- Iain Murray, Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography
- George Marsden, Jonathan Edwards: A Life
- Roland Bainton, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
- T. H. L. Parker, Portrait of Calvin
- Peter Brown, Augustine of Hippo: A Biography
- William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
, ed. David Daniell
- Iain Murray, The Forgotten Spurgeon
- Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
- Courtney Anderson, To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson
- Mary Drewry, William Carey: A Biography
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
10 Christian Biography Titles
John Piper's Ten Reading Recommendations for Christian Biography:
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I've read most of these. And they are for the most part good reads. The problem though is they are all pastors or missionaries.
We need to write and recommend biographies of christian bankers and plumbers and architects. Those who are not in vocational ministry outnumber pastors exponentially. And yet all the recommended books are of vocational ministers.
You make a good point, Matthew. It had always seemed to me that when people are serious about their faith, they are inevitably encouraged to go into vocational ministry. Make it official, as it were. Something you can put on a business card. The Moms and Dads of faith, raising their kids, practicing forgiveness, etc., these folks don't get the biographies, but they're really the backbone of the faith.
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