Christianity - Biographies

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints

by John Gilmary Shea Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…

Letters from New Zealand

by Henry William Harper Read by Beeswaxcandle 4.9
"Being some Account of Life and Work in the Province of Canterbury, South Island." A set fo 26 letters covering the Author's perio…

The Life that Counts

by Mrs. Howard Taylor Read by AletheiaCharis 5
Borden of Yale '09 is the inspiring biography of William Borden, a young American millionaire. During a trip around the world, Borden commit…

Jesus of Nazareth

by John Mark and King James Version Read by Bellona Times 4.1
"Jesus of Nazareth, a Biography, by John Mark," recognizes the author of the second Gospel as that "John, whose surname was M…

St. Joseph of Copertino

by Rev. Angelo Pastrovicchi Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Joseph of Copertino (1603 – 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. He was said to …

The Life and Glories of St. Joseph

by Edward Healy Thompson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A wonderful work on the life of St. Joseph, the true husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster-father of Jesus Christ. - Summary by Mozartjr

The History of the Church of Christ

by Joseph Milner Read by InTheDesert 5
It is certain, that from our Saviour's time to the present, there have ever been persons whose dispositions and lives have been formed by th…

The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers

by Palladius Read by ancientchristian 5
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…

Down In Water Street

by Samuel Hopkins Hadley Read by KHand
Written by the Superintendent of the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission, "Down in Water Street" is intended to share some of the e…

The Letters of John Knox

by John Knox Read by InTheDesert 4.8
The letters... will perhaps more clearly exhibit the temper and character of Knox, than his more elaborate compositions: but to understand t…

Twenty Years on Horseback

by William Marion Weekley Read by Will Shakespeare 4.2
William Weekley was graduate of Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, and a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. From the au…

The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn

by John Hall Read by Hannah Mary 4.7
Henry Martyn (1781-1812), a brilliant and ambitious young student in Cambridge, England, was led by God to be a missionary to India and Pers…

De Smet's Letters and Sketches

by Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet Read by Carol Pelster 4.5
In 1841 and 1842, Fr. Pierre-Jean DeSmet traversed the wide and wild American West to bring the gospel to the Flatheads, who had sent multip…

Lives of the Saints

by Alban Butler Read by Maria Therese 3.7
Lives of the Saints offers a rich tapestry of short biographies celebrating the lives of saints, one for each day of the year. Compiled from…

The Apostles

by Ethan R. Longhenry 4.8
The good news of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, is a most compelling message.  Yet Jesus did not write anything down; everything we kno…

Silver Chimes in Syria

by William S. Nelson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. I…

A Story of One Short Life

by Elisabeth G. Stryker Read by Larry Wilson 4.3
This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and als…

Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy

by John Tulloch Read by Barry Ganong 4.1
In this second volume of his work on English rational theology in the seventeenth century, Tulloch describes the lives and works of the grou…

From Baca to Beulah

by Jennie Smith Read by TriciaG 4.5
Sequel to The Valley of Baca. This continues the personal account of Jennie Smith, who spent more than 20 years in pain, unable to walk, and…

The Valley of Baca

by Jennie Smith Read by TriciaG 3.8
Jennie Smith was a 19th-Century Job. At 15 years old, her father's business and finances failed, and he later died of illness, leaving her f…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 >