True stories

Billy Bray: Saved From the Deepest Pit [9781845507886]

When the earth started to shake and the rocks fell Billy Bray knew that his life was in danger. When you're down a mine shaft, digging for tin, in the…

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Billy Graham: Just get up out of your Seat [9781845500955]

Billy was born on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1918 just days after the signing of the armistice that ended the First World War. At th…

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Charles Spurgeon: Prince of Preachers [9781781915288]

Charles Spurgeon was a simple country lad who went on to become one of the best known preachers in London, Europe and the world. Caught in a snowstorm…

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D.L. Moody: One Devoted Man [9781781916766]

Three words that sum up D. L. Moody's life are Passion, Vision and Devotion - for God! He could easily share the gospel with 20,000 people on a hillsi…

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David Brainerd: A Love for the Lost [9781845506957]

Life on the American frontier in the early 1700s was very difficult - continually threatened by disease, attack, and brutally cold winters. The Englis…

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: a Spoke in the Wheel [9781527101623]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is one of the heroes of World War 2. Not only did he preach God's word fearlessly, he spoke and actively resisted the evil of the …

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Elisabeth Elliot: Do the Next Thing [9781527101616]

Although she is best known for her time on the mission field in Ecuador, Elisabeth Elliot went on to become a vibrant role model for valiant, godly wo…

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Elizabeth Prentiss: More Love [9781527102996]

Elizabeth was a bright young girl who knew what it was to have a heart sore with troubles. Born in Portland, Maine in the United States, Elizabeth was…

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Fanny Crosby: The Blind Girl's Song [9781781911631]

If you've ever picked up a hymn book, the chances are that you've sung a song written by a blind girl - and not just any blind girl... Fanny Crosby. A…

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George Whitefield: Voice That Woke the World [9781845507725]

George Whitefield's voice was the envy of many a professional actor. He could hold a crowd's attention like no other. But although he had wanted to be…

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Hudson Taylor: An Adventure Begins [9781781915264]

Hudson Taylor was a sickly child. He was often ill and had very poor eyesight. But God chose him to evangelise the Chinese. So at the age of 21 Hudson…

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John Bunyan: Journey of a Pilgrim [9781845504588]

John Bunyan's life was an exciting one. That's what he had wanted as a young man. He had left the security of his father's workshop to join the Parlia…

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John Calvin: After Darkness Light [9781781915509]

Calvin had ideas on how we could live better lives - particularly how we could live in close harmony with God and each other - but because his ideas w…

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John Chrysostom: The Preacher in the Emperor's Court [9781527103085]

There was something about John Chrysostom and the words he spoke that lit up his world. He was an important leader of the early church, known so much…

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John G. Paton: South Sea Island Rescue [9781857928525]

'They plan to kill you all! You must get out!' With that warning John Paton and his friends grabbed what little possessions they had and fled into the…

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Jonathan Edwards: America's Genius [9781845503291]

Jonathan Edwards was just an ordinary American boy but he was different too. The country he lived in wasn't the America of today - but a new world ful…

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Joni Eareckson Tada: Swimming Against the Tide [9781857928334]

Joni Eareckson is a well-known Christian speaker and author from America but there was a day when she was a teenage girl in a bathing costume with not…

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Lilias Trotter: Daring in the Desert [9781781917770]

'You could become the greatest living painter. Your paintings would be treasured for ever.' Those were the words Lilias Trotter heard from John Ruskin…

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Lottie Moon: Changing China for Christ [9781781915240]

Lottie Moon was a dark eyed, raven haired mischief at school. She played pranks, cracked jokes and skipped church as often as possible. Her mother lon…

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Martin Luther: Reformation Fire [9781781915219]

What made an ordinary monk become a catalyst for the Reformation in Europe in the 1500s? What were the reasons lying behind his nailing of 95 theses a…

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