Issue 89. Richard Baxter & the English Puritans

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Baxter was one of the top Puritan leaders of his day, the most successful Puritan pastor, and the most prolific Puritan writer.

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Issue 88. C.S. Lewis: Pointing People To Reality

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The creator of Narnia and other imaginary worlds spent his life pointing people to Reality. You will be enlightened and encouraged as you learn more about the life and work of C.S. Lewis in this issue of Christian History & Biography!

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Issue 86. George MacDonald: Writer Who Inspired C.S. Lewis

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Meet the Victorian poet, pastor, and storyteller who touched those he knew and inspired Christian writers like C. S. Lewis and G. K. Chesterton.

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Issue 81. John Newton: Author of "Amazing Grace"

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This issue of Christian History & Biography recounts the life and legacy of John Newton, a man who willingly shared with others the grace that saved his wretched soul.

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Issue 78. J.R.R. Tolkien & the Lord of the Rings

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Learn how Tolkien's work is a response to the condition of his times, and how the great novelist developed creatively through his interaction with his children—at times his only audience.

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Issue 75. G.K. Chesterton: Prolific Writer & Apologist

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"He is not of our time, but of all times," wrote A.G. Gardiner of the London Daily News. Christian History & Biography presents this issue on G.K. Chesterton, a huge man with a huge faith who discovered his huge God in the smallest of places.

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Issue 69. The Wesleys: The Founders of Methodism

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John and Charles Wesley's commitment to worship, piety and evangelism sparked revivals of religion on the British mainland and in the American colonies. But how were they prepared for this massive ministry undertaking?

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Issue 60. How the Irish Were Saved

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Entering a land known for powerful druids, nomadic magicians, and widespread paganism, St. Patrick's mystical yet ascetic understanding of Christianity attracted the cult-following inhabitants of Ireland's rolling hills and led to a devout monastic tradition that continues today.

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Issue 53. William Wilberforce: Fighting the Slave Trade

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This issue of Christian History & Biography is dedicated to Wilberforce and to the many other brave souls who instigated social reform in 19th century England.

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Issue 48. Thomas Cranmer & the English Reformation

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Thomas Cranmer's propensity toward diplomacy led him to find the via media—middle way—between Catholics and Protestants in an age when compromise equaled a double portion of treason. His ensuing martyrdom sparked the brushfire of English Reformation, and his Book of Common Prayer and 42 Articles facilitated the emergence of Anglican Christianity.

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Issue 46. John Knox & the Scottish Reformation

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Woman hater. Fanatic. Ruthless revolutionary. Such charges have been leveled against John Knox in attempts to discard his contributions to the Christian church. He is rarely remembered as an expository preacher, a Scottish reformer, or a courageous prophet. What is his legacy, both negative and positive? What can Christians learn from his teachings?

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Issue 29. Charles Spurgeon: England's "Prince of Preachers"

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Charles Haddon Spurgeon was not an original thinker, nor did he claim to be a theologian—he preached. Learn from his strong words, his noble actions, and his lifelong sufferings.

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Issue 26. William & Catherine Booth: Salvation Army Founders

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Christian History & Biography offers this issue as a primer to the life and ministry of William and Catherine Booth, and as an inspiring account of two faithful Christians who held nothing back in their mission to bring Jesus to the people around them.

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Issue 16. William Tyndale: Early Reformer & Bible Translator

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By order of the Crown in 1537, the British laity received vernacular copies of the Scriptures. One year earlier, the man mostly responsible for translating those Scriptures was executed in accordance with an order from that same king.

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Issue 11. John Bunyan & the Pilgrim's Progress

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Uneducated and thoroughly working class, John Bunyan seems an unlikely candidate for writing a world-famous, allegorical rendition of the Christian journey of faith. The imaginative Pilgrim's Progress draws on the tumultuous English 17th century for its situations of temptation, suffering and perseverance.

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Issue 6. The Baptists

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This issue reveals the origin of this steadfast group of believers who fought through a century of persecution to revolutionize the Church-State relationship and practice baptism by immersion only.

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