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50 People Every Christian Should Know: Learning From Spiritual Giants Of The Faith (2009)

by Warren W. Wiersbe(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0801071941 (ISBN13: 9780801071942)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Baker Books

review 1: ...am interested to note that the greatest preacher in UK history is not mentioned: John Wesley (who arguably helped shape British history averting republicanism at the time of the French Revolution, through the Great Awakening of which he was the brightest light). Indeed from the look of most of those included in the list, there sadly and disappointingly seems to be a distinctly calvinistic flavour.For those of us who know our history this is intelligently devisive - and lacking in any genuine historical or spiritual integrity.I write this as someone, one of whose ancestors was converted at the pithead at Kingswood Colliery by a word delivered by John Wesley from horse back. It is also interesting to note that George Mueller is absent from the list, not to mention Charles... more Wesley...Alan Bryant.(formerly of Bristol)
review 2: Excellent book. I rate it 4 stars because there is little room for depth here (of course there isn't meant to be) and the writer "occasionally" disagrees with the person he's writing about and it "occasionally" shows...but not badly. I don't know if every Christian needs to know these people, but I'm pretty sure you'll be interested in these people and possibly grow a bit. From theologians, apologists, and evangelists to hymn and verse writers some of these people you may have heard of (Like Spurgeon, Moody and Tozer) to little know people (like Katherine von Bora [well at least i was unaware of her]) you'll find interesting "mini-biographies" here. You'll get a thumbnail sketch of the people involved and then there are "the author's" recommendation for more extensive reading by and about the person in question.Of course there will be some disagreement I suppose as to who would go on this list (I would definitely have included C.S.Lewis, but then maybe he thought everyone already knew C.S.Lewis). Still as I said, pretty good book and worth reading. I can recommend this one. less

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