Spiritual Focus on Books May 13, 2013 Issue

A few good men

Kim Shippey

Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness
Eric Metaxas
Thomas Nelson, 2013 

Here’s a book that teases as much as it inspires. It drives you to ask: Whom would I include in my Top Seven (and why)? It’s a bit like those end-of-year reviews in newspapers and magazines in which staff editors list the most prominent movies, books, and headline makers of the year.

But this one is different. God features on almost every page. It’s the result of tireless research by Eric Metaxas, who has called his book Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness (Thomas Nelson, 2013). They include George Washington (1732–99), William Wilberforce (1759–1833), Eric Liddell (1902–45), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–45), Jackie Robinson (1919–72), Pope John Paul II (1920–2005), and Charles W. Colson (1931–2012).

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