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"Repentance" is one of the powerful sermons preached by Fundamentalist Evangelist William Ashley (Billy) Sunday. Born in Iowa in 1862, Sunday was reared in poverty. In 1883 his fortunes changed when he began playing baseball for the Chicago White Stockings.

In 1887 Sunday was converted at a rescue mission in Chicago. He retired from baseball in 1891 and began working for the YMCA. From the YMCA, he was launched into an evangelistic ministry that took him across the USA. His career as a revivalist lasted for nearly forty years and Sunday preached to some of the largest revival crowds in the history of the country.

Sunday was very flamboyant and was well known for his denunciations fo evolution, liquor, and political liberalism. He died in 1935.

author: Billy Sunday asin: 1931393060 binding: Paperback list price: $2.99 USD amazon price: $2.99 USD

A famous baseball player and an even more famous evangelist, William Ashley (Billy) Sunday was one of the most colorful characters of the early twentieth century. Known for being the fastest base-runner in baseball, Sunday turned down large salary offers to preach against liquor and proclaim the gospel after he came to Christ at the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago. An estimated 100 million people heard Sunday's preaching in numerous campaigns before the days of loudspeakers and television. He was one of the first preachers to use the radio to communicate the message of the gospel. Thousands walked the "sawdust trail" at Sunday's famous tabernacle campaigns.

author: Elijah P. Brown asin: 1932307559 binding: Paperback list price: $14.99 USD amazon price: $12.14 USD

A professional baseball player, Sunday's enthusiasm for sports carried through to his religion.

author: Robert A. Allen asin: 0880621257 binding: Paperback list price: $7.99 USD amazon price: $7.99 USD

Billy Sunday (1862-1935) was the best-known evangelist in America in the first half of the 20th century. Impoverished midwestern farm kid, professional baseball player, showman extraordinaire, unabashed patriot, and foe of the demon rum, this self-styled muscular Christian brought his brand of manly gospel to millions of Americans nationwide. Sunday connected with his fans through a combination of theatrics, conservative theology, and fervent patriotism; the circumstances of his life and work were consistent with a Horatio Alger-like myth of success that resonated with the millions of Americans of his time who had been transplanted from the farm to the city.

author: William A. "Billy" Sunday asin: 0877459495 binding: Paperback list price: $15.95 USD amazon price: $15.95 USD

"[B]eneath all of Billy Sunday's flamboyance, the orphan-turned- baseball player-turned-evangelist embodied the tensions of his age. Martin's prodigious research has yielded a wealth of anecdotal material that adds flavor and spice to his keen analysis." --Randall Balmer, author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America

This interpretive biography of William Ashley "Billy" Sunday, the most popular and influential evangelist of his time, focuses on the ways in which the man and his career resonated with the hopes and fears of his contemporaries as they coped with the economic, social, and cultural changes at the beginning of the twentieth century.

author: Robert Francis Martin asin: 0253341299 binding: Hardcover list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $19.95 USD

From 1896 to 1935, the flamboyant and controversial Billy Sunday preached his version of the gospel to millions of people across the nation. In this nontraditional biography of the man regarded by his enthralled fans as God's unconventional messenger to a sinful world, the curator of the Billy Sunday Historic Site Museum recreates Sunday's life through a material culture lens. W. A. Firstenberger views the photographic record and the print record as well as the landscape, structure, and contents of the Sunday home in Winona Lake, Indiana, to give us an intimate view of Sunday and his family.

author: W. A. Firstenberger asin: 0877459592 binding: Paperback list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $19.95 USD

In this fast-paced, captivating account of Billy Sunday's life, Roger A. Bruns masterfully unfolds the story of modern evangelism.

Born in Iowa during the Civil War, Sunday rose to fame as the "fastest man in baseball" during his career with the Chicago White Stockings in the 1880s. But he turned his back on the game when he heard the call of God, first spreading his old-fashioned, fundamentalist message in Chicago's gritty saloons.

By 1896, Sunday's swashbuckling campaign was on the road. He riled and rallied audiences across the country, firing off a slew of railing diatribes in his quest to expurgate the moral rot of society, board up bars and brothels, rid the world of cigarettes and dime novels, and save faithless, sinful, and rum-soaked souls from eternal damnation.

author: Roger A. Bruns asin: 0252070755 binding: Paperback list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $19.95 USD

This is the first full-length treatment of mass-evangelist Billy Sunday to appear in 30 years. Lyle Dorsett makes a fresh and original contribuion to our understanding of this pugnaious baseball player-turned-preacher with his use of the Sunday family papers, a source previously unavailable to biographers.

author: Lyle Dorsett asin: 0865548986 binding: Paperback list price: $20.00 USD amazon price: $20.00 USD

People need inspiration like never before-stories of legendary, faith- filled heroes who met amazing obstacles with courage, perseverance, and even joy. . .stories of godly men and women who changed the world. Barbour's retooled Heroes of the Faith series is back with additional titles-compelling, easy-to-read biographies of missionaries, evangelists, and others who made their mark for Christ beyond the walls of the church. Adults and adolescents alike will be inspired by the commitment, sacrifice, and wisdom of these great Christian leaders. Heroes of the Faith-the name says it all!

author: Rachael M. Phillips asin: 1593106262 binding: Paperback list price: $2.97 USD amazon price: $2.97