Matthew Henry was born October 18, 1662 in Wales, though he lived most of his life in England. His father, Philip, had been a cleric in the Church of England but had just been ejected due to the Act of Uniformity. A man of some means, Philip was still able to see … Read more
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
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
The current Pope, Francis, is the 266th pope of the Catholic Church. Obviously, considering that the number of men having held such a prominent position, many statements have been made and many of their comments are quotable. Below is a compilation of some of the most notable and quotable bits that have … Read more
There’s no better place to learn about the person of the Holy Spirit than the Bible. The Bible is the only reliable source of knowing the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost), the third “divine person” in the Holy Trinity. See how the Holy Spirit basically works and how He guides your Christian … Read more
Many of you may be wondering if the Holy Spirit is a person, or an unseen but powerful force, or something else. To put this confusion to an end, the Bible proves that the Holy Spirit is indeed a person, not an inanimate object or an impersonal thing. He is a person … Read more