Rescue and Redeem: Chronicles of the Modern Church

History Lives #5

by Mindy Withrow, Brandon Withrow

Let History come to life Just the way it should do. As the modern world exploded with rapid changes in transportation, in communication, in manufacturing people around the globe faced overwhelming new challenges. As Christians arrived for the first time in other countries, they realized that being a Christian was about living out the gospel in every culture. And they realized that great injustice was everywhere! So they met the challenges of modern life with new ways of communicating Christ's ancient gospel. From Niijima Jo and Pandita Ramabai to Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Janani Luwum, they set out to rescue God's global people and redeem them to new life in Christ.

Read the stories of the Japanese samurai who traded his sword for a Bible and the Hawaiian princess whose faith strengthened her to defend her nation. Discover the German and Ugandan pastors who stoof up to murderous dictators. Get to know the teacher in India who rescued child widows and the writer in Britain who created a world in a wardrobe.

Genres: History, Christian, Church History, Biography, Childrens, Nonfiction, School

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2009

About the author

Mindy Rice Withrow is co-author with her husband, historian Brandon Withrow, of the 5 volume History Lives series for young adults. A former magazine editor and communications director, she now works as a concept creator and content strategist for an uber-cool digital agency. She reviews books at mindywithrow.com and at discardedimage.com, where she is Fiction Reviews Editor.

Reviews

[M.K. Laffin]

Although I personally didn’t find anything blatantly wrong in this book, it was just a little boring. I would have enjoyed hearing these people’s stories with a little more...I don’t want to say color, because that makes it seem like I don’t want the facts. But I just would have preferred a little more detail, I suppose.

[Shaun Marksbury]

This has been a great series overall. I personally would have preferred to see only the central figures highlighted in a series like this, aimed at educating young people about the faith, but the stories told are both engaging and will give the general feel of certain movements. I recommend this to those of any age who want to know more about church history, but with an important caveat for Christian parents/educators --- this series is a very broad look at Christianity, with certain individuals underlined that do not necessarily represent sound orthodoxy. With just some discussion points for younger people, it is well worth the read.

[Sandy]

Just finished reading this book (and series) to my boys this morning. While it does cover a broad range of people (one or two at least that I wouldn’t have included), I love reading stories to my kids that show the sacrifices of those who walked before us.

[Melanie Tillman]

This whole series has been fantastic to read with my kids! It really puts our own lives in perspective to read about the sacrifices of those who have run the race before us.

[Emma Filbrun]

Rescue and Redeem is the final book in the fascinating History Lives series. Once again, it contains very interesting, action-packed stories of many modern Christians who have changed the world in some way for Christ. Some are well-known; some obscure enough that I had never heard of them before. One especially interesting story described the life of the last member of the royal family of Hawaii. I never knew...

Read my full review here.

[Ebookwormy1]

I confess, after thoroughly enjoying the previous books in the series, I didn't buy this one.

My concern is that it is so difficult to get perspective on recent events. To have a good feeling for which lives and stories will shape future times. So, I decided to skip it.

But, if you have read it and feel differently, I am open to persuasion. Any thoughts out there?

[Dawn Roberts]

I highly recommend this entire series!

[elizabeth (yyaksok)]

This is a great series and I definitely recommend it!