John Brown of Priesthill

We love our popular heroestough, strong, adventuring fellows with lives full of daring exploits. But the obscure Scottish Covenanter John Brown of Priesthill is a hero of a different kind.

The Scottish Covenanters of the 17th century, inspired by the leadership of Reformer John Knox over 100 years earlier, refused to accept a debased and authoritarian Christianity headed by arrogant kings and clergy. The Covenanters believed that they should choose their own Christian teachers according to a strict Biblical standard and not by the dictates of arbitrary authority. John Brown was one such teacher.

Like the early Christian martyrs of the Roman Empire who would rather suffer and die than deny their God, John Brown stood firmly for the life and liberty found only in the Lord Jesus Christ. His life was ordinary. He sought to provide for his home and family. Known as a carrier, Brown carried various valuables belonging to neighbors abroad in the community to trade for them. Hardly a glamorous vocation, it yet required a great deal of trust among those he served. Thus, when he preached, people listened. Tyrants fear such men. John Brown died because he trusted and served His God above all else.

John Brown of Priesthill: History Heroism in an Ordinary Scottish Life is perfect for classroom and homeschool teachers who want their students to read and absorb a true hero's story, as well as Christian parents who want to inspire and strengthen their older children's hearts with John Brown's and the entire Scottish Covenanter story.

An inspiring tale worthy of passage from generation to generation.