Biographies

Catching a snake in the dorm, being a mother to fifty girls, bartering in the marketplace, handing out food to villagers during the drought, being “bit” by a cheetah, coping with homesickness, and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro were just some of...

Naomi was surrounded by animals on the farm, including their family dog and her brother’s dog, Bear, but she longed for her own dog that she could train and show at 4-H. She wanted a companion who would run in the fields and explore the creek and...

Autobiography of Adventist Pioneer J.N. Loughborough In 1853, at twenty-one years of age, John N. Loughborough began working with James and Ellen White preaching the gospel of Christ and sharing the three angels’ messages with all who would listen...

Joseph Bates was born in 1792 in Rochester, Massachusetts. At the age of fifteen, he accepted a job as a cabin boy aboard the Fanny, sailing from New York City to London. Thus began his career on the high seas, which culminated in Joseph becoming a...

La historia fascinante de Andrés Díaz, un padre misionario Católico Romano, quien buscaba la verdad, la encontró, y llegó a ser un pastor Adventista del Séptimo Día.   Preview There is a preview...

Life on a cacao farm in Brazil was full of adventure, especially when you were the youngest of seven children. Lily, the baby of the family, didn’t have a swing set or lots of toys to play with, but she didn’t need those things, because she...

What would you do if you were faced with a life-threatening illness? Would you distance yourself from God or grasp His hand, cling to His promises, and develop an unwavering trust in His goodness? In Only by God’s Grace Norma Kennett lovingly...

How does one know the will of God? For many people, the will of God seems to be a neverending quest to uncover an illusive mystery. But for Alexander Isaacs, knowing the will of God is a way of life. Born and raised in Guyana, Alexander’s early...

About the Book  What would you do if you were faced with a life-threatening illness? Would you distance yourself from God or grasp His hand, cling to His promises, and develop an unwavering trust in His goodness? In Only by God’s Grace...

Life was anything but idyllic for Esther as a child. She grew up in Honduras in a small home built from driftwood collected along the beach from shipwrecks. With ten children in the house, food was scarce. But what her family lacked in material...

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” (Ps. 23:4). This verse quickly became a resounding theme in Iris Stober’s life. The little...

Most five-year-olds want to be firefighters, astronauts, doctors, nurses, police officers, chefs, animal doctors, but how many will actually stick to their childhood “dream”? At age five Milicent McCalla made a decision to become a nurse...