Heroes: Five Leaders From Whose Lives We Can Learn

by Andy Bannister

We live in an age that’s often cynical about the idea of heroes, that’s confused character with celebrity, and in which the classic virtues of justice, courage, self-control and wisdom are often neglected. Yet in most cultures, role models have always been seen as vital. This short book explores five heroic lives from which we can learn: John Newton, William Wilberforce, C. S. Lewis, Lesslie Newbigin and Tim Keller. Popular speaker and broadcaster Andy Bannister explains why he’s proud to call them his heroes, what we can learn from their stories, and how allowing the “clean sea breezes of the centuries” to blow through our minds can keep our thinking fresh and our lives envisioned.

Genres: History

85 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 21, 2015

About the author

Andy Bannister is the Director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity, speaking and teaching regularly throughout the UK, Europe, Canada, the USA, and the wider world. From universities to churches, business forums to TV and radio, Andy regularly addresses audiences of both Christians and those of all faiths and none on issues relating to faith, culture, politics and society.

Andy holds a PhD in Islamic studies and has taught extensively at universities across Canada, the USA, the UK and further afield on both Islam and philosophy. He is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at The Arthur Jeffery Centre for the Study of Islam at Melbourne School of Theology and also Adjunct Faculty at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.

Among Andy's various books and publications are:

* Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God? — a popular, witty, and engaging look at this vital question

* The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist (or: The Dreadful Consequences of Really Bad Arguments) — a very funny (but also quite serious) engagement with the New Atheism

* Healthy Faith and the Coronavirus Crisis — I wrote a chapter in this multi-author volume looking at how we can engage in evangelism even in an age of lockdown

* Heroes: Five Lessons From Whose Lives We Can Learn — an exciting and fast-moving looking at the lives of five incredible giants of the Christian faith

* An Oral-Formulaic Study of the Qur’an — a groundbreaking and innovative study that reveals many of the ways the Qur’an was first composed

* Burning Questions — a Canadian TV documentary exploring six big questions about God, faith, and Christianity

When not travelling, speaking, or writing, Andy is a keen hiker, mountain climber and photographer. Andy is married to Astrid and they have two children, Caitriona and Christopher.

Reviews

[Tracy Dungan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how he writes, and enjoyed how he brought these people to life.