…estimated to have traveled over two million miles, preached over thirty-three thousand sermons, was the human instrument responsible for more than one hundred thousand conversions, personally gave more than $85,000…
…“I’ll take a ‘red hat’ of blood.” He was excommunicated, imprisoned, tortured, then burned at the stake. Before dying he said, “Rome will not quench this fire . . .”…
Benajah Harvey Carroll 1843 – 1914 Baptist minister and educator, B. H. Carroll was born in Carrolton, Mississippi, the son of a preacher-farmer and one of twelve children. At the…
…was on staff at Youth for Christ (1957-1961), pastored Calvary Baptist Church in Covington, KY (1961-1971), pastored Moody Memorial Church in Chicago (1971-1978) and finally was Bible teacher and General…
…vice-president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1938-41); and vice-president of the Baptist World Alliance (1940-41). Dr. Scarborough was the author of fourteen books, as well as a great preacher and…
Elmer Lee Deal (1925 – 2015) Elmer Deal was born on August 11, 1925, in Rocky Comfort, MO. While in high school he excelled both academically and athletically. During this…
…the next two difficult years, when he lived with little support, he laid the foundation of all his subsequent work. After pastorates in England, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, the…
Chrysostom (John of Antioch) 347-407 A.D. John was born and reared in Antioch, Syria, where he studied the scriptures and served as a deacon. Later he became the pastor of…
A.B. Simpson 1844 – 1919 A. B. Simpson was born in Canada of Scottish parents. He became a Presbyterian minister and pastored several churches in Ontario. Later he accepted the…
…illustration is like a house without windows. Before his death in 1892 he had published more than two thousand sermons and forty-nine volumes of commentaries, sayings, anecdotes, illustrations, and devotions….