William Carey sailed in 1793 to India with a reluctant wife and four children to bring the message of Jesus. There he encountered so much hardship it is amazing he didn't abandon his mission and go home. But he stayed for over 40 years.

This affecting biography chronicles the life and times of prominent European philosopher John Wycliffe, who was the first to translate the Bible into English. The 14th century, Oxford University scholar often found himself caught between opposing theological, political and societal forces: He defended England's autonomy against the pontiff's authority and championed the indigent against the wealthy's abuses.

丁道尔(William Tyndale)先后在牛津、剑桥受教育。他首先接触伊拉斯姆的观念，然后是路德的，最后是慈运理的。因此，他定意要把圣经放在每一个人手中。一般百姓当然无法读拉丁文圣经，至于威克里夫的英文译本，一方面数量很少，一方面经过二百年后，英文本身有很多变迁，使威克里夫译本中的英文不易了解。 丁道尔的译本于公元1525年在德国出版，是直接由希腊文译成英文的精彩译本，(威克里夫译本是自拉丁文的武加大译成的)。第一版共出六千册，在往后十年中，又出了七版。接下来，他又翻译了旧约的一部份。在整个翻译过程中，丁道尔都在强烈反对和恐怖逼迫的威胁之下。最后，他的敌人将他捉到，丁道尔终于在公元1536年六月于布鲁塞尔附近殉道。他的译本为英国及苏格兰改教运动带来极大的帮助，再一次证明神的话比刀剑更有能力。