[Reformation Heritage Books has graciously provided this biographical and reprint essay on the life and works of Richard Baxter. You can find this information and others in the book, Meet the Puritans.]
Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
Richard Baxter was born in 1615, in Rowton, near Shrewsbury,in Shropshire. He was the only son of Beatrice Adeney and Richard Baxter, [...]
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Who Is Richard Baxter?
November 4, 2008Who Is Samuel Bolton?
September 2, 2008[Reformation Heritage Books has graciously provided this biographical and reprint essay on the life and works of Samuel Bolton. You can find this information and others in the book, Meet the Puritans.]
Samuel Bolton (1606-1654)
This scholar and member of the Westminster Assembly was not related to his namesake above. Samuel Bolton was born in London in [...]
Who Is William Bridge?
July 9, 2008[Reformation Heritage Books has graciously provided this biographical and reprint essay on the life and works of William Bridge. You can find this information and others in the book, Meet the Puritans.]
William Bridge [1600-1670]
William Bridge was a native of Cambridgeshire. He entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1619, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1623 [...]
Dr. Nettles Bio Sketch of Daniel Marshall (PDF)
June 25, 2008Due to the fact that there were some technical issues with the live-stream and my inability to keep up with Dr. Nettles in the presentation of biographical sketch of Daniel Marshall, I have asked Dr. Nettles to allow me to post a PDF version of his notes, to which he graciously agreed. I [...]
NFC III: Tom Nettles on “Biographical Sketch of Daniel Marshall”
June 25, 2008About Tom Nettles:
Dr. Nettles is widely regarded as one of the foremost Baptist historians in America. He came to Southern Seminary from the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he was Professor of Church History and Chair of the Department of Church History. He previously taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Mid-America Baptist [...]
Piper on Bunyan’s Life of Suffering and Service
May 8, 2008One of the greatest blessings of the writing and preaching ministry of John Piper is his commitment to remembering and learning from great men and women in church history. His messages, articles, and books on these saints of old have profoundly affected many today, and we would be well-served to avail ourselves to such [...]
Who Is John Bunyan?
May 4, 2008[Reformation Heritage Books has graciously provided this biographical and reprint essay on the life and works of John Bunyan. You can find this information and others in the book, Meet the Puritans.]
John Bunyan [1628-1688]
John Owen said of John Bunyan, a powerful preacher and the best-known of all the Puritan writers, that he would gladly exchange [...]
How Jeremiah Burroughs Learned Contentment
April 27, 2008[Phil Simpson, whom I have mentioned in an earlier post, has graciously agreed to guest blog here at P&P with an article on Jeremiah Burroughs' life, and more specifically, how he learned contentment. Phil is currently writing a biography on Burroughs which hopes to be published within the year. You can find more [...]
Who Is Thomas Watson?
March 11, 2008[Reformation Heritage Books has graciously provided this biographical and reprint essay on the life and works of John Flavel. You can find this information and others in the book, Meet the Puritans.]
Thomas Watson (1620-1686)
Thomas Watson was probably born in Yorkshire. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1639 and [...]
Who Is Richard Sibbes?
January 10, 2008RHB has gracious to give me permission to post their biographical sketches of Puritan Divines from Meet the Puritans by Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson. Remember, you can purchase your own copy with a special discounted price of $20 (retail $35) by either calling RHB at (616) 977-0599 or emailing them at orders@heritagebooks.org. [...]
Driscoll and Haykin on Christian Biographies . . . and Puritan Profiles
December 27, 2007In April of this year, Dr. Mohler wrote a nice piece on reading Christian biographies with ten excellent choices of his own. Last week, both Dr. Michael Haykin and Mark Driscoll chimed in with their favorite biographies as well. Here are the nine top biographies by Dr. Haykin:
1. Iain Murray, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones [...]
Biography of C.J. Mahaney
August 15, 2007Watch a wonderful, gospel-centered video presentation of the life of C.J. Mahaney. This video was produced to commemorate his life and ministry at Covenant Life as the pastoral leadership was handed off to Joshua Harris, his successor. Although it is now somewhat dated, it is still a great video to watch–to see how God’s people [...]
NFC VI: Bill Ascol on “Isaac McCoy: Pioneer Baptist Preacher to the Oklahoma Territories”
June 28, 2007Bill Ascol is the pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Owasso, Oklahoma. Before coming to Owasso in 2005, he ministered for 28 years in Louisiana Baptist churches. Currently, he serves as the Chairman of the Board of Founders Ministries and is the Coordinator of the Saved By Faith Youth Challenge Camps for young people. He [...]
Mohler on Christian Biographies
April 16, 2007Check out Dr. Mohler’s excellent post on “Ten Great Christian Biographies.” His list of biographies include men like Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Whitefield, Edwards, Machen, and Lloyd-Jones. Personally, I love biographies, especially missionary biographies (Carey, Judson, Martyn, Studd, Taylor, Muller, Elliot, etc.). I was a bit surprised to see that the biographies on his top 10 [...]
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