The List of Recommended Biographies / Autobiographies

Here is a list of Christian authours whose life stories have impacted me greatly, and helped me to go further, dream bigger and expect great things from God.

Autobiography Of George Muller
Read and see how God answers his child's prayers in this book!






Dare to Dream: If you can see the invisible today, God will make it visible tomorrow
See the hands of God on Mattheus Van Der Steen, and how God works through this young man of faith to impact the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ!




Warrior for Revival: The Life Stories and Principles of Philip Mantofa
The current pastor, serving in a growing church of 30,000 in Indonesia.
See how a demon-possessed man becomes a Spirit-filled man of God!





The Fourth Dimension, Vol. 1
Listen to the life story of the Pastor David Yonggi Cho, the pastor of the largest church (over 800,000 members) in the world, the Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea.
How God healed him when he was at the brink of death, and worked through him to bring about the healing of people and the nation as a whole!


Living a Life of Fire: An Autobiography
Listen to the story of a man who lived through the terrible and dangerous times of the World War II as a child, and how he met God through his goldy mother in a little town of Germany. He has now served in Africa for over 25 years, witnessing over 52 million documented decisions for Christ!




Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church (The Leadership Network Innovation)
A story of Mark Driscoll who was called by God to become a follower of Jesus, marry his now wife, Grace, plant a church and train men. This is the story of how a small of group for a bible study grew, and become a now thriving mega church, Mars Hill Church, in the least churched state of America, Seattle (then, Seattle is not the least churched state in America any more.)


Hudson Taylor (Men of Faith)
The story of Hudson Taylor, a man from England.
He goes to the heart of China to start Chinese Inland Mission.
See how God is with him whenever and wherever he goes.

Heavenly Man by Brother Yun

I got this book during the last summer holidays, quite accidentally. My younger brother gave me a book coupon that he didn't use. I just went to the bookstore, and started looking for some book that seemed interesting. I knew that the bookstore didn't have as many books as you'd like, and I was thinking of picking up any book that caught my attention.

And this book caught my attention. The Heavenly Man.
Hmm.. As I read the book description, I got quickly interested in this book, as it was about a Chinese native missionary's journey in his own homeland reaching out to people around him, delivering the Goodnews of Jesus Christ.

If I remember correctly, I read this book in one sitting. I was living in a flat at the time. It was during the summer holidays. It was a Saturday morning. I just had breakfast. And now I was picking up this book.

I think I started reading around 9am and finished it at night. The story was absolutely captivating my attention and I couldn't put the book down. The story of this man's faith and God's work in this man was truly remarkable. God's calling, miracles and interventions and Brother Yun's life, escaping from Chinese police and his imprisonment because of his faith in Jesus imparted to my heart another kindling for my passion to follow Jesus and follow Him even in the midst of difficulties, trials and persecutions.

Even for those who are not Christians, this story can still be a very interesting read. Are the miracles real? You should listen to him for yourself and find out! :)

Spiritual Depression by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

When I was going through deep depression, especially in regards to my faith and convictions, this book was food for my soul. Dr Lloyd-Jones who was formerly a physician working at the hospital in London, and now was a minister at Westminster Chapel in London, goes over many causes of depression and cures for each of them.

I could see Dr Lloyd-Jones' keen insight into a person's spiritual problems and the solutions he offers are based on the Scripture.

This is one of my favourite verses that he quoted in the book: 

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13