Biography

The story of Dr. John Gibson Paton (1824-1907), Scottish Presbyterian missionary to the South Pacific, is well-known. Paton settled on the island of Aniwa (1866-1881) with his second wife, Margaret (Maggie) Whitecross Paton. By the end of the...

This collection of C. H. Spurgeon’s travel letters offer a rare insight into a different side of the famed preacher.  Of the many telling phrases C. H. Spurgeon gave the world, one speaks to the way he, and his contemporaries, greatly valued...

John Albert Broadus (1827–1895) was an American Baptist pastor and professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, one of the most famous preachers of his day. Charles Spurgeon deemed Broadus the “greatest of living preachers.”...

Product Description Andrew Jackson was a popular hero and America's seventh president. He was successful on the battlefield and exemplified the rough and hardy qualities of a frontiersman. His legacy is a controversial one due to his support for slavery...

Martin Luther is one of early Christianity's most pivotal figures, and now in this detailed biography reproduced from an 1850 American Sunday School Union original, you can learn more about this influential and enigmatic man. From his early years, to...

The true story of Thanksgiving in America is apparently in short supply, and the history of the Pilgrims who settled in the Plymouth colony. Did they commit genocide? Did they steal the Indians’ land? Find out from firsthand accounts about the...

Product Description Few artists have left a more indelible mark on America's musical landscape than Charlie Daniels. He candidly shares his personal journey with readers--from his childhood growing up in North Carolina during the post-Depression...

Product Description: To the world, they were fanatics, heretics, narrow-minded fools...outsiders, worthy only of rejection and ridicule. But they didn't live to please the world; they lived to please Christ. With courage, conviction, and great commitment...

Product Description A proud Confucian scholar with a deep distrust of all foreigners (including Christian missionaries) and hopelessly addicted to opium is confronted by the living Christ. He is instantly delivered, as well as completely and permanently...

Here one of the leading authorities on the Puritans, J. I. Packer introduces us to their rich theology and deep spirituality. Packer gives us profiles of John Flavel, Thomas Boston, John Bunyan, Matthew Henry, Henry Scougal, John Owen and Stephen...

This book is a collection of memories and events in the life of a minister. His ministry spanned over seventy years and continues to do so. The book unfolds the personal and professional life of a dedicated preacher, husband, father, grandfather,...

How did the faith and prayers of a humble coal miner affect the course of World War II? Rees Howells’ updated biography by Norman Grubb tells the story of one man who progressed in faith until his prayers even altered world events. Written with...