Auburn Friends
Some wonderfully encouraging biographies and an occasional brief exhortation or word of wisdom for our friends who meet together in Auburn and for anyone else who would like to listen in. Our desire is only to grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, for His glory.
Episodes
62 episodes
George Müller - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
George Müller (1805-1898) was born in Prussia, and his youth was spent in utter ungodliness, even surpassing many of his age in sin and folly. His conversion was strangely sudden and happened simply by finding himself for the first time in the ...
Billy Graham - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Billy Graham (1918 – 2018) is well known as the American evangelist who preached to millions in person and through radio and television. He rose to prominence in the late 1940's and is probably among the most influential Christian leaders...
Joni Eareckson - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Joni Eareckson was born October 15, 1949 and is a Christian author, radio host, and founder of Joni and Friends, an organization "accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community." On July 30, 1967, she dived into the Ch...
Hudson Taylor - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman (his early life)
James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, was a man passionately driven to seek God's will in all that he did. He is best known for the drastic difference he made in the evangelisation of China.Born in 1832, Hudson Taylo...
John Bunyan - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
John Bunyan (1628–1688), an English writer and Puritan preacher, is best remembered for "The Pilgrim's Progress" (1678), which became one of the most published books in the English language.Bunyan came from the village o...
Richard Wurmbrand - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Richard Wurmbrand (1909–2001) was born to a Jewish family in Bucharest, Romania. In 1936, he married Sabina Oster and in 1938 they placed their faith in Jesus Christ.During World War II, Richard and Sabina preached in bomb shelter...
Corrie Ten Boom - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
“God does not have problems. Only plans,” proclaimed Corrie ten Boom when a clerical error allowed her to be released from a Nazi concentration camp one week before all women prisoners her age were executed.After being released from the...
Keith Green - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Keith Green (1953 – 1982), a pianist, singer and songwriter is best known for his strong devotion to Christ and challenging others to the same. Several of his songs are very well known around the world, including "Oh Lord, You're Beau...
Gladys Aylward - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Gladys Aylward (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970) was a British-born Christian missionary to China. From her early teens, Gladys worked as a housemaid but following a calling to go overseas she tried to become a missionary. ...
George Whitefield - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
George Whitefield (27 December 1714 – 30 September 1770), was an English Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement.Whitefield was ordained after receiving his Bachelor of Arts d...
Oswald Chambers - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Oswald Chambers (24 July 1874 – 15 November 1917) was a Scottish evangelist and teacher, best known for the devotional book, My Utmost for His Highest. Chambers was stricken with appendicitis on 17 October 1917 while in ...
CH Spurgeon - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was an English Baptist preacher. He remains very influential among many Christians, among whom he is often known as the "Prince of Preachers". His extraordinary gifts and his...
