"Mack Tomlinson’s biography of David and John Brainerd is a must-read for every Christian."—Paul Washer, founder of HeartCry Missionary Society
"Mack Tomlinson has produced an excellent investigation of the Brainerd brothers, David and John, and their joint labors for the conversion of the Native Americans. Their personal self-denying devotion to the cause of the gospel among these neglected people is one of the most inspiring and at the same time convicting sagas of American history. They illustrated the words of Jesus, ’Whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it’ (Mark 8:35). Tomlinson gives a sensitive picture of their love and admiration for each other and their shared devotion to their call for evangelism."
—Tom Nettles, senior professor of historical theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
"This book has been a means of grace to me. Who can tell the number of men humbled and inspired by reading the biography of David Brainerd? Now we have him set in the context of his family and his relationship with his lovely but lesser-known brother John, who picked up the baton of pastoring the early American tribes after David’s early death. Many are the insights and details that leap from these pages. The ’forgotten John’ is now honored, and we are mightily edified."
—Geoff Thomas, itinerant preacher, prolific author, and formerly pastor in Wales for more than 50 years
