Long Read Biographies
Long Read Biographies
Charles Spurgeon Biography
Charles Spurgeon: The "Prince of Preachers" Charles Spurgeon was a 19th century Baptist minister who was known as the "Prince of Preachers." He was born on June 19, 1834 in Kelvedon, Essex, England, and he is considered one of the greatest preachers in Christian...
John Wycliffe Biography
John Wycliffe (mid 1320s – 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, and reformer. He was also a seminary professor at Oxford, and a Biblical translator. A medieval “Protestant” who applied himself to the study of theology, ecclesiastical law, and...
Kwarme Bediako Biography
In the brochure prepared for Kwame Bediako’s funeral, he is described as a “Man of God, Visionary, Inspirer, Builder, Theologian, Scholar, Teacher, Husband and father who served God and His people in Africa.” Early Years Second out of ten children...
Oswald Chambers Biography
“Wherever He has engineered your circumstances, pray.” Chambers, 1993 OSWALD’S EARLY LIFE In a small town in Scotland, in 1874, Oswald Chambers—teacher, evangelist and author of the daily devotional My Utmost for His Highest—was born. At this time,...
The Easter Message of ‘He is Risen’
The word ‘Easter’ is derived from the Anglo Saxon ‘Estre’. It was the name of a Norse Goddess whose festival was celebrated at the time of the vernal equinox – it marked the dawn of a new year, and the end of the season of winter. Over the many Centurys, pagan...
David Wilkerson Biography
BeginningsCalled by the Holy Spirit, Moved with CompassionNicky Cruz: “Jesus loves you, Nicky”The Power of Jesus’ LoveA Ministry is born: Teen ChallengeThe Proven Cure for the Drug EpidemicYou Shall Receive Power...Testimonies of Teen ChallengeExpanding God’s KingdomA...
Father, let Your kingdom come
The Wonder and the Mystery of ‘The Incarnate Deity’
'God contracted to a span, incomprehensibly made man' declared the Hymn writer. The Christmas Story is a message of lavishing, unmerited Love; for God gave us His best when He gave us His Son. Time has not altered the event of over 20 Century’s ago, nor has its memory...
The Fragrance of Godly Christian Character
It was late evening and I had been comfortably sat viewing a documentary on TV when suddenly I decided to stretch my limbs a little so I wandered out into the garden. It was a clear evening with the light from the moon illuminating the surroundings and immediately I...
A Testimony to a God of all Sufficiency
Someone once said that "The will of God will never place us where the grace of God cannot keep us..." Many years ago during my early employment years, and whilst experiencing a time of financial hardships, I was to have the truth of this proverbial saying etched into...
The Forward Eternal Look
"Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a Heaven for." Robert Browning Of all the extraordinary accounts of faith that are recorded in Hebrews 11, none is so remarkable as that concerning Abraham, who, having received the call from God, moved out and...
Friendship Encounters Above and below
A Friend of God was a Title given to Abraham because of his close relationship and his faithfulness. In an age of Pagan worship and of multiple devotions to a variety of gods, Abraham stood out as a man apart. He had more than traditional religion, but a friendship...
The Centrality of The ‘Cross’ and it’s ‘Power’ to change
"Verily, Verily, I say unto you, except a Corn of Wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone; but if it die, It brings forth much fruit" (John 12:24). And can it be that I should gain an interest in the Saviours Blood, Died He for me, who caused...
The Significance of ‘Small Beginnings’
From the lowly acorn grows the mighty Oak Tree; humble beginnings perhaps, yet great things often spring from small beginnings. But what of small beginnings, we must never despise them. From small beginnings forest fires are ignited and great movements are born. From...
The Fruitfulness of an Undivided Heart
‘What a difference a year makes’ is a point often made. For within the earth’s annual orbit around the sun, great distances are covered. Progress is certainly being made as the laws of planetary motion are obeyed; energies are being unleashed, forces are at work as...
The Dynamics and Divine Power of the workings of Godly Faith
The great Faith chapter of Hebrews 11 grabs our attention with a profound declaration: "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" or, as the revised version puts it, "The assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not...
The importance of Choice and its Power to determine destiny
The great Abraham Lincoln once uttered some very true and challenging words; that ‘Destiny is not a matter of Chance; it is a matter of Choice.’ Each day we are faced by having to make choices and decisions; these affect our thought patterns, and that leads on to...
Seeking after God in the power of ‘Stillness and Quietness’
Have you ever sat and relaxed with a good book beside a quiet meandering stream, along with the warm rays of the sun on your face, a gentle, caressing breeze blowing through your hair, and with the sound of the leaves rustling in the distance, with the measured cooing...
Growing in the ‘Knowledge of Him’
Nothing will influence our lives like our perspective of things, for what we see will become the motivating force in our Christian lives. What sustained Moses in the wilderness and David on the run from Saul, and many others, was their vision and knowledge.
The Gift of Time
"Time and tide wait for no man" so the proverb goes. From the beginning of creation, man has had to come to terms with the time factor. We measure time by various signs – the relentless changing of the seasons, the shadow lying across a dial, the daily setting of the...
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