The Smallest of Seeds: Forgotten Reformation Heroes (R. A. Sheats)

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A priest, a cobbler, a village tailor, a fiery-haired preacher—and a Book that set the world aflame. Such were the humble tools God employed to spark the sixteenth century Reformation in France and French-speaking Switzerland. Who were the men and women behind such a great move of God? What were their names, and have their stories ever been told?

The Smallest of Seeds: Forgotten Reformation Heroes recounts the stories of sixteen forgotten or little-known heroes of the Reformation in French-speaking lands. Ordinary lives which quickly transform into tales of startling bravery and harrowing danger fill each page as the Light of God’s Truth encounters the darkness of human error and sin.

From a priest to a Waldensian pastor, from a lowly printer to an exalted princess, the fascinating accounts of these unknown characters provide a poignant illustration of the fact that God uses all means—particularly ordinary ones—to fulfill His extraordinary plan. These tales are sure to challenge and inspire a new generation of believers to press onward in the glorious work of Reformation in our own day.

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The Smallest of Seeds

Forgotten Reformation Heroes

A priest, a cobbler, a village tailor, a fiery-haired preacher—and a Book that set the world aflame. Such were the humble tools God employed to spark the sixteenth century Reformation in France and French-speaking Switzerland. Who were the men and women behind such a great move of God? What were their names, and have their stories ever been told?

The Smallest of Seeds: Forgotten Reformation Heroes recounts the stories of sixteen forgotten or little-known heroes of the Reformation in French-speaking lands. Ordinary lives which quickly transform into tales of startling bravery and harrowing danger fill each page as the Light of God’s Truth encounters the darkness of human error and sin.

From a priest to a Waldensian pastor, from a lowly printer to an exalted princess, the fascinating accounts of these unknown characters provide a poignant illustration of the fact that God uses all means—particularly ordinary ones—to fulfill His extraordinary plan. These tales are sure to challenge and inspire a new generation of believers to press onward in the glorious work of Reformation in our own day.

Table of Contents

  1. Exchanging the Robe: A Return to the Truth
  2. A Whisper of Dawn: Jacques Lefevre
  3. Jacques Pavanes: Recant or Perish?
  4. Faithful to His Flock: Alexander Canus
  5. From Darkness to Dawn
  6. Bartholomew Milton: The Courageous Cobbler
  7. Elijah of the Alps: William Farel
  8. Attempted Murder: The Gospel’s Reception at Orbe
  9. Sparks of Reformation: A Town Set Aflame
  10. Renee of France: Island of Freedom in a Land of Captivity
  11. Bible Smuggler: Martin Gonin
  12. Shepherds for the Flock: A Brotherhood of Five
  13. Rescuing the Innocent: Sieur de Soubise
  14. Jean Crispin: A Common Man in Christ’s Service
  15. To the Ends of the World: A New Dawn?
  16. Cornerstone of True Reformation

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