History has always been my favorite topic since I was in grade school. I was never really good at math (a trait I still possess), science, or art. However, history was good stuff for me. There are a few things unique about history. One, God has given us a record (although not strictly His purpose) of history of how He has dealt with His creation since the Creation of time. Second, God became a part of history when Jesus Christ became Incarnate and lived physically on this Earth. Another unique thing about history are those Saints who have come before us. Those believers in Jesus Christ who faced harsh persecution (even to death), made reforms of the church, and who fought heresy from destroying the church. People like Polycarp (who when faced with death said, "Eighty and six years I have served Him and He bath done me no wrong. How then can I speak evil of my King who saved me? Bring forth what thou will."), Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, Martin Luther, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Adoniram Judson, William Carey, John Owen, and all the way until the late Billy Graham. These are the men whose shoulders we stand on. These are the men who are champions of the faith. I say all of this to say I would like to introduce you to some of these men in more detail. I would like to for the following blogs to be short biographies and memorable quotes and writings of these great men. I hope you enjoy history. I hope you come to love and respect the Saints who have come before us. I hope their lives will be an encouragement to you and your life towards holiness. I hope for those of you who do not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, that you will see Him through the lives of these men and ultimately through the Word of God.

Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.