The Life and Ministry of Rev. Arie Elshout Contrary to everyone’s expectation, Arie Elshout neither became a professional soccer player nor the financial administrator of the international shipping

The All-Around Evangelist Brownlow North is a crucially important figure—recent enough to be accessible and relevant to today’s world yet representing a healthier time for the church. He was the m

Architect of Puritanism Once a highly influential preacher in the Elizabethan Church and the international Reformed world, William Perkins (1558–1602) has become a rather surprisingly neglected figu

Minister in the Kirk of Edinburgh The sixty stormy years following the death of John Knox—years of conflict, persecution and revival— form the background of this biography by D. C. Macnicol. Rober

A biographical memoir John Gresham Machen (1881–1937) was one of the most significant figures in the evangelical church throughout the twentieth century. He is best known through his vision for a tr

The Life and times of W.H. Burns The Pastor of Kilsyth introduces us to the life and ministry of William Hamilton Burns (1779– 1859), the father of the better known preacher and missionary to China

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His Life and Impact Cyprian of Carthage’s story is one of incredible perseverance for the sake of the gospel. Living through a time of terrible persecution towards Christians, Cyprian wrestled with

Learning from Seven Biblical Characters Our lives are finite. There is a date and time when they will come to an end. But with people living longer, many of us will have a number of years where our pr