Partial List of Christian Authors
Here’s a list of authors used in our daily quotes. We hope this resource provides some context on the various Christian quotations shared in our daily messages…framing them within the time and place of their origin.
We will continually update this page to provide authors you might wish to investigate and learn from further. And this is intended to be only a partial list as we have been blessed by too many contributors to be able to mention.
| AUTHOR | TIMELINE | DESCRIPTION |
| Polycarp | 69-155 | Bishop of Smyrna, perhaps knew original disciples |
| Tertullian | 160-220 | Theologian from Carthage, writer |
| Irenaeus | 175-195 | Turkish, served as French bishop, theologian, Christian writer |
| Jerome | 345-419 | Latin Bible translator and Biblical scholar |
| John Chrysostom | 347-407 | Early church father and Christian philosopher |
| Augustine of Hippo | 354-430 | Algerian, Hippo Bishop, early Christian church father, thinker |
| Issac the Syrian | 613-700 | Syrian bishop, theologian, author |
| Bernard of Clairvaux | 1090-1153 | Christian teacher of medieval Christianity |
| Francis of Assisi | 1181-1226 | Italian Catholic friar & preacher |
| Thomas Aquinas | 1225-1274 | Italian theologian and philosopher |
| Meister Eckhart | 1260-1328 | German mystical theologian |
| Johannes Tauler | 1300-1361 | German mystic, Catholic preacher, theologian |
| John Wycliffe | 1330-1384 | English priest, behind first English translation of Bible |
| Julian of Norwich | 1342-1416 | English anchoress, Christian mystic, author |
| Thomas a Kempis | 1380-1471 | German spiritual writer |
| Martin Luther | 1483-1546 | German monk, professor of theology |
| William Tyndale | 1495-1536 | English biblical translator and martyr |
| John Calvin | 1509-1564 | French Protestant reformer |
| Teresa of Avila | 1515-1582 | Spanish Carmelite mystic and reformer |
| Lancelot Andrewes | 1555-1626 | Theologian, one of creators of King James version |
| Francis de Sales | 1567-1622 | French Roman Catholic bishop and spiritual writer |
| George Herbert | 1593-1633 | English poet and hymn writer and Anglican priest |
| Samuel Rutherford | 1600-1661 | Scottish Presbyterian theologian |
| Brother Lawrence | 1611-1691 | Carmelite mystic, French monk/cook |
| Richard Baxter | 1615-1691 | English preacher |
| Blaise Pascal | 1623-1662 | French mathematician, scientist, and religious writer |
| John Bunyan | 1628-1688 | English preacher and author |
| John Locke | 1632-1704 | English philosopher |
| Isaac Newton | 1642-1727 | English mathematician and Christian thinker |
| Francois Fenelon | 1651-1715 | French mystic and archbishop of Cambrai |
| Matthew Henry | 1662-1714 | English Presbyterian minister, commentary author |
| Isaac Watts | 1674-1748 | English clergyman, poet and hymn writer |
| William Law | 1686-1761 | Anglican spiritual writer |
| Jonathan Edwards | 1703-1758 | American theologian, missionary |
| John Wesley | 1703-1791 | Founder of Methodism |
| Samuel Johnson | 1709-1784 | English author, devoult Anglican |
| George Whitefield | 1714-1770 | English clergyman and evangelist |
| William Wilberforce | 1759-1833 | English abolitionist and philanthropist |
| Charles Finney | 1792-1875 | Presbyterian minister |
| Henry Law | 1797-1844 | Anglican dean and evangelical writer |
| John Henry Newman | 1801-1890 | English theologian, priest, cardinal |
| Horace Bushnell | 1802-1876 | American Congregational theologian |
| Robert Browning | 1812-1889 | English poet |
| Robert M. McCheyne | 1813-1843 | Scottish minister and writer |
| Soren Kierkegaard | 1813-1855 | Danish religious philosopher, writer |
| David Livingstone | 1813-1873 | Missionary |
| Henry Ward Beecher | 1813-1887 | American congregational minister |
| J. B. Stoney | 1814-1897 | Christian author |
| J. C. Ryle | 1816-1900 | Evangelical parish priest, author |
| Henry David Thoreau | 1817-1862 | American essayist and poet |
| Florence Nightingale | 1820-1910 | Reformer of hospital nursing |
| George MacDonald | 1824-1905 | Scottish minister and writer |
| Leo Tolstoy | 1828-1910 | Russian novelist and social reformer |
| Catherine Booth | 1829-1890 | Preacher, activist, cofounder Salvation Army |
| Lewis Carroll | 1832-1898 | English author & Anglican deacon |
| James Hudson Taylor | 1832-1905 | Missionary |
| Hannah Whitall Smith | 1832-1911 | American Author |
| Charles H. Spurgeon | 1834-1892 | English Baptist preacher |
| Phillips Brooks | 1835-1893 | American preacher |
| D. L. Moody | 1837-1899 | American evangelist |
| F. B. Meyer | 1847-1929 | Evangelical Baptist minister |
| William Ralph Inge | 1860-1954 | English academic, writer and theologian |
| Alfred North Whitehead | 1861-1947 | English philosopher |
| Billy Sunday | 1862-1935 | American evangelist |
| George W. Carver | 1864-1943 | American scientist and educator |
| Andre Gide | 1869-1951 | French author, humanist, moralist, champion of poor |
| Oswald Chambers | 1874-1917 | Scottish evangelist and devotional writer |
| Gilbert Keith Chesterton | 1874-1936 | English writer and Christian apologist, critic |
| Evelyn Underhill | 1875-1941 | English mystical writer |
| Albert Schweitzer | 1875-1965 | German theologian, medial missionary |
| Harry Emerson Fosdick | 1878-1969 | American liberal Protestant minister |
| E. Stanley Jones | 1884-1973 | Missionary to India, author |
| Karl Barth | 1886-1968 | Swiss theologian |
| Reinhold Niebuhr | 1892-1971 | American theologian, professor |
| Pearl S. Buck | 1892-1973 | American author |
| Corrie Ten Boom | 1892-1983 | Dutch evangelist and author |
| Fulton Sheen | 1895-1979 | American Roman Catholic bishop and broadcaster |
| Norman Vincent Peale | 1896-1993 | American minister and author |
| A. W. Tozer | 1897-1963 | American Methodist pastor and author |
| C. S. Lewis | 1898-1963 | Theologian, writer, Christian apologist |
| Martin Lloyd-Jones | 1899-1981 | Welsh pastor and author |
| Elton Trueblood | 1900-1994 | Quaker philosopher and theologian |
| Vance Havner | 1901-1986 | American devotional writer |
| Watchman Nee | 1903-1972 | Chinese home church leader, author, jailed 20 years |
| Clare Boothe Luce | 1903-1987 | American playwright, legislator, and diplomat |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer | 1906-1945 | Theologian |
| William Barclay | 1907-1978 | Scottish biblical scholar |
| Alan Redpath | 1907-1989 | Evangelist and Bible teacher |
| Leonard Ravenhill | 1907-1994 | English Christian evangelist & author |
| Simone Weil | 1909-1943 | French philosopher, converted to Catholicism, writer |
| Mother Teresa | 1910-1997 | Albanian missionary to India |
| Francis Schaeffer | 1912-1984 | Presbyterian minister, author |
| Catherine Marshall | 1914-1983 | Author |
| Thomas Merton | 1915-1968 | American Trappist monk, Catholic author, and poet |
| Richard Halverson | 1916-1995 | Presbyterian minister and chaplain of U.S. Senate |
| Billy Graham | 1918-2018 | Christian evangelist |
| Lewis Smedes | 1921-2002 | American professor, author |
| J. I. Packer | 1926-2020 | Evangelical priest, author |
| Frederick Buechner | 1926-2022 | American spiritual writer, Presbyterian minister |
| Elisabeth Elliot | 1927-2015 | Belgium missionary, writer, and radio show host |
| Warren Wiersbe | 1929-2019 | American pastor, author |
| Henri Nouwen | 1932-1997 | Dutch spiritual writer, Catholic priest, theologian |
| Stanley, Charles | 1932-2023 | American Baptist pastor, author |
| Dallas Willard | 1935-2013 | American spiritual philosopher |
| Charles Swindoll | 1924 | American preacher, author |
| James Dobson | 1936-2025 | Evangelical leader, author |
| Bruce Wilkinson | 1940 | American evangelist |
| Richard Foster | 1942 | American author |
| Anne Lamott | 1954 | Author |
| Max Lucado | 1955 | Pastor, author |
| Beth Moore | 1957 | Author |
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