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Click to buy from Amazon Whitefield has taken over Spurgeon as my favorite historical figure to read. "He who walks with wise men will be wise" (Proverbs 13:20). We all would be wiser if we walked with Whitefield for at least one biography. I read Dallimore's one volume summary of Whitefield's life and had to read the two volume account. I just finished the first volume and am now going through the second volume. Dallimore does a wonderful job painting Whitfield's life as well as the times and figures surrounding the great awakening. In first volume, in addition to telling the story of Whitefield, Dallimore gives short bio sketches of the Wesleys, Howell Harris, John Cennick, and many others in shorter sketches. He also details the rise of the Wesleys on the achievements/ministry of Whitefield and the disagreements between them (which is a fascinating side story). I'll give an extremely brief summary of the first volume and then highlight a couple character tr...

Book Overviews A. Lincoln This was my first book on Lincoln; I knew very little of him previously. It was good to make his acquaintance. I am also glad I had Ronald White introduce me to him (although I didn ’t like his writing style nearly as much as someone like McCullough). White is something of a Presbyterian minister somewhere in his past and although I have no idea if he has the new birth he does try to share more about Lincoln’s beliefs than others might. He also gives a bit of info on Lincoln’s pastor (while in IL), Gurley which is interesting . . . revealing things like Gurley studied under Charles Hodge at Princeton. He had influence on Lincoln. I am not going to attempt a painful survey the whole book but just give a few thoughts on what I liked, disliked or thought interesting about Lincoln: 1. Liked – His down to earth demeanor and humble leadership. Lincoln was not a bull-in-the-china-shop or a knock-you-dead-if-you-stand-in-my-way kind of leader (which is interesting s...