Includes bibliographical references (321-323) and indexes.

Introduction : connecting with our past -- A quick look at the big picture : a brief survey of the last 2,000 years -- Polycarp, The martyrdom of Polycarp -- Augustine, The confessions -- Anselm, Why the God-man -- Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologica -- Thomas à Kempis, The imitation of Christ -- Martin Luther, The small catechism -- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian religion -- John Bunyan, The pilgrim's progress -- Jonathan Edwards, History of the work of redemption -- John and Charles Wesley, Journals, sermons, and hymns -- William Carey, An enquiry into the obligations of Christians to use means for the conversion of the heathens -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The cost of discipleship.