Tales of Mighty Men

Nicholas Ridley: Play the Man

In the last issue, we considered the life of Latimer.  We turn now to the life of Ridley, Latimer’s faithful…

9 years ago

Hugh Latimer: A Candle That Will Never Go Out

Two men stood back to back at the stake.  As a large crowd watched, a heavy chain was passed around their…

9 years ago

John Bunyan: Venture All for God

The sound of psalms wafted through the open windows of a country cottage near Bedford, England in 1675. A small…

9 years ago

Martin Luther: The 500th Anniversary

This year, 2017, marks an important year in the history of God’s providential dealings with man. This is the 500th…

9 years ago

Gaspard de Coligny – the Huguenot Admiral

Gaspard de Coligny was an admiral in 16th century Catholic France. He converted to Protestantism and became a leader of…

9 years ago

John Knox: Give Me Scotland Ere I Die

  A French warship drifted slowly along the coast of Scotland, ominously symbolizing the bondage of the Scottish people. It…

9 years ago

Marcus Whitman: Oregon’s Missionary

A solitary medical doctor urged his horse forward into the cold and foggy November night. Behind him lay the safety,…

9 years ago

Thomas Bilney: The Flame Shall Not Kindle Upon Thee

A thin and frail man sat huddled over an open book as a candle shed its feeble light upon the…

10 years ago

One Hundred And Seventy Books Remain

There are only one hundred and seventy of these books that exist today.  That is all.  Most publishers and authors…

10 years ago

John Craig: How a Black Dog Saved a Reformer

The condemned prisoner could not sleep—for two reasons. The first reason he could not sleep was that it was his…

10 years ago

Girolamo Savonarola: A Faithful Dog Cannot Leave Off Barking

A thin, awkward, and nervous young man ascended the steps to the high pulpit. The crowd looked at their new…

10 years ago

Polycarp: The Man the Flames Would Not Touch

  The church was yet young. The day had come of which Jesus had spoken in Matthew 10: Behold, I…

10 years ago