Brave Heroes and Bold Defenders by Shirley Raye Redmond

This reference/picture book features one-page biographies of 50 “Daring Men of God.” Men selected are as follows: Eric Liddel, Chiune Sugihara, George Washington Carver, David Livingstone, Nicky Cruz, Tim Tebow, Nate Saint, Jesse Bushyhead, William Tyndale, Richard Allen, Father Damien, C.S. Lewis, Ravi Zacharias, Jeremy Camp, Adoniram Judson, C. Everett Koop, Francis Schaeffer, John Cadbury, Billy Graham, Jeremy Lin, John Knox, Don McClanen, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Frederick Douglass, Hudson Taylor, Edward Jenner, Nabeel Qureshi, Sir Isaac Newton, Jim Irwin, John Harper, Chuck Colson, Jim Elliot, Martin Luther, Andre Trocme, Henry Obookiah, William Booth, Alvin York, John Newton, Juan Fernando Ortega, William Wilberforce, Richard Wurmbrand, George Muller, Tony Dungy, G.K. Chesterton, Todd Beamer, James A. Garfield, John M. Perkins, Saint Francis of Assisi, Zhang Boli, and George Washnigton.

There are other books on the market that are set up like this book, but this is the Christain response. I like that these are very brief overviews of their lives, giving you the big picture idea. The full-page illustrations are also lovely.

While all of these men claimed the Christian faith, there are a few selections that I feel are a bit of a stretch as far as calling them “Daring Men of God,” and one or two I would skip completely. Overall, this is a wonderful, informative book. This is an excellent resource for your family to learn about a wide demographic of Godly men and to use as a springboard for further study.

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