Lyman Beecher
Lyman Beecher was one of the most influential religious figures in 19th-century America, a man whose theological convictions and activism helped shape the course of American history. Rooted in the fervor of the Second Great Awakening, Beecher emerged as a powerful voice in the religious revival movement that swept across the United States in the…
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Thomas A. Dorsey learned his religion from his Baptist minister father and piano from his music teacher mother in Villa Rica, Georgia, where he was born July 1, 1899. He came under the influence of local blues pianist when they moved to Atlanta in 1910. He and his family relocated to Chicago during World War…
Read MoreC.S. Lewis
Few authors of fantasy literature are as beloved as C.S. Lewis, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on November 29, 1898. Time magazine has listed the first of his Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, as one of the top 100 English language novels written in the twentieth century. Time had earlier…
Read MoreDavid Livingstone
A young Scotsman had come to hear an address by a celebrated missionary. Following his conversion several years earlier, the young man had begun to grapple with the question, “What shall I do with my life?” The Great Commission had come to have a singular hold upon his mind. Its majestic syllables had for him…
Read MoreGeorge Mueller
George Mueller was born in Germany on September 27, 1805. In his early life he was not an honest person. From the time he was ten years old he was stealing money from his father. As time passed he also stole from his friends. He finally was arrested and locked up with other thieves such…
Read MoreCharles Finney
Charles Grandison Finney was one of the most influential figures of the Second Great Awakening, a man whose faith was not merely a private conviction but a force that reshaped the moral landscape of the United States. His preaching, revival meetings, and later academic career at Oberlin College were all animated by a singular belief:…
Read MoreWilliam Booth
“The chief danger of the 20th century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.”
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