Nick Needham here draws pen portraits of twelve shapers of Christianity—those whose thought and writings have profoundly contributed to the way we think about our faith today. As the author notes, ‘we may well find that in becoming acquainted with them, we catch some glimpse of God’s truth and glory that was evident to them, yet which we perhaps do not see so clearly. Studying our Christian past can in this way become an eminently practical and spiritual discipline.’

‘Dr Needham relentlessly reminds us that history is His-Story, the story of God’s saving purposes in this world. This is a necessary, even vital, reminder that the unfolding of history is not haphazard, or determined by powerful personalities and socio-economic events. Our God reigns.’ — Ian Hamilton

Table of Contents

Foreword – IAN HAMILTON

Introduction

IRENAEUS OF LYONS (FLOURISHED AD 175–195)

GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS (AD 330–390)

ANSLEM OF CANTERBURY (AD 1033–1109)

THEOPHYLACT OF OCHRID (AD 1050–1109)

JOHN WYCLIFFE (C. 1330–1384)

PETER MARTYR (1499–1562)

FRANCIS TURRETIN (1623–1687)

JOHN WESLEY (1703–1791)

JONATHAN EDWARDS (1703–1758)

TIKHON OF ZADONSK (1724–1783)

BENJAMIN BRECKENRIDGE WARFIELD (1851–1921)

J. GRESHAM MACHEN (1881–1937)