obstacles, she served there for forty years. Miriam Huffman Rockness has done a painstakingly superb biographical account which has been beautifully produced.

An inspiring story of a slave who relates her purchase from bondage and her second escape from sin's bondage. Although a humble washerwoman, God remarkably used her as His instrument to tell the story of the sanctified life to high and low.

The full title of this book is: Anthony Norris Groves, Saint and Pioneer: A Combined Study of a Man of God and the Original Principles and Practices of the Brethren with Application to Present Conditions. Groves has been called The Father of Faith Missions. He was associated with the early Plymouth Brethren movement, and his pamphlet entitled Christian Devotedness had a profound effect on George Muller, who married Groves' sister. Groves left a lucrative dental practice in England to go as a missionary to Baghdad and later India, looking only to God for support.

If they were to put me into a barrel, I would shout glory out through the bunghole! So said Billy Bray, the singing, shouting drunkard-turned-preacher from Cornwall, England. This biography is totally unique! Every Christian should read this extraordinary story of God's saving grace and power.

The story of Charles G. Finney can be told in one word...revivals. This is the key that unlocks the treasures of his marvelous life. Even in his own thinking all else he did is worthy of note only in connection with his evangelism. It was he who sired a new evangelistic movement in America.

A very well written account of an unusual man of God. Zinzendorf, a contemporary of John Wesley, founded a religious community among Moravian immigrants called Herrnhut. He also wrote hymns and various books and instituted foreign missions. 

Gerhard Tersteegen was a German contemporary of John Wesley. He wished for a secluded life, but crowds besieged his dwelling place, eager to feast on the words of wisdom that fell from the lips of one who had been closeted with his Maker. Everywhere he went, crowds gathered by wayside, in barns, and in homes where their famished souls feasted upon the Bread of Life. Tersteegen was also a prolific hymn writer. This book is a biography of Tersteegen's life and also contains a number of his letters at the end of the book.

If you enjoy reading about the lives of great Christians, you'll love this biography of Harold St. John. His daughter, Patricia St. John, did the Christian world an enormous favor when she put together this fascinating portrait of her father.

Jessie Penn-Lewis was mightily used of God to proclaim the half-forgotten truth of the believer's identification with the cross of Christ. She was a frequent speaker at the early Keswick and Llandrindod conventions and collaborated with Evan Roberts, the Welsh Revivalist, on the classic book on spiritual warfare, War on the Saints.

This volume of letters is a treasury of devotional writing, full of spiritual instruction and godly counsel from one who was generally acknowledged by his contemporaries to be unequalled for piety, humility, and Christlikeness of spirit. As far as we know, the bulk of these letters has not been in print since 1802. A unique treasure!