Behind every successful athlete, artist, musician, or entrepreneur, you’re likely to find another person who showed him the path to success, inspired his confidence, or proved that what seemed impossible simply wasn’t. Having a real person to follow—living or not—provides encouragement, strength, skill, and resolve in a way that training manuals and textbooks just can’t.

That may explain why God so generously provided us real, flesh-and-blood people to imitate as we walk with Him. Heroes who tried, failed, and kept trying, who’ve left us a path of clearly defined footsteps to follow.

Study some of these living lessons from the Bible with John MacArthur. Look closely at the sacrifices made by four of Heaven’s Heroes, and you’ll discover that the life of faith is not only possible but also attainable as you follow their example.