Teens

Real people, real questions and the greatest stories ever told, in words you’ll actually read.

60 books · 4 Book Series

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The great adventure

The Pilgrim’s Progress (For Teens)

Written in a prison cell: one man, a crushing burden, and the road to real life.

12 chapters · ~4 min a chapter

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Anchored

Take the 30-day challenge

One short reading a day: a verse, what it means and a prayer. Can you go all 30?

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Real people. True stories.

Every one of them was once your age. Tap a face to read their story.

Book Series 4

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Growing in Wisdom
Ochorus Originals

Study, friends, pressure, money and failure: a guide to growing up wise.

18 chapters · ~3 min a chapter
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Around the Wicket Gate
Charles H. Spurgeon

Almost believing, but not quite? A friendly talk for anyone standing at the gate.

11 chapters · ~9 min a chapter
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All of Grace
Charles H. Spurgeon

The full original: Spurgeon’s plain word to anyone who thinks they’re too far gone.

20 chapters · ~9 min a chapter
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The Way to God
Dwight L. Moody

D. L. Moody, a shoe salesman turned preacher, on how to actually find God.

9 chapters · ~23 min a chapter
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Prayer – The Pulse of Life
Hannah Buyinza

Prayer is more than a wish list. What it is, how to do it, and how to keep going.

12 chapters · ~4 min a chapter
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He Holds My Tomorrows
Gareth Evans

What faith really is, and what Noah, Abraham and Rahab show us about trusting God with tomorrow.

18 chapters · ~9 min a chapter
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Soar Like The Eagle
Gareth Evans

Why so many believers stall, and six steps toward the life God made you for.

12 chapters · ~13 min a chapter
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Stepping Stones
Gareth Evans

Fifty years of following God one step at a time, from the classroom to the far side of the world.

43 chapters · ~6 min a chapter
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Clothed with Strength and Dignity
Ochorus Originals

Who you are in Christ, and what a strong, godly woman looks like.

15 chapters · ~8 min a chapter
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Rise Up, Men of God
Ochorus Originals

Courage, self-control and the battle within: what a godly man looks like.

14 chapters · ~8 min a chapter
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A Retrospect
Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor tells it himself: the last coin, the voyage, and the prayers that opened China.

20 chapters · ~10 min a chapter
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Things as They Are
Amy Carmichael

Amy Carmichael refused to make missions sound nice. This is what she actually saw in India.

35 chapters · ~12 min a chapter
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The Life of Trust
George Müller

George Müller’s own journal: every need of his orphans, asked of God alone, and every answer.

28 chapters · ~28 min a chapter
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The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
David Brainerd

A young missionary alone in the wilderness, writing down his doubts, his prayers and his longing for God.

12 chapters · ~46 min a chapter
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Men and Women Who Gave Everything
Ochorus Originals

A cricket star who gave away his fortune, and nine others who followed Jesus whatever it cost.

13 chapters · ~5 min a chapter
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Men Who Moved Heaven
Ochorus Originals

Spurgeon, Müller, Hudson Taylor: what happened when ordinary men really prayed.

13 chapters · ~5 min a chapter
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Women Who Moved Heaven
Ochorus Originals

From a mother who prayed for seventeen years to Corrie ten Boom in a death camp.

13 chapters · ~5 min a chapter
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The Big Story
Ochorus Originals

Sixty-six books, one story: from a garden to a city, with Jesus at the centre of it all.

32 chapters · ~6 min a chapter

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Plans 5

Anchored: Two Months with God for Teens

64 days·~4 min/day

Two months with God for readers aged 13 to 17: both books of Anchored — Is It True? Who Am I? and Real Life — one devotion a day on the honest questions of faith, who you are in Christ, and following Jesus through worry, screens, friendships, home and grief. Each day ends with a pointer to one chapter of a classic.

Day 1 ·Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 1

Starting Out: Faith for Teens

24 days·~7 min/day

A first walk with Jesus, for teenage readers. Charles Spurgeon meets you at the gate with the plainest of help for anyone finding their way to Christ; then the true stories of men and women who gave him everything show what that life becomes — two short books over about three weeks.

Day 1 ·Around the Wicket Gate

Growing in Wisdom in 18 Days

18 days·~3 min/day

James DeGreef's guide for students — one short reading a day for eighteen days. From discovering your purpose to building a vision for the future, each day pairs practical counsel with a Scripture, a reflection, and a prayer.

Day 1 ·Growing in Wisdom

They Were Young: Two Weeks of True Stories

14 days·~14 min/day

Two weeks of true stories for readers aged 13 to 17: both books of They Were Young — Called and Tested — one life a day, from Spurgeon in a snowstorm and Richard Allen in Delaware to Patrick, Perpetua and the Uganda Martyrs, each ending with questions to think through.

Day 1 ·They Were Young – Book 1: Called

Everything for Christ: A Life Poured Out

25 days·~25 min/day

What does whole-hearted surrender cost, and what does it yield? David Brainerd's searching missionary diary, followed by the stories of men and women who gave everything for the sake of the gospel — a call to consecration told through lives that answered it.

Day 1 ·The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

Big questions 6

Honest questions, answered from the Bible and the classics — each one points on to a book.

Can I Be a Christian and Still Have Doubts?

Doubt does not disqualify you from faith. How honest questions can drive you toward God, and how to hold on when belief feels thin.

10 min read · Leads to Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Is the Bible Reliable? An Honest Look for Teens

You have heard the Bible was changed, contradictory, or just old myths. Here is an honest look at whether it can be trusted — at a teenager’s level.

10 min read · Leads to The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith

Why Would a Good God Allow Suffering?

If God is good and all-powerful, why is there so much pain? An honest look at the hardest question — free will, the cross, Romans 8:28, and a world made right.

11 min read · Leads to All Things for Good

Do Science and Faith Really Contradict Each Other?

You were told to choose between science and God. You don’t have to. Science answers how; faith answers who and why — and the deepest questions belong to both.

10 min read · Leads to The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith

How Do We Know Jesus Really Rose From the Dead?

A teenager’s honest question deserves an honest answer: the real historical case for the resurrection, and what it means if it’s true.

10 min read · Leads to All of Grace

Aren’t All Religions Basically the Same?

You’ve been told all religions teach the same thing, and that saying Jesus is the only way sounds arrogant. Here’s an honest, humble look at why the real question is what is true.

10 min read · Leads to The Way to God

For churches and homeschools 33

Week-by-week leader’s guides you can print, one week for each chapter: a summary, a memory verse, questions and a simple activity.

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Talks to the Farmer
Charles H. Spurgeon
17 chapters · 58 min read
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A Retrospect
Hudson Taylor
12 chapters · 42 min read
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The Life of Trust
George Müller
12 chapters · 38 min read
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The Pilgrim’s Progress
John Bunyan
12 chapters · 44 min read
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Amanda Smith: An Autobiography
Amanda Berry Smith
12 chapters · 39 min read
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All of Grace
Charles H. Spurgeon
12 chapters · 42 min read
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Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 40 min read
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Corrie ten Boom
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 44 min read
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Elisabeth Elliot
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 45 min read
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C. S. Lewis
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 43 min read
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Praying Hyde
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 43 min read
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Mary Slessor
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 45 min read
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Pandita Ramabai
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 45 min read
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Watchman Nee
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 40 min read
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Grace Abounding
John Bunyan
13 chapters · 44 min read
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Confessions
Augustine of Hippo
13 chapters · 42 min read
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The Practice of the Presence of God
Brother Lawrence
13 chapters · 31 min read
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The Imitation of Christ
Thomas à Kempis
13 chapters · 29 min read
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The Pursuit of God
A. W. Tozer
11 chapters · 39 min read
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The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
David Brainerd
13 chapters · 29 min read
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Absolute Surrender
Andrew Murray
12 chapters · 27 min read
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Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
John Foxe
13 chapters · 31 min read
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Pensées
Blaise Pascal
13 chapters · 32 min read
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The Bruised Reed
Richard Sibbes
13 chapters · 30 min read
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The Mortification of Sin
John Owen
12 chapters · 24 min read
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The Way to God
Dwight L. Moody
11 chapters · 25 min read
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Amy Carmichael
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 47 min read
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The Life of Antony
Athanasius of Alexandria
12 chapters · 24 min read
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David Livingstone
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 46 min read
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Orthodoxy
G. K. Chesterton
11 chapters · 22 min read
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The Secret of Guidance
F. B. Meyer
11 chapters · 22 min read
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How to Succeed in the Christian Life
R. A. Torrey
12 chapters · 23 min read
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C. T. Studd
Ochorus Originals
13 chapters · 46 min read
For parents and youth leaders