William Bell Riley 1861-1947 Baptist pastor and educator. W.B. Riley was born in Green County, Indiana, but soon moved with his parents to Boone County, Kentucky, where they lived in a log cabin. He spent his formative years working the fields from...
EXODUS 2 GROUND ZERO: PRAY As you read the Scriptures below, ask God to help you understand what He wrote. Examine your life by the truths of the text and look for sin to confess and repent, changes in thinking, and any actions you might...
Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most well-known pieces of Christian literature, written in 1678 by English author Paul Bunyan. It is an allegory of a man aptly named Christian on his travels from the City of Destruction (representing the world) to...
In the Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom chronicles the true story of her experience in German-occupied Holland during WWII. Ten Boom was part of a deeply Christian family that owned an old-fashioned watch shop. Casper Ten Boom, the patriarch of the...
Any believer, or human being for that matter, comes to a point in their life where they question the goodness and sovereignty of God. So much in our world is unexplainable and unjust, leaving anyone to wonder who is really in control. In Trusting...
In Lies Women Believe, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth addresses a slew of issues directed specifically at women, ranging from our view on God to marriage and family. Wolgemuth’s writing is basic and easy to read, offering advice to young girls as well as...
The story of Hosea comes alive in Redeeming Love written by renowned author Francine Rivers. Set during the California Gold Rush, Rivers develops a narrative that mirrors Hosea’s metaphorical portrait of God’s redeeming love towards His people. ...
CS Lewis produced another brilliant novel in Screwtape Letters. Here we see a series of letters written by Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood. Wormwood is a tempter-in-training and Screwtape is his advisor. Throughout his letters, Screwtape gives...
Ulrich Zwingli 1484-1531 Swiss reformer. Ulrich Zwingli was educated at schools in Basel and Burn, Switzerland, and Vienna, Austria. He became a parish priest in 1506 and, on becoming pastor of the great Minster Church in Zurich, he began to preach...