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
58 episodes
Lilias Trotter - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Lilias Trotter (1853 – 1928) was a British missionary to North Africa. In her early twenties, her artworks were noticed by the renowned art critic, John Ruskin. However, Lilias forsook his offer of artistic greatness to continue her ministry wo...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:00:40
Robert Murray M'Cheyne - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843) is a name that many Christians will have heard, though few may know much about his life. But those who do, remember him for his love for Christ, his personal holiness and fervent prayer and his burden to win t...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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52:52
Jonathan Edwards - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was an American theologian and pastor. He and his wife Sarah served in Northampton for 23 years where he played a significant role in the Great Awakening. He preached probably one of the most famous sermons during t...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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1:08:44
CS Lewis - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
For the slides (in PDF format) that accompanied this presentation, click hereCS Lewis (1898 – 1963), known to his friends as Jack, is bes...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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59:41
Rosaria Butterfield - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Rosaria Butterfield, a former English professor and lesbian activist, came to Christ in what she describes as a “train wreck” conversion. This biography is based on her memoir The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert as well as her o...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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1:00:02
William Tyndale - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
William Tyndale (1494 – 1536) was an English Biblical scholar and linguistic genius who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation but us best remembered for his translation of the Bible into English.In 1535, Tyndale was arre...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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1:07:53
John Gibson Paton - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
John Gibson Paton (24 May 1824 – 28 January 1907), was born in Scotland and become a missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific.Though his life and work in the New Hebrides was difficult and often dangerous, Paton preach...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:15:20
Elizabeth Elliot - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Elisabeth Elliot (1926 – 2015) was married to Jim Elliot, who was killed in 1956 while attempting to make missionary contact with the Huaorani people in eastern Ecuador. Together with her young daughter, Valerie, she later spent two...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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1:08:00
The Letters of John Newton - Mrs Hannah More 1787
"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confir...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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9:49
The Letters of John Newton - Miss Flower 1778 October
"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confir...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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6:51
The Letters of John Newton - Mrs Dawson 1788
"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confir...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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8:54
David Brainerd - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
David Brainerd (1718 – 1747) was an American missionary to the Native Americans who had a particularly fruitful ministry among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. During his short life he was beset by many difficulties but his godly character a...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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52:44
A Sinless Life
Let's try to imagine and describe a life that is totally without sin...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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6:44
The Letters of John Newton - Mrs Talbot March 12 1774
"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confir...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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6:42
The Letters of John Newton - Lord Dartmouth March 10 1774
"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confir...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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6:38
The Letters of John Newton - Lord Dartmouth April 1772
"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confir...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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7:55
The Letters of John Newton - Lord Dartmouth March 1772
"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confir...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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8:31
The Letters of John Newton - Lord Dartmouth 1772 February
"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confir...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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10:10
The Letters of John Newton - Mrs Wilberforce 1764
"I aim to speak plain truths to a plain people! May it please the God of all grace, to accompany my feeble endeavors to promote the knowledge of His truth! If my letters are owned to comfort the afflicted, to quicken the careless, to confir...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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8:50
The Obedience of Faith
On Romans 1:5What does it mean to be a Christian? Are we saved by faith or by obedience? What does the Bible mean when it says that we will be judged by our works at the end?
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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17:25
Ann and Adoniram Judson - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Adoniram Judson (August 9, 1788 – April 12, 1850) was an American missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. He labored there with his first wife Ann (née Hasseltine) (December 22, 1789 – October 24, 1826) and then als...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:02:39
He Spoke
A free verse poem by William Haddad inspired by Simon Peter's response to Jesus, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." (John 6:68)October 26, 2020
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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3:29
Worship and Authenticity
Concerning the Chaconne (from Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D Minor): “On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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7:56
An Unquenchable Life
An Australian Prime Minister, frustrated perhaps with the expectations placed upon him, was once heard to say that “life wasn’t meant to be easy”...We seek ease, but it is a strange thing that, while we are easily able to imagine all ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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5:52
Nabeel Qureshi - a brief biography by Michelle Buckman
Nabeel Qureshi (1983 – 2017) was a Pakistani-American Christian apologist, author, and speaker. He was a convert to Christianity from the Ahmadi movement within Islam and worked with Ravi Zacharias from 2013 until 2016. He wrote...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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54:55
