Dr. Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has put up a post listing ten solid biographies, each telling the story of a few godly Christian men. Some of the men mentioned are guys such as St. Augustine, Jonathan Edwards, John Calvin, Martin Luther, Martin Lloyd-Jones and a few others. He provides an excerpt and description for each biography, so you can read the post in full here. Here are the ten biographies that Dr. Mohler recommends (I’ve provided a link to purchase each one on Amazon.com as well).
- Augustine of Hippo: A Biography by Peter Brown
- St. Thomas Aquinas– “The Dumb Ox” by G.K. Chesterton
- Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland H. Bainton
- William Tyndale: A Biography by David Daniell
- A Life of John Calvin by Alister E. McGrath
- Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George M. Marsden
- George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival by Arnold Dallimore
- Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preacher, Pastor, Prophet by Robert Moats Miller
- Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America by D.G. Hart
- D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The First Forty Years, 1899-1939 and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The Fight of Faith, 1939-1981 by Iain H. Murray
April 24, 2007 at 9:27 am
hey brother…just wanted to tell you that I started a quote board in my office and you made it on the quote board! your infamous quote which others told me to put on there says, “it’s not the great suggestion, it’s the great commission”…Amen brother. Let’s live it out.
April 28, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Thanks Cameron for the greetings. Sorry for the delayed response…Homework is pretty thick right now!