Biography

James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was a Christian missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission (renamed Overseas Missionary Fellowship). He served there for 51 years, bringing over 800 missionaries to the country and personally baptizing an...

This is the story of an extraordinary 19th-century black preacher in Richmond, Virginia. Recounts his life of 40 years as a slave and 40 years as a free man. The reflections and insights of this book give us a rare view of race relationships in the South...

Preface from the author: It has been my purpose in Katharine von Bora: Dr. Martin Luther's Wife to picture in the peaceful quiet of his domestic happiness, the man whose influence so largely shaped the course of public events. The undertaking...

SKU (ISBN): 9781609579883Author: Wigton, JamesBinding: Trade PaperPublisher: Xulon PressPublished: 11/10

The original idea of the Board of Directors of the Roloff Evangelistic Enterprises was to print a book covering the last years of Roloff's life. Then, the realization came that such a book would not be clearly understood by the raders unless they...

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.”...

The late Dr. John Gill was, in various respects, so distinguished an individual, whether we have regard to his talents, his industry in improving them, the eminence to which he attained in oriental and classical literature, or of his christian character,...

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...

A True Story: Reflecting after Tragic Loss and Finding Victory in Christ. Tragedy, trials, hurt, and heartache—these are words that are painful to hear and even more so to experience; yet they happen. They are a part of life...

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...