Christian Biography

Much of what we know about theology—about justification, adoption, sanctification, and glorification—comes directly from the writings of the Apostl...

Called a “physician of the soul,” Martyn Lloyd-Jones is widely regarded as one of the most powerful preachers of the twentieth century. Originally ...

The dual biography of two remarkable women – Catherine Parr and Anne Askew. One was the last queen of a powerful monarch, the second a countrywoman...

Looking at a decade’s worth of chronic pain, a promise from God helped Joanne stand firm until He ultimately heals her. Once a trained athlete in ...

The story she said he was born to write. Her story. His story. The love story of Joey and Rory. By inviting so many into the final months of Joey...

Can’t Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she’s known throughout her Bronx c...

After a life of sex, drugs and the Communards, recounted in his acclaimed memoir Fathomless Riches, the Reverend Richard Coles devoted himself to G...

Dorothy L Sayers was a woman of contrasts. A strong Christian, she had a baby by a man she did not love - out of wedlock. Possessing a fierce intel...

The first book of its kind, Leaving Faith Behind tells the true stories of women and men who were born into Muslim families and have made the diffi...

You can't plan an incredible life ahead of time. But you can follow the One who already has the road all mapped out. For Third Day guitarist Mark...

In this unvarnished account of faith inside the world’s most powerful office, Michael Wear provides unprecedented insight into the highs and lows o...

The astonishing story of a singer-songwriter living on the streets of Nashville who met Jesus, got sober, and found international stardom at the ag...

When pain is real, why is God silent? Frederick Buechner has grappled with the nature of pain, grief, and grace ever since his father committed su...

Visions had by orphaned beggar boys in China during a revival in the early 20th century. The Bakers started Adullam Rescue Mission for street child...

Andrea Logan White appeared to be living the “American dream” or what many would call a “perfect life.” However, underneath the happy veneer of the...

The Awakening of HK Derryberry is the inspiring story of how one man was willing to step out of his upper middle-class world into the life of a you...

A compelling portrait of the father of Methodism. The life and work of John Wesley (1703-1791) has had an enormous influence on modern Christianity...

Rees Howells, a powerful intercessor, taught his son Samuel the principles of intercession and commissioned him some weeks before his death, statin...

Reading about the lives and experiences of Christians who, through faith, have overcome trials and tribulations brings us great encouragement and m...

The riveting true story of one refugee's miraculous escape first from Iran, then from imprisonment in Turkey, and her gradual discovery of freedom,...

At the time of his death in 1996 Henri Nouwen was already one of the most popular spiritual writers in the world. Through more than fifty books he ...

Jim Cockburn spent 37 years of his life in teaching and 21 years as the headteacher of a comprehensive school in north-east England, a career that ...

God doesn’t promise us a life free from pain and difficulty, but he does promise to be with us. In this honest account based on email news updates...

"If I were to become a Christian, it would mean not only changing my religion but changing my whole identity, and bringing shame upon my family. My...

Join one woman on a spiritual journey in, around, and through the church on her way to a deeper connection to Jesus… Andrea Syverson was raised C...

Cyprian of Carthage is one of many forgotten early church fathers. And yet his story is one of incredible perseverance for the sake of the gospel. ...

These heroes, in all their humanness, become real and accessible to us as we get to know their God--and ours--more intimately.

A minister of the Presbyterian Church in the United States for more than sixty years, William Childs Robinson’s career spanned the great events of ...

What brings out the best in believers? John Bunyan's life was changed when he abandoned doubt and despair, embracing the necessity and transforming...

One decision can end everything . . . or lead to unlikely redemption. Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in t...

Sue is an ordinary Christian mother who finds herself passing through the dark and devastating storms of baby bereavement twice in a single year. T...

How would a young American missionary family react when immersed in the heart of remote Tajikistan? Follow the James family’s adventures in an anci...

When God shapes our lives to fit his purposes, anything is possible! Raised in a strict Christian sect, with many religious rules and social requir...

Widely hailed as the “Prince of Preachers,” Charles Spurgeon was a nineteenth-century English pastor known for his powerful preaching, gifted mind,...

This collection of memoirs paints the life of a country preacher in broad strokes, through poignant anecdotes that will at times make you smile, at...

Matthew Siddle seemed destined to become a professional footballer. His earliest memories were of practising with a ball outside his home, and by t...

What does the man who took the gospel to China's millions have in common with the creator of Wensleydale cheese, or with the inventor of the Crow's...

A vivid portrait of Martin Luther, the man of unshakable faith in God who helped bring about the Protestant Reformation.

"Eric Liddell deserves a definitive biography. This is it." (Sunday Times, Books of the Year). Faster. Higher. Stronger. No one has embodied the i...

What’s a woman to do if her life is not taking shape the way that she thought that it would? What happens when she looks at herself in the mirror, ...

A poetic, darkly funny memoir of one woman’s trip across the national parks straight into life-threatening illness and the joy that still holds us,...

A family’s story of human tenacity, faith and a race for survival in the face of unspeakable horror and cruelty perpetrated by the Nazi regime agai...

A Heart Broken Open is the moving and insightful reflection by a Christian minister on his grassroots engagement with Islam - from inner-city paris...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country ravaged by two civil wars, tribalism, nepotism and the undeniable hardship of daily life. This is the...

In the summer of 1970, a storm raged around a group of young canoers on Opeongo Lake in Ontario, Canada’s Algonquin Provincial Park. Should they pu...

Amy Peterson grew up in a Christian home and, like many young people today, absorbed a message that she needed to do big things for God. Her love o...