100 Most Important Events in Christian History, The

This book is an excellent for a starter. It offers widely inclusive unbiased history facts in 100 well-written stories of 2 or 3 pages. Each story is not related to other stories and can be read separately. The read can have an impression of the 100 most important aspects of the christiananity thanks to the unbiased selection, which many pastors are not willing or unable to give. This book is only for starters because it is not a systematic treatment of the christion history, i.e. the dots are not connected by lines and the background is not fully dispicted.

Doing Sonlight? Want to study God's Kingdom and the story of Christian Faith? Looking for a through text? Then this book is one for your library. Full of great information, stories and more. This book is great for those in the Charlotte Mason or Unit Study methods that are looking for a great study of the Christian History. Best for young children - but a very complete anthology - could almost be the spine for a Church History program.

This was an excellent read and a truly great survey of church history. There were two things I found especially significant from the authors' take on how to prepare this work: (1) they include things one would not immediately recognize as a major contributor to church history (ex. The Synod of Whitby, 664; the births of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel, 1685); and (2) they are very up-front with the reader that their word is in no way final on the 100 most important events in church history. They actually even encourage readers' responses for future editions in the preface. I'm not a huge fan of their use of "legend" (ex. Boniface chopping down the Thundering Tree in Germany, 716; or Martin Luther giving his "Here I Stand" speech at the Diet of Worms, 1521. ... To clarify, the legend was speaking of the speech only; the authors hold to the true historical event that Luther was present and on trial at the Diet of Worms in 1521). Thankfully, however, the uses of the "legend" word were only rare, isolated instances. All in all, it really is an easy but informative read beginning from 64 when Rome was set ablaze with fire up through 1966-1976 when the church in China is seeing major significant growth. Their records of key missionaries were also much appreciated and helpful. I don't know anything about the background of the authors; but I certainly appreciate their work, as there really is a need for a true "layman's guide" to church history. Layman or not, I believe this work will be useful to all who want a general, abridged survey of the history of the Christian Church.

Amazing book of transformative events in history. You must read this if you care to know what God had to do for man to come this far in Christian faith.

Love history. Wonderful

Our democracy is being transformed into something beyond our wildest nightmare. We can' say anything truthful about the vitally important role of Christianity in the Western society. We have lost the courage to declare the fact that only Christianity have created democratic societies. Because we have to please everyone. Our democracy is becoming a collective madness lacking historical perspective and philosophical enquiry. Actually, we have lost our individual ability to think, to question, to debate and to disagree. We have become used to following some kind of mass mind to say things everyone else is saying and to do everyone else is doing. But this collective madness will pay a big price. One day this collective madness will completely betray everything our forefathers treasure and surrender our freedom to a group with hidden agenda within our society. Democracy has failed and betrayed us before. Remember, Hitler had the blessing of democracy before he rose to power.

Good information for the children

Certainly this book gives a solid list of events in the Church and how they have shaped who she is today, but there could be some debate on where certain events should be listed, if some should be listed at all, and what has been left out.

A remarkably interesting read and nowhere near as heavy going as I thought it might be. Obviously one has to accept the author's choice of events which not everybody would agree with, but that is inevitable. A good choice, nevertheless.

Good for leisure reading and for lay people. One can read a single chapter a day and be exposed to a beginner`s history of Christianity.

Good price for used copy.

Good Read

I enjoyed it so far