Biography

Jonathan Edwards - Christian Biographies For Young Readers (Hardcover)

Product Description Jonathan Edwards lived at a time when many people were seriously questioning long-accepted ideas about the world, life, and God, and his answers to these questions have left a mark on the way we think today. While he is often...

Anselm Of Canterbury - Christian Biographies For Young Readers (Hardcover)

Product Description While he would have preferred the simple, quiet life of the monastery—teaching, reading, thinking, and writing about God—Anselm of Canterbury spent much of his life dealing with powerful kings, consulting with popes, and...

Marie Durand - Christian Biographies For Young Readers (Hardcover)

Product Description In 1730, nineteen-year-old Marie Durand was arrested and taken from her home in a village in Southern France for the crime of having a brother who was a Protestant preacher. Imprisoned in the Tower of Constance, Marie would spend the...

Peter Martyr Vermigli - Christian Biographies For Young Readers (Hardcover)

  Product Description Born in Florence, Italy, in 1499, Peter Martyr Vermigli decided that he wanted to teach God's Word when he grew up. After many years of study, he became a well-respected leader in the Roman Catholic Church, yet he questioned...

Martin Luther - Christian Biographies For Young Readers (Hardcover)

Product Description Five hundred years ago, a monk named Martin Luther wrote ninety-five questions, hoping to start a discussion about sin and repentance at the University of Wittenberg in Germany. In a few months those questions had stirred the nation;...

John Owen - Christian Biographies For Young Readers (Hardcover)

Product Description John Owen was a great Puritan preacher who lived in England. In this book, Simonetta Carr informs readers about Owen’s life, revealing some of the things that interested him while in school, the care he showed to people when he...

Athanasius - Christian Biographies For Young Readers (Hardcover)

A complex and fascinating character, Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, is best remembered as the Father of Orthodoxy, upholding the doctrine of the Trinity against the Arian heresy. In the newest addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers...

John Calvin - Christian Biographies For Young Readers (Hardcover)

Product Description In this attractive volume, Simonetta Carr introduces young readers to the life, thought, and work of one of the most famous Reformers of the Christian church. She tells about the life of John Calvin from his birth to his death,...

Augustine Of Hippo - Christian Biographies For Young Readers (Hardcover)

Product Description Outside of the people in the Bible, Augustine of Hippo is the most influential person in church history. Yet how many people know his story? In this book, Simonetta Carr introduces young readers to the life and ministry of Augustine...