Rating: 
Summary: WOW!!!!
Review: What else can I say... to have a book full of the lives of some of the most spirit-filled men and women of the last few centuries is amazing. Not only do we see God's movement in their lives, we also see what happens when God calls you to do something specific, and you ignore Him. This is definately a must-read.
Rating: 
Summary: An Unusual Book
Review: Without a doubt, this is perhaps one of the most unusual collection of biographies on various Christians I have ever read, and probably should be on your bookshelf. It sometimes tends to be more of a commentary than a collection of biographies, but, not overly so. Maybe a better word than "commentary" is a sermon, because Liardon tends to warn would-be ministers of potential snares through the individuals he writes about. A word of warning though, I have to say to be careful, as it seems that Liardon, and some of the preachers he seems to think highly of had some probably serious errors in their preaching...errors that Liardon does not address because he tends to agree with them. One will see his blind spots in this book. These errors tend to manifest themselves in the "Word of Faith" movement, of which I have disagreements with (though I am very much a Pentecostal).Also, I must say that I am a little curious as to why Liardon selected to write about the individuals he did. The introductory pages are very short, and give no hints. However, if one closely examines this work, you will begin to notice each of the individuals in this book had some sort of significant influence on an individual later in the book (as the book does cover the lives of various preachers of roughly 75-100 years). Also, some individuals written about seemed to run in some of the same circles. Most of the individuals in this book are the healing-evangelist-revivalist type...though not all. In general, a book worth having.
Rating:
Summary: An Unusual Book
Review: Without a doubt, this is perhaps one of the most unusual collection of biographies on various Christians I have ever read, and probably should be on your bookshelf. It sometimes tends to be more of a commentary than a collection of biographies, but, not overly so. Maybe a better word than "commentary" is a sermon, because Liardon tends to warn would-be ministers of potential snares through the individuals he writes about. A word of warning though, I have to say to be careful, as it seems that Liardon, and some of the preachers he seems to think highly of had some probably serious errors in their preaching...errors that Liardon does not address because he tends to agree with them. One will see his blind spots in this book. These errors tend to manifest themselves in the "Word of Faith" movement, of which I have disagreements with (though I am very much a Pentecostal). Also, I must say that I am a little curious as to why Liardon selected to write about the individuals he did. The introductory pages are very short, and give no hints. However, if one closely examines this work, you will begin to notice each of the individuals in this book had some sort of significant influence on an individual later in the book (as the book does cover the lives of various preachers of roughly 75-100 years). Also, some individuals written about seemed to run in some of the same circles. Most of the individuals in this book are the healing-evangelist-revivalist type...though not all. In general, a book worth having.
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