This is a great series that can be enjoyed by young children and adults. I used them as part of the training for a short term missions campaign. Each of the fourteen team members read a different biography in this series and then reported to the rest of the team. It was reminder that the training topics we were learning were relevant and lived out by the faithful and fruitful missionaries introduced by this series of biographies. For many of the team this was their first introduction to reading Christian biography and they loved it!
Positives of this series:
1) Great introductory overviews of the lives and ministries of the individuals.
2) Basic reading level for an increasingly illiterate culture
3) Short enough to be read quickly in a culture with an increasingly short attention span
4) Available in Kindle and audio book for the technologically inclined
5) Well written and holds your attention without being exaggerated and exploitative
6) Chapters are short and can easily be read to children at bedtime or by adults on lunch breaks
Negatives of this series:
1) Due to their brevity and target audience the series does not deal with the more negative aspects of an individual's struggles with sin and the weaknesses in their personality as sinners saved by grace.
2) Does not come across as hagiography (so idealizing the person that it borders on idolatry) but these introductions are not the place to get the full picture of these godly but imperfect champions for God. Instead they are great springboards to more extensive biographies that deal with the fuller picture of these heroic but very human Christ followers.
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now
Our bestselling biography series, written in a gripping adventure style, shows how God works through the lives of those who follow Him.
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The exciting, challenging, and deeply touching stories chronicle the lives of ordinary people whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory. The true life stories will inspire as you witness the drama of faith and character being tested under the most extreme circumstances. These fast-paced adventures take you to the heart of a nation, an era, and shows lives dedicated to serving God and those He loves.
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Christian Heroes: Then & Now - Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
A Premier Christian Biography Series for the Whole Family.
- Written in a gripping adventure style
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- Written for readers ages 10 and up - enjoyed by adults!
- Audiobook editions available
- There are currently 50 books in the series
Gladys Aylward
The Adventure of a Lifetime
'Her worst nightmare had come true' As improbable as it seemed, Gladys Aylward was certain God had called her to China as a missionary. But now, at age twenty-seven, she was being dismissed from missionary training school for failing her Bible class.
Without formal education or a missionary organization to back her, Gladys raised her own finances for the overland trip that would bring her to the country and people that God had etched so deeply in her heart China!
- Christian Heroes: Then & Now chronicles the exciting, challenging, and touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory.
- Spanish edition available.
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abg2008
Great way to get to know heroes of the faith
Reviewed in Canada on September 6, 2019K A Knightingale
an amazing story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2022