Church History

  • History Of Evangelism In North America

    Original price was: $22.99.Current price is: $19.49.

    Encounter North American evangelism from the Great Awakening to the present day

    A History of Evangelism in North America guides readers on a tour through circuit riders and tent meetings to campus evangelism and online ministries. Academic research combines with gospel faithfulness and love for the lost in this historical survey. Encountering these prominent evangelism movements will inspire innovation and courage in the call to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.

    Few Christians recognize the historical backgrounds of various evangelistic ministries, their theological traditions, or their guiding principles. A History of Evangelism in North America explores evangelism methodologies and legacies from the early 1700s to today. Experts deliver current scholarship on twenty-two evangelists and ministries, including the following:
    *John Wesley and itinerant preachers
    *The camp meeting movement
    *The American Bible Society and Bible distribution evangelism
    *The Navigators and personal discipleship
    *Billy Graham and crusade evangelism
    *Campus ministries
    *The Jesus Movement
    *21st-century evangelistic approaches

    A History of Evangelism in North America promises to have lasting value for those who study evangelism, missions, Christian history, and the church in North America.

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  • Reformation ABCs : The People Places And Things Of The Reformation From A T

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    In 2017, as Protestant Christians commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation, many parents will be looking for resources to help teach their children about the lasting significance of this influential period. A follow-up to his popular The Church History ABCs, this engaging and informative book by historian Stephen J. Nichols offers kids ages three to six an engaging way to learn about this pivotal era in church history as they learn their ABCs. Featuring charming illustrations by Ned Bustard, this book introduces families to a host of important figures, locations, concepts, and events, including John Calvin, justification by faith alone, Heidelberg, Westminster, and more. Families will be able to see God’s hand in the Reformation, and how he used it to shape his people’s understanding of his Word.

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  • Getting To Know The Church Fathers

    Original price was: $28.00.Current price is: $19.50.

    This concise introduction to the church fathers connects evangelical students and readers to twelve key figures from the early church. Now updated and revised.

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  • Hitlers Cross : How The Cross Was Used To Promote The Nazi Agenda

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    When Hitler was ruling Europe, where was the church of Christ?

    Hitler’s reign of terror is one of history’s most stunning chapters. His hypnotic power over an entire nation is legendary, even puzzling. But more puzzling still is how he seduced the church of Christ.

    How could Christians have hang swastikas next to crosses in their churches? How could they deny Jesus and obey the Fuhrer? How could they turn their backs on their Jewish neighbors?

    In Hitler’s Cross, Erwin W. Lutzer gives us answers, outlining a number of lessons from this dark chapter in world history, including:
    *The dangers of confusing church and state
    *The role of God in human tragedy
    *The parameters of Satan’s freedom

    Hitler’s Cross is the story of a nation whose church forgot its call and discovered its failure way too late. It is a cautionary tale for every church and Christian to remember who the true King is.

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  • Daring Mission Of William Tyndale

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    Early in the sixteenth century, legislative decree in England controlled people’s access to Scripture and prohibited an English Bible. But theologian and linguist, William Tyndale, was determined to provide his fellow countrymen with Scripture they could read.

    In The Daring Mission of William Tyndale, the latest addition to the Long Line of Godly Men series, Dr. Steven J. Lawson traces this daring mission, which was ultimately used by God to ignite the English Reformation yet would cost Tyndale his life. From one man’s labor, we’re reminded of God’s faithfulness to preserve His Word and equip His people.

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  • Mighty Weakness Of John Knox

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    John Knox, the great Reformer of Scotland, is often remembered as something akin to a biblical prophet born out of time-strong and brash, thundering in righteous might. In truth, he was low in stature, and of a weakly constitution, a small man who was often sickly and afflicted with doubts and fears. In The Mighty Weakness of John Knox, a new Long Line Profile from Reformation Trust Publishing, author Douglas Bond shows that Knox did indeed accomplish herculean tasks, but not because he was strong and resolute in himself. Rather, he was greatly used because he was submissive to God; therefore, God strengthened him. That strength was displayed as Knox endured persecution and exile, faced down the wrath of mighty monarchs, and prayed, preached, and wrote with no fear of man, but only a desire to manifest the glory of God and to please Him.

    For those who see themselves as too weak, too small, too timid, or simply too ordinary for service in God’s kingdom, Knox’s life offers a powerful message of hope-the biblical truth that God often delights to work most powerfully through people who are most weak in themselves but most strong in Him.

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  • John Knox And The Reformation

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    In three fascinating addresses Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Iain Murray remind us why we ought to remember one of the most colourful figures in church history, John Knox, and his significant role in the story of the Reformation in both Scotland and England. With the 500th anniversary of his birth approaching (2014), this little book will encourage readers to not only remember Knox the man but also to consider the outcome of his life and imitate his faith (Heb. 13:7).

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  • Story Of Christianity 1

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    THE STORY OF CHRISTIANITY, VOLUME 1, is an informative, interesting, and consistently readable narrative history. It brings alive the people, dramatic events, and ideas that shaped the first fifteen centuries of the church’s life and thought–including major events outside of Europe, such as the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the New World. Historian Justo Gonzalez shows how various social, political, and economic movements affected Christianity’s internal growth.

    Gonzalez skillfully weaves in relevant details from the lives of prominent figures from the apostles to John Wycliffe, tracing out core theological issues and developments as reflected in the lives and stuggles of leading thinkers within the various traditions of the church. The history of the church, while showing all the characteristics of human history, is much more than the history of an institution or movement, Gonzalez stresses. It is a history of the deeds of the spirit in and through the men and women who have gone before in the faith. THE STORY OF CHRISTIANITY demonstrates at each point what new challenges and opportunities faced the church, and how Christians struggled with the various options open to them, thereby shaping the future direction of the church.

    THE STORY OF CHRISTIANITY will serve as a fascinating introduction to the panoramic history of Christianity for students and teachers of church history, for pastors, and for general readers.

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  • Church History ABCs

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    With whimsical, full-color illustrations and engaging prose, this book teaches church history in a fun and creative way. Dramatically converted on the stormy seas, a slave-trader-turned-abolitionist penned the best-loved hymn of the Christian faith. A church father was arrested and martyred for teaching the truth about Christ’s incarnation. Captured by pirates and shipped off to Ireland, a priest baptized thousands of pagans, from paupers to princes. Now who ever said church history was boring? The Church History ABCs is a fun way for kids to learn about great figures in Christian history. Twenty-six heroes of the faith march through the alphabet, boldly telling their stories in language children can understand. This wide range of characters-men and women from across the centuries, from all over the globe-reflects the breadth of church history and reminds children that these great figures of the past were living, breathing people who lived and died for the glory of God.

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  • City Of God

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    A monument of Western prose, this was penned as a reply to the charge that Christian other-worldliness was causing the decline of the Roman empire. It is widely regarded as the first serious philosophy of history and has immensely influenced the way Christians individually and collectively relate to the temporal order.

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  • Foxes Book Of Martyrs

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    Classic literature by famous Christian authors. Each book is richly detailed in an upscale package, uniquely designed for gift-giving and for collecting a personal classic library.

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  • Jesus And The Rise Of Early Christianity

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    Gain new insight into first-century Christianity as you explore the world of Caesars and Herods, proconsuls and Pharisees, Sadducees and revolutionaries. Presenting a well-reasoned response to current revisionist views, Barnett argues that we can’t fully comprehend the growth of the Christian faith apart from understanding Jesus’ impact on his followers—and ultimately the world.

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  • Last Words Of Saints And Sinners

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    1. The Cameos Of Death
    2. The Modes Of Death
    3. Farewell At Death
    4. The Company Of Martyrs
    5. Records Of Dying Words
    6. The Scottish Covenanters
    7. The Fear Of Death
    8. The Art Of Dying Well
    9. The Death Of The Saints

    240 Chapters

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    The last words of the dying have fascinated readers throughout history. They provide a brief glimpse through the window of human character, revealing the fears, hopes, courage, and legacies of both the famous and not so famous.

    This collection of seven hundred quotes features the last words of kings, commoners, atheists, poets, politicians, and martyred Christians. Carefully researched and collected by well known author Herbert Lockyer, these final utterances cover a wide variety of topics including heaven, hell, good, evil, justice, judgment, and even humor. Also included is a helpful introduction by the author, outlining the historical context of the last words as well as a summary of the Christian view of death.

    An instructive work for even the casual reader and a ready reference source for the pastor or public speaker.

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  • Answering Jewish Objections To Jesus 1 (Reprinted)

    Original price was: $24.00.Current price is: $23.00.

    1. General Objections
    2. Historical Objections

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    What kind of answers hold fast in Jewish Christian apologetics? Answers that are fair. Answers that are detailed. And above all, answers that respond to actual objections. In the first of three volumes of Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Michael Brown provides defensible answers. He addresses the same arguments that arise in his dialogue and debate with friends, rabbis, and anti-missionaries. Some objections include:
    – I was born a Jew and I will die a Jew.
    – I won’t betray my ancestors.
    – If Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, why isn’t there peace on earth?
    – Christians have always hated and persecuted the Jewish people!

    Brown knows all about such objections. At age sixteen, he discovered Jesus was the Jewish Messiah, and it changed his life. Called to defend his new faith, Brown went on to master Hebrew, earning his Ph.D. in Semitic languages. In the past decades he has established himself as a leading Jewish Christian apologist.

    Brown brings together his learning and his love for his people to answer thirty-five commonly heard objections. He provides believers and seekers alike with honest, spiritually focused answers, thoroughly documented with notes.

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  • Five English Reformers

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    The conviction that martyrs, though dead, can still speak to the church, led Ryle to pen these pungent biographies of five English Reformers. He analyses the reasons for their martyrdom and points out the salient characteristics of their lives.

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