This is a devotional approach to church history. Short biographies of each believer are followed by three stories that illustrate their virtues. Each story ends with a Bible verse that talks about the virtue and discussion questions. 
 This is not heavy study and will not provide you more than a glossed view of each individual. In addition, the stories are not arranged in any particular order - which I find annoying. 
 However, after we have a good biographical feel for someone, I do find this work provides a lighter, easier way to learn a bit about the individuals. A nice luxury, but not an essential. It would almost fit better as a virtues enhancement (assuming you were studying all the same things) than as a church history biography. 
 A good book that you could get by without, but might be worth picking up cheap if you find it used. 2 1/2 stars would be perfect!