C.T. Studd: No Retreat (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)

This is a great series that can be enjoyed by young children and adults. I used them as part of the training for a short term missions campaign. Each of the fourteen team members read a different biography in this series and then reported to the rest of the team. It was reminder that the training topics we were learning were relevant and lived out by the faithful and fruitful missionaries introduced by this series of biographies. For many of the team this was their first introduction to reading Christian biography and they loved it!Positives of this series:1) Great introductory overviews of the lives and ministries of the individuals.2) Basic reading level for an increasingly illiterate culture3) Short enough to be read quickly in a culture with an increasingly short attention span4) Available in Kindle and audio book for the technologically inclined5) Well written and holds your attention without being exaggerated and exploitative6) Chapters are short and can easily be read to children at bedtime or by adults on lunch breaksNegatives of this series:1) Due to their brevity and target audience the series does not deal with the more negative aspects of an individual's struggles with sin and the weaknesses in their personality as sinners saved by grace.2) Does not come across as hagiography (so idealizing the person that it borders on idolatry) but these introductions are not the place to get the full picture of these godly but imperfect champions for God. Instead they are great springboards to more extensive biographies that deal with the fuller picture of these heroic but very human Christ followers.

This is the story about Charles Thomas Studd a missionary in China, Indua and finally ChinaOnce a stuborn young man, the star cricketer of Cambridge then a christian convert later a missionary and finally a key figure in christian evangelization and mision workHis legacy remains a tribute of God's workThis historical man shows love, respect, responsibility, care, bravery, faithfulness, perseverance and... forgivnessFounder of the Heart of Africa Mision and later WEC International (World Wide Evangelical Crusade)C. T. Studd spent over fifty years as a missionary and when doctors said that going as a missionary to such a savage region as Congo and Sudan would be the end of him that stuborn man would not gove inC. T. Studd 1861 - 1931 was no chovolate soldierLove this manNot many people have such a succesfull life... and not so many authors have such a talent as wrightibg such good books

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What a work for the Kingdom of God he was sent on and completed for the Lord. Many came to know the Lord Jesus because of him and still are receiving Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

This book was amazing. I have loved every single minute of it. It is a wonderful story of a man in love with God. As Alfred said, "of one this we can be sure. C.T. Studd was no chocolate soldier." This man is a wonderful example of what a Christ-follower should be!!

An easy read about the Life if a great missionary. Suitable for kids or adults, and not very long for those with a short attention span.

This book was very inspiring and well worth reading. I found it an interesting and honest account of a life consecrated to God.

C.T. Studd was passionate for Christ. I like passionate Christians, people with big faith in a big God. Passionate people are not always the easiest to get along with, however, and can often seem unbalanced in their zeal for seeing people saved from sin and hell. The story of C.T. is a good reminder to stay focused on what is truly important, and that the comforts we tend to desire should never be allowed to become more important than the people whom Jesus loves so much. I highly recommend the Christian Heroes: Then and Now series to everyone, especially to those who have lost their passion for Christ and the work He gave them to do.