615   A Heart Strangely Warmed,   Vernon, L.   $7.94   $7.15

        John Wesley is a fiery preacher who is stirring up the people on the streets of London. One day, while peddling his father's wares, young Robert Upton meets Wesley and his life is changed forever. At first Robert doesn't know what to think of Wesley and his fellow Methodists. He even helps some other boys break up an evening church meeting by beating loudly on old pots and pans. But soon Robert sees how Wesley's preaching changes the lives of many people. He hears people talk about being "converted," but isn't sure what it means. Robert and his father start going to Wesley's meetings whenever they can. Gradually, Robert begins to understand what Wesley's preaching is all about. As he allows God to work in his life, Robert finds that his own heart, like Wesley's, is strangely warmed.  

        A biography of Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430 AD).  The story of how a rebellious boy became a bishop.  Ages 8-12

        John Wycliffe is working under persecution to bring the Bible into the hands of the common people by translating it into English.  Arnold and his friends uncover a plot against Wycliffe and help entrust the translated Bible into the hands of beggars.

        A boy helps William Tyndale in the dangerous task of translating the Bible into English and distributing it, while under persecution.

        The story of the Christian martyrs (especially their orphaned children) in Armenia in the 1800s under the Muslim Turks and Kurds.  Encouraging reading material for age 11 +.

        Set in the South at the time of the Civil War, Caroline Fletcher is caught in a nation splitting apart, is angered by those who would enslave others, emboldened by a passion to make a difference, and torn between the one she loves and a truth she can’t deny.

         A romantic novel based on a true account set in the days of the California gold rush and New England shipping boom.  On a clipper race from New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn, Mary Ann Patton finds herself struggling to save both her husband’s life and the ship.  Age 14+.

        Presents a stirring account of the struggle that the stand for Jesus Christ brings in everyday life.  This is the story of a family who supports Martin Luther at the time of the Reformation.  Suitable for ages 8 and over.

        Blending fictional and historical characters and events, Cook reveals 16th-century England as a time of great suffering for Christians. Her captivating account centers on Lady Jane Grey, the 9-day Queen of England who was caught in a network of intrigue and political ambition; and the frightening cruelties that characterized the bloody reign of Mary Tudor.

        The fictionalized story of Lady Jane Grey, a Tudor who was fifth in the royal line of succession after King Henry the VIII.  Set against the sixteenth-century court intrigues, political and social unrest, and the backdrop of the Reformation, this is the fascinating story of a young girl’s struggle to find and do the will of God.

        This series follows the lives of the M’Kethe family as they endure persecution in seventeenth century Scotland.  In Scotland in 1666, 14-year-old Duncan learns the value of being true to his faith while fighting against supporters of England’s King Charles II, who oppresses the Covenanters – those who believe that only Jesus can be King of the church.

        In Scotland in 1679, 16-year-old Angus and his family struggle to be true to their Covenanter faith as they face physical and religious persecution at the hand of King Charles II and his English and Highlander supporters.

        In Scotland in 1679, the beleaguered Covenanters continue to endure religious persecution at the hands of King Charles II and Angus M’Kethe and his family begin to think of leaving their country.

        Arriantje, a young child in the Netherlands, is put in an orphanage.  This is the story of her struggles there and her longing for the outside world.

591  Crushed Yet Conquering, a story of Constance and Bohemia, Alcock,D. 

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        A gripping story filled with accurate historical facts about John Huss and the Hussite wars.

        Age 11 +

        Based on the real life experiences of the persecuted house churches and orphanages in China during the 1990s.  This is the story of Mei Lin, a young woman who faces the question of whether she must abandon her beliefs in order to have the life she has dreamed of.

        In seventeenth-century France, a young Huguenot boy, his little sister, and a friend decide to escape to Holland where they can be free of religious persecution.

        Journalist and Presbyterian church member Warren Lamb presents Faithful Journey, a novel based on events in the Biblical Acts of the Apostles. Narrated through a series of fictional, first-person voices that observe and embellish upon Luke's timeless story of the early years of Christianity, Faithful Journey is meant to be more than an enthralling tale in its own right - it was also written to inspire the reader to personally read the Bible. Told with equal measures of flair and solemn respect for Holy Scripture, Faithful Journey is highly recommended reading both for its spiritual and its adventure-laden qualities

        A story of the Reformation in Hungary.  Kapotsky Andreas, the king’s court farrier works to have the followers of Martin Luther arrested.  His path crosses with that of one of the most famous Reformers with remarkable consequences.  Based on a true story.

        John Tallach retells the story of five lives: a German missionary in England who gave his life to the orphans of Bristol's slums (George Muller); a Canadian girl who served the Lisu of China and died of cancer in 1957 (Isobel Kuhn); a rough Cornishman who came to "say, sing and dance, glory, glory" and left an unforgettable testimony to cheerful Christianity (Billy Bray); a Yale undergraduate who lived to "arrest the flow of Indian souls rushing on to a lost eternity" (David Brainard); and, finally, a Scot who wandered the earth before he came to love Christ and the poor of Dundee more than he loved all else (Robert Annan).

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        A fictionalized biography of the seventeenth-century Puritan country gentleman, Oliver Cromwell, who led the successful rebellion against Charles I in the English Civil War and ruled England as Lord Protector for ten years.

        Tom Barton watches a dangerous web of destruction swirl around William Tyndale (a man to whom he owes much) and gain momentum to oppose the work of translating the Scriptures into English.  Was the light of England going to be snuffed out?

       The true story of a little boy in the Netherlands who dies at a young age. 

       Written by his father.  Age 14 and up.

        Once upon a time, in the town of Mansoul, a fierce battle raged to take control away from the rightful Prince.  What can the inhabitants do to resist the attacks of the evil one?  Another powerful allegory by John Bunyan.

        Having grown up in a Huguenot family in the seventeenth century, Eglantine and Rene try to remain faithful to God when persecution breaks out in France.

         A children’s story of the daily, adventurous episodes in the lives of young twin sisters in a seventeenth-century French Protestant family.  This story aims to portray the ideas and historical details common to Huguenot life in La Rochelle, France in 1685, a tragic year whose final quarter brought the full wrath of Louis XIV.

93     In This Hour,  VanReest, R. $13.90   $12.51

       ~A Story of World War II and the Floods of 1953. 

        Set in the lowlands of Europe, this is a story of  WW II, the underground movement and the floods of 1953.  Struggle, despair and triumph of regular believers in an exraordinary time.  Actual photos are included in this book.

        Twelve-year-old Hans finds himself working in Johann Gutenberg’s print shop at the time the Bible is being printed for the first time.  Will they be able to finish the Bible so that many people will be able to read and learn from it?

         A story from the days of the Reformation in the Netherlands (1556 -1566). 

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        She and her family are living during some of the most turbulent times in Montana history--and Callie McGregor is recording it all in her journals: cherished memories, times of testing, God's provision, a mother's tender moments. As the second book in this series opens, it seems the family's future is finally taking shape: they're experiencing the fruit of their labors on the ranch, new babies are on the way, and Callie is developing a friendship with an Indian chief. But with progress also comes obstacles. Her sister-in-law's past will return to hurt the whole family, and the time that every mother dreads is drawing near: the day of letting go. Life on the American frontier is hard, but Callie and her family are discovering anew each day that God is good.

         When his father, one of the translators working on the King James Bible, is accused of treason, Nat finds himself involved in a series of baffling incidents as he attempts to discover the identity of his father’s enemy.

        A novel about belief and unbelief centered around the life of Andrew Connington, expressive of the realities of Christian faith and human sin, especially those deceptive sins of thought and word.

        As the second Boer War intensifies in 1899, twenty-three-year old Afrikaner, Louis Wessels, becomes known as the Lion of Modderspruit for his heroic conduct during this crucial victory for the Boers.

         A simplified version of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress for young readers, this is both and exciting adventure story and a profound allegory of the Christian journey through life, a delightful read that kids ages 6 to 12 can enjoy and remember.

        Tells the dramatic story of Marcellus, a captain in the Praetorian Guard, who trusts Christ as his Savior and becomes a despised Christian, confronting severe persecution.

        Jans Lubbert and his family, Christians living on a farm in Holland during the Nazi occupation, join the Resistance and become active in fighting the Germans.

        It was over a hundred years before the Protestant Reformation.  Death and darkness had come to England.  God showed one man the answer, and made him both wise enough to write it down and brave enough to defend it.  

        When his kindly master dies, a ten year old orphan joins a group of separatists and follows them to Holland and then to America, where their quest for religious freedom becomes a struggle to survive.

        The River of Grace is unique in that it is the only biography of Calvin available for the young adult market. Joyce focuses especially on Calvin's childhood and youth, tracing his days at the university and the circumstances of his conversion. She traces his early and precocious leadership of the Protestants in France and his flight from France to Basel, Strassburg, and Geneva when King Francis I began executing Protestants.  Written on a 5th/6th grade reading level, but worth reading out loud to younger students. Older students and adults will also find this to be a valuable introduction and an aid in understanding the author of the Institutes of the Christian Religion.

         In tales of trials and victory, this book addresses one of the most damaging and (historically) effective slanders against the Reformed faith, which is that it is cold and doctrinaire.  Shows the true warmth of the Protestant soul.  Age 12 +

        A fictionalized biography of Michael De Ruyter, the skillful, courageous seventeenth-century Dutch admiral who tried to live his life according to Christian principles.

        John, the hero of this historical fiction, is a Huguenot teenager who has escaped the vicious persecution in France by fleeting to The Netherlands. He now returns to the dreaded country with a secret mission from the Dutch government.   During his journey through France, he encounters one precarious situation after another as he attempts to fulfill his own personal mission of liberating his beloved father. Many historical facts about the suffering Protestant church in France are interwoven throughout the easily read novel.