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• A. W. Tozer

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  A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) was an American pastor and author in the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). He is widely known for books emphasizing a deep relationship with God, such as *The Pursuit of God* and *The Knowledge of the Holy*.

• J. I. Packer

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  J. I. Packer (1926–2020) was an English-born evangelical Anglican theologian in the Reformed tradition who spent the latter part of his career in Canada. He wrote Knowing God and served as general editor of the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible.

• N. T. Wright

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  N. T. Wright (Tom Wright, born 1948) is an English Anglican bishop and New Testament scholar. He served as Bishop of Durham and is regarded as a leading scholar of the "New Perspective on Paul."

• Desmond Tutu

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  Desmond Tutu (1931–2021) was a South African Anglican archbishop. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his opposition to apartheid, the system of racial segregation, and served as chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

• Lesslie Newbigin

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  Lesslie Newbigin (1909–1998) was a British missionary, theologian, and leader in the ecumenical movement. He served as a missionary in India and as a bishop of the Church of South India. By regarding Western society as a mission field in need of re-evangelization, he laid the foundation for missional ecclesiology.

• Robert Murray M'Cheyne

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  Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813–1843) was a minister of the Church of Scotland. He served St. Peter's Church in Dundee and is widely known as the author of the "M'Cheyne Bible Reading Plan," a scheme for reading through the entire Bible in one year.

• C. T. Studd

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  C. T. Studd (1860–1931) was a British missionary and former England international cricketer. As one of the Cambridge Seven, he went to China, later served in India, and then worked in Africa, where he founded the forerunner of WEC International.

• Exodus 5

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  Exodus 5 recounts how Moses and Aaron first go before Pharaoh to deliver the LORD's word, "Let my people go," only to be refused, and how the forced labor of the Israelites is made even heavier as a result.

• Corrie ten Boom

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  Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) was a Dutch Reformed Christian and watchmaker. During World War II she and her family hid Jews, and she was imprisoned in a concentration camp as a result. After surviving the war, she became known for her memoir The Hiding Place and her speaking tours around the world.

• Justinian I

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  Justinian I (c. 482–565) was emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire from 527 to 565. He is known for codifying Roman law and for rebuilding the Hagia Sophia, and the Orthodox Church venerates him as a saint.

• Julian (Roman Emperor)

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  Julian (331–363), a nephew of Constantine I, the emperor who legalized Christianity, ruled the Roman Empire from 361 to 363. Although he was raised as a Christian, after his accession he sought to revive traditional Roman religion, and the church therefore calls him "Julian the Apostate."

• David Wilkerson

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  David Wilkerson (1931–2011) was an American Pentecostal minister and evangelist. He founded Teen Challenge, a drug-addiction recovery ministry, and Times Square Church in New York City, and he is known as the author of The Cross and the Switchblade.

• John XXIII

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  John XXIII (1881–1963) was the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church. During his pontificate he convoked the Second Vatican Council, and he is popularly known as "the Good Pope."

• Benedict XVI

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  Benedict XVI (1927–2022), born Joseph Ratzinger, was a German-born prelate who served as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church (2005–2013). Known as a conservative theologian, he was the first pope in nearly 600 years to step down from office during his lifetime.

• Boniface

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  Boniface (c. 675–754) was an English Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Mainz. A missionary who brought Christianity to the Germanic lands in the eighth century, he is known as the "Apostle of the Germans."

• John Duns Scotus

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  John Duns Scotus (c. 1265/66–1308) was a Scottish Franciscan friar and medieval scholastic theologian. Known as "the Subtle Doctor," he is famous for advocating the univocity of being and the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

• Catherine of Siena

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  Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) was a fourteenth-century Italian mystic and Dominican tertiary. Through her letters to popes and her work as a mediator, she urged the return of the papacy from Avignon to Rome and the unity of the church.

• Exodus 31

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  Exodus 31 is the final chapter of the instructions for building the tabernacle. God appoints Bezalel and Oholiab as craftsmen, commands Israel to keep the Sabbath as a sign of the covenant, and then gives Moses the two tablets of the testimony on Mount Sinai.

• Meister Eckhart

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  Meister Eckhart (c. 1260–c. 1328) was a medieval German Dominican friar, theologian, and preacher. He is regarded as a leading representative of "German mysticism."

• Nicolaus von Zinzendorf

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  Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700–1760) was a German count and Pietist leader. He founded the Herrnhut community, revived the Moravian Brethren, and is regarded as a leading pioneer of Protestant foreign missions.