Jeanne D’Albret: The Protestant Leader of Béarn
The region’s Protestant leader… Continue reading Jeanne D’Albret: The Protestant Leader of Béarn
The region’s Protestant leader… Continue reading Jeanne D’Albret: The Protestant Leader of Béarn
Knox was soon imprisoned on a galley ship… Continue reading Passing the Flame
John J. Jones felt God calling him into the ministry, but he resisted, choosing instead the profession of law. His son followed in his footsteps. Young Sam Jones proved a brilliant attorney at first. But alcoholism quickly ruined his life … Continue reading Sam Jones vs.Sam Jones
Thomas Hemerken, better known as Thomas of Kempen (Kempen being a German village 40 miles from Cologne), or Thomas à Kempis, wrote the most famous devotional book in Christian history. He was born about 1380, and his parents, though poor, … Continue reading Imitating Christ
The Scottish Reformation came painfully, costing the lives of many staunch Protestants, including John Nisbet, whose 16-year-old son later penned this account in a “neat old-fashioned hand”: On the 7th of November, 1685, my father, with other three, desired to … Continue reading Passages of Trouble
Philip II, king of Spain, born during the days of Luther, despised the Reformation. His object in life was to destroy Protestants and see Catholicism entrenched throughout Europe. It was Philip whose Spanish Inquisition snuffed out Reformation fires in Spain … Continue reading William of Orange
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