Aiden Wilson Tozer (better known as A. W. Tozer) was born in Pennsylvania on April 21, 1897. He converted to Christianity in Akron, Ohio, as a teenager, after hearing a street preacher. Five years later, in 1919, he began to pastor, despite no formal theological training. He spent 44 years in ministry, … Read more
Born February 13, 1939, Robert Charles Sproul was the second child of Robert & Mayre Sproul. He supported Pittsburgh sports teams when he was young, and was active in high school athletics until he had to drop out at age 15 to support his family. Despite this, Sproul went on to obtain … Read more
George Mueller (sometimes spelled Mϋller) was born in Kroppenstaedt, Germany on September 27, 1805. He died just short of the end of the nineteenth century on March 10, 1898, after spending most of his life in Bristol, England, where he pastored an unconventional church, founded The Scripture Knowledge Institute for Home and … Read more
John Donne, born in London in 1572 to John Donne and Elizabeth Heywood, was brought up as a Catholic. Now known mainly for his poetry, Donne was known during his life for his sermons and as the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in London. In 1601, Donne secretly married Ann More, niece … Read more
John Bunyan was born in England in 1628 into a very poor family. Though he had very little formal education, he learned to read and read all kinds of stories about gallantry and knights. In his early years, his foul mouth shocked even evil men. Though he attended church, he loved things … Read more
John Wesley was born in 1703 in England, the fifteenth of nineteen children (although only 11 survived infancy). His grandfathers were both clergies in the Church of England and ejected in 1662 due to being Puritans (nonconformist). His parents did not follow their fathers, but stayed with the Church of England, though … Read more
Dwight Lyman Moody was born February 5, 1837, in East Northfield, Massachusetts. Probably one of the first American evangelists, Moody became a fundamentalist evangelical in 1854, and in 1855, his Sunday School teacher at the time, Edward Kimball, sought him out and explained the love of Christ to him, and Moody was … Read more
A brief biography John Calvin (originally Jehan Cauvin) was born in France on July 10, 1509, and lived until May 27, 1564. He grew up in a Roman Catholic family. He studied in Paris, switching from theology to law, and became friends with scholars who were not Catholic. He was a French … Read more
“God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.” This quote from famed evangelist Billy Graham emphasizes that we are to receive God’s grace and distribute it throughout the whole world to as many people as possible. Over the course of his life, Billy Graham … Read more
Born Clive Staples Lewis in Belfast, Ireland on November 29, 1898, C. S. Lewis had one elder brother, named Warren Hamilton. His parents were Albert James Lewis, who was originally from Wales, and Florence Augusta Hamilton Lewis, whose father was an Anglican priest for the Church of Ireland. Lewis was called “Jack” … Read more