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Heroes of the Faith: Blaise Pascal
The seventeenth-century Frenchman Blaise Pascal in his 39 years of life solved a range of mathematical and geometrical problems, produced a law of hydraulics, achieved breakthroughs in how air pressure...
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Heroes of the Faith: Edward Jenner
It has been said of Edward Jenner that ‘his work saved more lives than any other man on earth’. It’s an extraordinary claim for someone who spent his entire life...
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Heroes of the Faith: Charles Simeon
Many Christian heroes made a difference to the world by travelling it; Charles Simeon made a difference by staying in the same place ministering for fifty-four years. Simeon was born...
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Heroes of the Faith: Amy Carmichael
Amy Carmichael (1867–1951) was an evangelist and a social reformer who worked for a better life for women and girls and fought against the sexual trafficking and abuse of children....
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Heroes of the Faith: Corrie ten Boom
When I became a Christian in 1975 one book that everybody read was Corrie ten Boom’s The Hiding Place. I read it in one sitting – I couldn’t put it down....
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Heroes of the Faith: William Seymour
William Seymour was at the heart of the Azusa Street Revival that reshaped Christianity across the world. If you are one of the half a billion Christians who are now...
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Heroes of the Faith: Robert Murray M’Cheyne
The saying ‘it’s not the years of your life that matter, it’s the life in your years’ was never truer of anyone more than Robert Murray M’Cheyne who died at...
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Heroes of the Faith: Augustine of Hippo
St Augustine may be ‘the most influential figure in Christianity after St Paul’. He wrote much (some 5 million words), and his teaching has influenced theology ever since. Like all...
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Heroes of the Faith: Mary Jones
Mary Jones was born in December 1784 at Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, a small hamlet in one of the deep valleys of North Wales. It was a Welsh-speaking, sheep-farming community and Mary’s family...
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Heroes of the Faith: John Chrysostom
When, in the fourth century ad, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, it lost the threat of persecution but gained new perils. As the church became popular,...
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Heroes of the Faith: George Müller
One of the fascinating things about Christianity is how very different the great men and women of God are. George Müller (1805–1898) was not just different, he was unique. Müller...
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Heroes of the Faith: John Bunyan
John Bunyan is one of the most influential Christians of all time. Although he wrote nearly 60 books, his influence rests on one: The Pilgrim’s Progress. It has sold more copies than...