The Challengers by Grace Livingston Hill

Select the department you want to search in. Lyrics to the cantata With Thankful Heart (music by her grandson, F. The Challengers eBook : Grace Livingston Hill: : Kindle Store.When her first husband died, leaving her with two daughters to raise, writing became a way to make a living, but she always recognized storytelling as a way to share her faith in God. Grace wrote over one hundred faith-inspired books during her lifetime.

Read and enjoyed by millions, her wholesome stories contain adventure, romance, and the heartwarming triumphs of people faced with the problems of life and love. GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL (18651947) is known as the pioneer of Christian romance. Grace Livingston Hill is the beloved author of more than 100 books. By Way of the Silverthorns (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lippincott, 1941) The Challengers are a family caught up in struggles that threaten to tear their world apart.The War Romance of the Salvation Army, 1919.

The Obsession of Victoria Gracen, 1915.The Esselstynes, or, Alphonso and Marguerite, 1877.They married in 1904, and together founded the Swarthmore School of Music.Īt the time of her death, Grace belonged to the Leiper Presbyterian Church in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She met her husband Flavius at the Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, where he was minister of music. Grace was the daughter of Charles Montgomery Livingston and Marcia B. The temptation to be self-reliant and to depend on my own 'good works' was challenged by this story.Born: April 16, 1865, Wellsville, New York (Easter Sunday).ĭied: February 23, 1947, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.īuried: Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, New York. As one who has been a Christian for many years, the simple, childlike faith I had as a new believer is what I must constantly return to. But, of course, reasoned the honest child, even through her indignation, the woman perhaps needed the money, and it was right that she should be paid.

I found this book to be personally challenging in the best of ways. To think that they, the Challengers, had come to this, to have a common lodging-housekeeper punish them because they could not pay the rent on time. The author skillfully delves into the interior workings of each one's heart to reveal how people misunderstand God's character and purposes. The family members are on their own journey of faith. The Challenger family, undergoing severe trials and testings, hold a mirror into the souls of readers who may not understand what it means to really know God, love Christ, and trust Him with all our hearts. But for decades, many Americans presumed on their national identity as a substitute for genuine faith in Jesus Christ. In our post-modern culture, this might not make much sense. The is a story that will challenge Americans who think they are Christians to examine the true nature of their faith.

The Challengers by Grace Livingston Hill