Christian Biographies
Why Read Christian Biographies?
Hebrews 11 is a divine mandate to read Christian biography.
The unmistakable implication of the chapter is that, if we hear about the faith of our forefathers (and mothers), we will “lay aside every weight and sin” and “run with perseverance the race that is set before us”.
If we asked the author, “How shall we stir one another up to love and good works?” , his answer would be:
“Through encouragement from the living and the dead” Christian biography is the means by which “body life” cuts across the generations.
(Read Dr Piper’s entire message in Brothers, Read Christian Biography)
Online Christian Biographies
Wholesome Words – One of the best Christian Biographical sites around!
Echoes From Glory - Quotes and sayings of Christians from the past
Fire and Ice: Puritan and Reformed Writings
Christian Biographies, Biographical Sketches, Puritan Biographies
Biographical Sketches of the Translators & Reformers
More Great Christians (Various sources)
Alford, Henry
Athanasius (Athanasius–Exile) (Athanasius–Creed)
Augustine: The Swan is Not Silent
Baxter, Richard (Baxter, Richard–Biography)
Bliss, Phillip (songwriter companion of D Moody)
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Bonar, Andrew
Bonar, Horatius
Boom, Corrie (Boom, Corrie Ten)
Booth, William
Borden, William
Brainerd, David – Life & Diary of David Brainerd by Jonathan Edwards
Brainerd, David: Oh, That I May Never Loiter On My Heavenly Journey!
Brainerd, David–Conversion (Brainerd, David–Dark Night of Soul)
Broadus, John
Brooks, Phillips
Bunyan, John: The Life of John Bunyan
Bunyan, John: To Live Upon God that Is Invisible (Bunyan, John)
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
Calvin, John: The Divine Majesty of the Word
Carey, William (Carey, William)
Carmichael, Amy (Carmichael, Amy) (Carmichael, Amy)
Carver, George Washington (Carver, George Washington)
Chambers, Oswald
Chalmers, James: Missionary to Cannibals (Chalmers, James)
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
Chrysostom, John
Colson, Charles
Coverdale Bible
Cowper, William
Cowper, William: Insanity and Spiritual Songs in the Soul of a Saint
Cranmer, Thomas
Fanny Crosby (Crosby, Frances “Fanny”) (Crosby, Frances “Fanny”)
Doddridge, Philip
Drummond, Henry
Dwight, Timothy
Edwards, Jonathan: The Pastor as Theologian
Edwards, Jonathan (Great Awakening) (Edwards – Marriage) (Edwards -Tri-Centennial)
Elliot, Jim (alternate site)
Edersheim, Alfred
Flint, Annie Johnson (some of her poetry)
Fox, George: Autobiography (Fox, George.)
Goforth, Jonathan
Goodwin, Thomas
Guthrie, James
Handel, George Frederic (Handel) (Handel)
Havner, Vance
Hodge, Charles
Hus, John
Hyde, John
Judson, Adoniram
Judson, Adoniram: How Few There Are Who Die So Hard
Judson, Ann (Judsons in Rangoon)
Knox, John
Kuhn, Isobel
Kuyper, Abraham
Latimer, Hugh (Sermons Delivered before His Arrest)
LeTourneau, R G (LeTourneau, Evelyn and Robert)
Liddell, Eric (Liddell, Eric) (Liddell, Eric)
Lightfoot, J. B.
Lincoln, Abraham (Lincoln, Abraham)
Livingstone, David (Livingstone, David) (Livingstone, David) (Livingstone, David–Found by Stanley)
Lloyd-Jones, Dr. Martyn
Lloyd-Jones, Martyn
Luther, Martin: Lessons from His Life and Labor
Luther, Martin (Luther, Martin) (Luther, Martin)
MacDonald, George
Machen, J Gresham: Response to Modernism (Machen, J. Gresham)
Marshall, Catherine
Marshall, Peter (Marshall, Peter)
Martyn, Henry
Matheson, George
Mears, Henrietta
Melanchthon, Philipp (Melanhcthon, Philip) (Melanchthon, Philip)
Dwight L. Moody: His Life & Work (550 page book)
Moody, Dwight L
Moffatt, James
Moon, Lottie
Morgan, G. Campbell
Mueller, George – Strategy for Showing God
Mueller, George (Muller, George) (Müller, George — Scripture Knowledge Institute)
Murray, Andrew (Murray, Andrew)
Newton, John: The Tough Roots of His Habitual Tenderness
Newton, John (Newton, John)
Owen, John: The Chief Design of My Life: Mortification and Universal Holiness
Owen, John (Evangelical Roots)
Packer, J I
Parker, Joseph
Pascal, Blaise (Pascal, Blaise–Conversion )
Paton, John G: You Will be Eaten by Cannibals!
Pierson, Arthur T.
Pink, Arthur (critique)
Polycarp (Polycarp–Death)
Ridley, Nicholas
Ryle, John Charles
Savonarola (Savonarola’s Bonfire of the Vanities) (Savonarola)
Schaeffer, Francis
Simeon, Charles: Brothers, We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering
Simeon, Charles
Simpson, A B
Slessor, Mary (Slessor, Mary)
Spafford, Horatio
Spurgeon, Charles Haddon
Spurgeon, Charles Preaching Through Adversity
Spurgeon, Charles and Susannah
Stam, John
Studd, C. T.
Taylor, Hudson (Taylor, Hudson) (Taylor, Hudson)
Toplady, Augustus (Rock of Ages) (Toplady, Augustus)
Tozer, A W (Tozer, A. W)
Trench, R C
Trotman, Dawson (Born to Reproduce)
Tyndale, William (Alternative) (Execution) (Tyndale, William)
von Zinzendorf, Count Nicholas Ludwig (Moravian 100 yr prayer meeting!)
Waldensians
Warfield, Benjamin Breckinridge
Watson, Thomas
Watts, Isaac (Watts, Isaac)
Webster, Noah
Wesley, Charles (Wesley, Charles)
Wesley, John (Wesley, John–Conversion)
Wesley, John–Impact on America
Wesley, John–Revival
Wesley, Susanna (Wesley, Susanna)
Whitefield, George (Whitefield, George) (Whitefield, George)
Whyte, Alexander
Wilberforce, William (Wilberforce – Death) (Wilberforce, William) (Tepid Christianity)
Wycliffe, John (Wycliffe, John–Earthquake Synod) (Wycliffe, John–Death) (Wycliffe, John)
Zinzendorf, Count von – Moravians (Moravian Missions)
Zwingli, Ulrich (Zwingli, Uhlrich–Death )
