When her husband, Samuel, abandoned her and their kids she was left with absolutely nothing.

Susanna was a woman of great faith and patience.

Is there a connection between her purity and how God used her? How do you want to be more like Joan? She chose to be celibate, she was supernaturally protected from the men in her army, and deliberately sealed her fate by wearing men’sĬlothing to prevent the guards from raping her.

Joan of Arc represents a symbol of purity.

On page 5, Joan is told she will save France and “she did not doubt.” Where do you think her faith came from at such a young age? Does God still use people this way?.

These and other lives profiled in Seven Men and Seven Women reveal how reveal the secret to a life of greatness-by responding to call to live for something greater than oneself.7 Women and The Secret of Their GreatnessĮric Metaxas chose these women because “their accomplishments are not gender-neutral but are rooted in their singularity as women.” What does that mean?

And Rosa Parks's God-given sense of justice and unshakable dignity helped launch the twentieth century’s greatest social movement. Corrie ten Boom risked her life to hide Dutch Jews from the Nazis in World War II and survived the horrors of a concentration camp-and forgave her tormentors years later. Jackie Robison endured the threats and abuse of racists with unimaginable dignity and strength. William Wilberforce led the fight to end the slave trade, giving up his chance to be England's prime minister. Susanna Wesley, the mother of nineteen children, gave the world its most significant evangelist and its greatest hymn-writer, her sons John and Charles.

George Washington led his country to independence yet resisted the temptation to become America's king. In this new, one-volume edition that brings together two of his most popular works, #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas explores the question of what makes a great person great? Seven Men and Seven Women tells the captivating stories of fourteen heroic individuals who changed the course of history and shaped the world in astonishing ways. Two beloved Metaxas classics in a single, compact edition.

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