Christian History Magazine

1982

1982 진젠도르프_Issue 1: Zinzendorf & the Moravians

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Zinzendorf and the Moravians

The Rich Young Ruler … Who Said Yes!

Also: Zinzendorf’s Chronology

The Insignia of the Order of the Grain of Mustard Seed

“My Zeal Has Not Cooled …”

In preparation for his examination by the faculty of Tubingen on being ordained a Lutheran minister, Count Zinzendorf made the following statement, “one of the finest confessions of his career,” says his biographer Weinlick.

A Christian History Timeline—The Moravians

The World of 1732

Also: The Moravian Mission Influence Spreads Throughout the World and to Other Denominations.

Today—Membership in the Moravian mission Churches outnumber those at home 4 to 1!

Missionaries Against Terrible Odds

Also: A Christian History Translation

When Asked His Reasons for Going to St. Thomas, Leonard Dober Composed a Letter Describing His Motivation

A Prayer Meeting that Lasted 100 Years

A Day in the Life of Early Herrnhut

Gallery of Leading Figures

Baptized into One Spirit

Also: Moravian Glossary

The Moravians and Their Hymns

The Moravians and John Wesley

Recommended Resources—Zinzendorf and the Moravians

1983

1983 요한 웨슬리_Issue 2: John Wesley: Leader of the Methodist Movement

Table of Contents

From the Publisher: John Wesley—Revival and Revolution

Did You Know?

John Wesley’s Rule for Christian Living

Revival and Revolution

A Gallery of Family, Friends and Foes

Tapping the Riches

Wesley set out to renew the church he loved and he was prepared to employ any appropriate material from the whole history of Christianity to do it.

Also: Wesley’s Gift for Organization

Finding the Forgotten

Also: The Holy Club

Wesley’s Sermon Reprints

The Christian History Timeline—John Wesley and the Eighteenth Century World

One hundred years of turmoil, change, and innovation that laid a foundation for our own day.

John Wesley and Women

Enthusiasm

Wesley to Wilberforce

John Wesley’s last letter from his deathbed

From the Journal

Also: Fruits of Breaking Wesley’s Code

A Whimsical Epitaph

A Joyful Sound

Recommended Resources—John Wesley

1983 위클리프_Issue 3: John Wycliffe: Bible Translator

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—John Wycliffe

Did You Know?

Wycliffe’s England—A Time of Turmoil

John Wycliffe and the Dawn of the Reformation

The Gallery—Wycliffe’s Defenders, Friends, and Foes

The Christian History Timeline—Wycliffe’s World

The 14th Century

Five Bulls of Pope Gregory XI Against Wycliffe

A Short Rule of Life for Priest, Lords, and Laborers

Wycliffe Causes Controversy over Eucharist

In the Year of Death, Wycliffe Wrote to Pope Urban VI

Why Wycliffe Translated the Bible into English

Bible Translation Since John Wycliffe

The Parson

Recommended Resources—John Wycliffe

1984

1984 쯔빙글리_Issue 4: Zwingli: Father of the Swiss Reformation

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Zwingli: Father of the Swiss Reformation

Did You Know?

Zwingli and Luther—The Giant vs. Hercules

A Gallery of Family, Friends, Foes, and Followers

The Shepherd—Who Is the True Pastor?

Also: Black Death Inspires Zwingli’s “Plague Hymn”

The Christian History Timeline—Zwingli’s World

50 years that changed with faith, fortunes, food and faraway places.

Public Debates

In His 67 Theses Zwingli Highlights His Reformed Beliefs

Replacing the Mass with a New Order of Worship

“The Shepherd”

Zwingli’s Historic Reformation Sermon

Zwingli’s Death on the Battlefield of Kappel in 1531

Impatient Radicals … the Anabaptists

Some of Zwingli’s closest early associates felt that he and the Zurich City Council were moving too slowly in implementing the Swiss Reformation. Their protests led to persecution.

The Spread of the Zwingli Reformation

Zwingli died before his dreams were fulfilled, but his followers, especially Heinrich Bullinger, spread his Reformed influence throughout Europe, to England, and eventually to America.

Recommended Resources—Zwingli: Father of the Swiss Reformation

1985

1985 재세례파_Issue 5: Radical Reformation: The Anabaptists

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—The Radical Reformation: The Anabaptists

Did You Know?

A Fire that Spread Anabaptist Beginnings

Anabaptism: Neither Catholic Nor Protestant

A Gallery of Factions, Friends and Foes

Sticks and Stones Broke Their Bones, and Vicious Names Did Hurt Them!

16th Century Responses to the Anabaptists

The Christian History Timeline—The Reformation World: 1516–1541

A Quarter Century that Lit a Fire … that Spread to All the World!

Showing Them How to Die; Showing Them How to Live

Telling Tales to Tell the Truth

Also: From the Martyr’s Mirror

The Story of Hans Bret, Died January 1577

A Broadside

The Beautiful Judgment of Two Young Noble Women from Delden who Were Burned Two Miles from Deventer

The Schleitheim Confession

Brotherly Union of a Number of Children of God Concerning Seven Articles

The Two Kingdoms

Concerning the Drawings of the Early History of Anabaptism in Zürich and on Hutterian Missionaries in Switzerland

Recommended Resources—The Radical Reformation: The Anabaptists

1985 침례교_Issue 6: The Baptists

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—The Baptists: A People Who Gathered “to Walk in All His Ways.”

A People Called Baptist

Did You Know?

Baptists Emerge Out of a Century of Testing and Turmoil in the English Church.

To Walk in All His Ways

“The Dippers Dipt”—Not Quite So, Reverend Featley!

“What Is a True Particular Visible Church?” The Great Debate at Southwark Rejoined

Also: Baptism: A Radical Act

The Gallery—Leaders, Evangelists, Thinkers, and Movers in Baptist History

John Bunyan

The Christian History Timeline—The Seventeenth Century

Religious Liberty—An Emotional Issue Still Not Settled

Baptist Distinctives

Five key convictions that have been essential to Baptists from their beginnings

Where Are the Lions When We Really Need Them?

The Move to Believer’s Baptism

Worship in John Smyth’s Church

A Winter Baptism

Dippers: A Threat to Life and the State

In Defense of the Baptized Churches

A Day in the Life of William Carey

James R. Graves

“This Is My Body … this Is My Blood …”

Recommended Resources—The Baptists

1985 C.S.루이스_Issue 7: C.S. Lewis: His Life, Thought & Theology

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—C.S. Lewis

Did You Know?

C.S. Lewis—A Profile of His Life

Also: A Lewis Timeline

The Inklings

The Gallery—Family and Friends of C.S. Lewis

A Gallery of thumbnail sketches of close and influential family and friends of C.S. Lewis

Into the Land of the Imagination

“Lewis defined reason as the natural organ of truth and imagination as the organ of meaning”

Teacher, Historian, Critic, Apologist

The output of Lewis’s research and writing extends far beyond those works for which he is best known.

Western Civilization at the Crossroads

What kind of future awaits as? What are our choices? Peter Kreeft looks at Lewis’s view of the kind of history we are creating …

Following that Bright Blur

Embracing the supernatural elements of Christianity while committed to its rationalism, Lewis brought an orthodox view of a transcendent, immanent God to the common man.

Beyond the Double Bolted Door

The death of his wife severely tested Lewis’s faith as well as his theology

The Great Divide

“When I fail as a critic I may yet be useful as a specimen.”

Have We No “Right” to Happiness?

The last published article by Lewis before his death asked this question.

The Kilns

Recommended Resources—C.S. Lewis

1985 에드워즈와 각성운동_Issue 8: Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening

Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards

Did You Know?

Excerpts from the Life of Jonathan Edwards

Colonial New England: An Old Order, New Awakening

A Gallery of Friends, Foes and Followers

My Dear Companion

Edwards’ Theology

Puritanism Meets a New Age

The Christian History Timeline—Jonathan Edwards’ World

The Puritans and Edwards

The American Vision of a Covenant People

Jonathan Edwards Speaks to Our Technological Age

Extracts from Two Sermons by Edwards

Also: The Earliest Known Letter of Jonathan Edwards

This letter was written by the twelve-year-old Jonathan Edwards to his sister Mary on May 10, 1716.

Recommended Resources—Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening

1986

1986 Issue 9: Heritage of Freedom: Dissenters, Reformers, & Pioneers

Contents

Introduction

Into the Desert

Enthusiasts in Asia

The Celtic Way

Return to Simplicity

Protest and Renewal

Life-Bringers

God’s Left Wing

Christian Liberty

Strangely Warmed

Christ in His Church

The Lord’s Watch

Back to the New Testament

Winning the World

Organizing for Mission

Salvation Army

Releasing the Spirit

An African Way

Christians against the Nazis

Worldwide Renewal

New Dawn in East Africa

Radical Communities

The Church at Home

1986 경건주의_Issue 10: Pietism: The Inner Experience of Faith

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Pietism: A Much-Maligned Movement Re-Examined

“You’re Such a Pietist!”

Did You Know?

Overwhelmed As with a Stream of Joy: An Autobiography

Can These Bones Live?

A spiritual hunger grew in reaction to the coldness and formalism of the Protestant state churches. Drawing from diverse roots, Pietism emerged as a quest to apply Reformation doctrine to personal life.

The Gallery—Thumbnail Sketches of Important Leaders in the Pietist Movement

Reborn in Order to Renew

The Pietists’ emphasis on the new birth and biblical authority had startling implications as to how one treated orphans, the lower classes and one’s opponents. Orthodoxy was not enough. A changed life was required.

The Roots and Branches of Pietism

“Experiencing the Christian Faith”

Moving on Many Fronts

Preaching, social concern, missions, ecumenicity were among the major emphases of Pietism.

The Flowering of Pietism in the Garden of America

Also: The Wissahickon Hermits

True Christianity

The Pia Desideria (Pious Desires)

“The Manifesto of Pietism”

On Christian Perfection

Also: Examining the Candidate

Hymns

Pietism and Its Formidable Critics

Recommended Resources—Pietism

1986 존 버니언_Issue 11: John Bunyan and Pilgrim’s Progress

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—John Bunyan and the Pilgrim’s Progress

Did You Know?

John Bunyan: The Man, Preacher, and Author

A Tinker’s Dissent, a Pilgrim’s Conscience

Also: The Quakers

The Fifth Monarchy Movement

Bunyan’s Understanding of the Christian Life …

Bunyan’s understanding of the Christian life as a perpetual, sometimes terrifying struggle dominated his outlook until he was finally released from prison.

“Pulling the Flesh from My Bones”

Bunyan in Prison—Ministry in Suffering

The Gallery—People Around John Bunyan

The Christian History Timeline: John Bunyan’s World—17th Century England

Principalities and Powers—Authorities in Conflict

The Pilgrim’s Progress: A Dream that Endures

Also: “What Shall I Do to Be Saved?”

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

The Sinner and the Spider

The Pilgrim Hymn

Mr. Bunyan’s Last Sermon

Recommended Resources—John Bunyan

1986 캘빈_Issue 12: John Calvin: Reformer, Pastor, Theologian

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—John Calvin

Adored … Abhorred

Did You Know?

The Life and Times of John Calvin

As Shakespeare wrote, “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” John Calvin was certainly not born great.

Also: Pastor of Geneva

Idelette: John Calvin’s Search for the Right Wife

You don’t look to the life of John Calvin for humor, but Calvin’s quest for a wife would make grist for a twentieth-century situation comedy.

The Christian History Timeline—Calvin’s Life

Gallery of Calvin’s Supporters and Opponents

The Principal Practice of Faith

How Prayer Was Calvin’s Key to Living Well

Also: Calvin and Missions

It Was Both “A Horrible Decree” and a “Very Sweet Fruit”

Calvin on Predestination

Also: T.U.L.I.P.

John Calvin—One of the Fathers of Modern Democracy

Also: The Servetus Affair

Calvin the Reluctant Recruit

To the Five Prisoners of Lyons

“Offered to him in Sacrifice”

To Luther

Living As Christians

Selections from Confession of Faith …

Selections From Confession of Faith which all the citizens and inhabitants of Geneva and the subjects of the country must promise to keep and hold. (1536)

On the Advantages of An Inventory of Relics

The Gratuitous Love of God

1987

1987 코메니우스_Issue 13: Jan Amos Comenius: Father of Modern Education

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Jean Amos Comenius

Did You Know?

Seeking a Better Way

The pain and damage of Christian divisions and international warfare affected Comenius and his church both directly and disastrously: His prodigious energy and gifts were obsessively employed to change the way the world and church worked.

Between Hus and Herrnhut

Also: The Unity of the Brethren

The Gallery—Figures in the Life and World of Comenius

Jan Amos Comenius was acquainted with scholars, kings, churchmen, businessmen, ordinary and extraordinary men who profoundly influenced his life as he also influenced theirs.

Also: Meeting of the Minds

Jan Amos Comenius and Rene Descartes

Comenius: A Man of Hope in a Time of Turmoil

Also: The Thirty Years War

What Children Owe to Comenius

The Christian History Timeline—The 17th Century World of Jan Amos Comenius

Learning from Nature

The Educational Legacy of Jan Amos Comenius

Also: Principles Comenius Observed in Nature Applicable to Education

The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart

A Synopsis of the Imaginative Work by Comenius

Knowledge: The Road to Peace

As Comenius saw it, education was the best way out of the Thirty Years War.

The School of Infancy

The Great Didactic

A Handwritten Note

Recommended Resources—Jan Amos Comenius

1987 돈_Issue 14: Money in Christian History: Part I

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Money in Christian History

Money and Ministry

Quick Quotes on Money

Money and the Bible

A Survey of the History of Biblical Interpretation on Money and Wealth

The Gallery—Church Fathers and Their Thoughts on Wealth

Clement of Alexandria: What Kind of Rich Person Can Be Saved?

A Paraphrase of Quis Dives Salvandus

St. Francis of Assisi on the Joy of Poverty and the Value of Dung

Also: The Saint from Assisi

Francis and the Waldensians

Luther on the Use of Money

Also: Selling Forgiveness: How Money Sparked the Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Ethic of Prosperity

Grace and Blessing

John Chrysostom (347–407)

Selling and Lending

Thomas Aquinas (1227–1274)

Using the Present Life

John Calvin (1509–1564)

The Community of Saints

Ulrich Stadler (d. 1540)

The Saint’s Everlasting Rest

Richard Baxter (1615–1691)

Instructions to Young Converts

Charles Finney (1792–1875)

The Life of Trust

George Müller (1805–1898)

Modern Voices: The Christian and Money

Everybody’s talking about money but few agree. What are they saying, and why?

Also: Missions Movement: War-Time Lifestyle

Neo-Conservative: The Creation of Wealth

Theonomy on Debt

1987 어거스틴_Issue 15: St. Augustine of Hippo

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—St. Augustine

Did You Know?

Also: The Oldest-Known Portrait of St. Augustine

Augustine’s Life and Times

The Christian History Timeline—St. Augustine

The Gallery—Augustine’s Influences

True-Life Confessions—The Precedent-Setting Revelations of Augustine’s Restless Heart

“Our hearts are restless until they find their peace in you.”

Also: Augustine’s Account of His Conversion

This is Augustine’s account of his conversion to Christ as it occurred in the garden in Milan in the spring of 386 A.D.

“And a Saint in a Pear Tree …”?

Augustine’s Sex-Life Change: from Profligate to Celibate

“To Carthage then I came Burning burning burning burning …”

Augustine on Astrology

The City of God

Augustine’s Timeless Classic About the Timeless City

Augustine’s Millenial Views

“One of the Best Teachers of the Church”

Augustine on Teachers and Teaching

Also: Fighting Isms and Schisms

Augustine’s Enchiridion

A Handbook for “Earthy” Christian Living

Pope John Paul II on Augustine

Transferring the Relics of St. Augustine

A Translation of Bishop Oldrad’s Letter to Emperor Charlemagne

Excerpts from An Augustine Sermon

“On 1 John 4:2” or “Christ in the Flesh”

Recommended Resources—St. Augustine

1987 틴데일_Issue 16: William Tyndale: Early Reformer & Bible Translator

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—William Tyndale

Did You Know?

A Man for All People: Introducing William Tyndale

Also: The Church that Tyndale Fought

The Gallery—Characters in Tyndale’s Story

Tyndale’s Betrayal and Death

The Bible Translator Who Shook Henry VIII

What does it take to shake a king? Ask William Tyndale. Henry VIII was a very powerful king, but Tyndale shook him at least briefly—with a power even greater.

Where Did Tyndale Get His Theology?

The Christian History Timeline—William Tyndale

The Pen-And-Ink Wars, or Tyndale vs. More

What Tyndale Owed Gutenberg

Bible Translation Today

Following in Tyndale’s Amazing Footsteps

Also: The Origin and Growth of the Bible in English

So Many Languages, So Few Translations

A Letter from Prison, in Tyndale’s Own Hand

Dear King Henry, …

Dear Mr. More, …

A Dialogue on the Lord’s Prayer

From The Obedience of a Christian Man

Recommended Resources—William Tyndale

1988

1988 초대교회 여인들_Issue 17: Women in the Early Church

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Women in the Early Church

The Problem with Special Women’s Issues

Also: Quick Quotes on Women in the Early Church

The Neglected History of Women in the Early Church

A number of prominent leaders, scholars, and benefactors of the early church were women and—despite neglect by many modern historians—the diligent researcher can still uncover a rich history.

Also: Early-Church Women and Heresy

Of course not only women were attracted to the heretical sects that diverged from early church orthodoxy, but women were prominent in their leadership and teachings. Why might this have been?

Early-Church Heroines: Rulers, Prophets and Martyrs

The Gallery—Other Women of the Early Church

A few of the many.

Paula—A Portrait of 4th-Century Piety

This close friend of the scholar Jerome, known for her scholarship and her extreme piety and generosity, was one of the most noteworthy people—women or men—in all the 4th-century church.

The Early Controversies over Female Leadership

Also: The Chaining of the Church

What happened to the church between the vibrantly pluralistic 1st century and the legalistic, male-dominated 3rd century?

The Christian History Timeline—Women and the Church Orders

What About Paul?

The Apostle’s writings are foundational to the standard interpretation of what women’s role in the church should be. But examined carefully, his points about women raise several puzzling questions.

Also: Jesus and Women

In His treatment of women, as in many other areas, Jesus of Nazareth was a radical contrast to the standards of His times.

The Martyrdom of Perpetua

Monica, Faithful Mother

The Wife’s Domain

The Acts of Thecla

Egeria at Thecla’s Shrine

The Value of Virginity

Agnes: The Virgin Martyr

Recommended Resources—Women in the Early Church

1988 러시아 전도_Issue 18: How Christianity Came to Russia

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—The Millenium of “Russian” Christianity

Did You Know?

Also: The Orthodox Art/Ministry of Icons

The “Primary” Source of the Millennium “Legends/Historical Events”

Read for yourself the chief accounts upon which the millennium celebration is based; while these much-loved chronicles admittedly contain a good bit of legend, they are still the best history we have.

The Soviet Union Celebrates 1000 Years of Christianity …

Why, all of a sudden, would an officially atheistic confederation of republics like the USSR choose to celebrate, in full pomp and grandeur, a thousand years of Christianity on its soil?

Of Mass Baptisms, National Churches, and the Great Commission

Can a king-ordered mass baptism of his nation’s citizens really bring about their genuine conversion to Christ? What are we to make of Christ’s command to “make disciples of all nations”?

What Is Eastern Orthodoxy Anyway?

It’s being much-mentioned and much-lauded during all the millennial celebrations, but what, really, is this “Christian” faith that’s so unfamiliar to most Western Protestants? Here’s an introduction.

The Christian History Timeline—The History of “Russian” Christianity

The Rich Heritage of Eastern Slavic Spirituality

Though practically unknown to most Westerners, the history of Orthodox spirituality among the Eastern Slavs of Ukraine and Russia is a deep treasure chest of spiritual exploration and discovery.

“Russian” Christianity and the Revolution: What Happened?

Russia and the surrounding Slavic countries were at one time considered among the “most Christian” of nations. So where was the church during the revolution that made the USSR atheistic?

The Soviet Union’s Religious Situation Today

The Soviet government reports that religion is definitely on the decline in the USSR. And given the persistent harassment of the state, one might expect that—but trustworthy sources say it isn’t so.

Also: What the Soviet Constitution Says About Freedom and Religion

1988 돈_Issue 19: Money in Christian History: Part II

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Money II

Also: The Tribute Money by Masaccio

Famous Quotes from Famous People

The Urge for Poverty

Christian Asceticism from the Early Church Through the Reformation

Also: The Monastic Life: Benedict of Nursia

That Which God Hath Lent Thee

The Puritans and Money

Also: The Puritan Critique of Modern Attitudes Toward Money

The Gallery—Good Examples Not to Follow

This issue’s Gallery could more aptly be called the Christian History Rogues Gallery. These unhappy tales from the past present good examples not to follow.

The Christian History Timeline—Dates and Events Regarding Money

Four Lessons on Money

From One of the WorId’s Richest Preachers

Also: Bread and Silver

Old-Fashioned Wisdom from John Ploughman

The Benevolent Tradition: The Charity of Women

Through sacrifice, mercy, and charity, women down through church history may have given us our greatest examples of love demonstrated and proven through selfless giving and service to others.

Also: “We’re Sorry Gladys … But God Can’t Use You in China.”

Businessman’s Religion

Philanthropy & Piety in Early 20th Century Chicago

Desiderius Erasmus

The Despising of Riches (c 1488)

Menno Simons

True and False Leaders (1539)

John Woolman

A Plea for the Poor (1793)

Robert L. Dabney

Principles of Christian Economy

Andrew Carnegie

The Gospel of Wealth (1900)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Cost of Discipleship (1937)

St. Laurence and the Church’s Treasures

1988 찰스 피니_Issue 20: Charles Finney: American Revivalism

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Father of Modern Revivalism

Did You Know?

Charles Grandison Finney: Father of American Revivalism

Another Winter in Boston

Personal reflections, in Finney’s own words, about, among other things, his relationship with God, his baptism in the Holy Ghost, Heaven & Hell, perfect peace & blessedness, and his inward struggles with the death of his first wife.

Also: Pastoral Guidance for Far-From-Perfect Young Ministers

Some Places and Dates of Finney’s Revivals and Travels

The Gallery—Critics, Friends, Sweethearts, and Acquaintances of Charles G. Finney

A Glossary of Terms

The Christian History Timeline—Charles G. Finney

Finney against a backdrop of the 19th Century America & the World

Sailing for the Kingdom of God

Finney and 19th-Century Trans-atlantic Revivalism

The Blessing of Abraham

Finney’s Christian Perfection

Also: Finney on Romans 7:14–24

God’s College and Radical Change

The Making of a Revivalist

Finney and the heritage of Edwards

Lectures on Revivals of Religion (1835)

The Oberlin Evangelist, 16 December 1840

Lectures on Systematic Theology

The Best Seats in the House

Recommended Resources—Charles G. Finney

1989

1989 쉬웬크펠드_Issue 21: Caspar Schwenckfeld: Forgotten Reformer

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Caspar Schwenckfeld Von Ossig

The Schwenckfeld Bible

The Reformation Era

The World of Schwenckfeld’s Birth

The Germanic States Before the Seventeenth Century

The Life and Thought of Caspar Schwenckfeld Von Ossig

Journey to Wittenberg

Schwenckfeld’s Aim

The Gallery—Associates of Caspar Schwenckfeld

This Christian History Gallery focuses on associates of Caspar Schwenckfeld, and on his followers who traveled to Pennsylvania to escape persecution.

Caspar Schwenckfeld on Spiritual Growth and Living the Christian Life

Schwenckfeld’s teachings on the experiential knowledge of God and the School of Christ

Freedom in Pennsylvania

Schwenckfelders and the New World

Also: The Hard Journey to America

Pennsylvania offered freedom and peace for the Schwenckfelders

Christian Self-Surrender

On the Prayer of Faith

Christian Patience and Humility

A Letter to a Mother and Her Children

The Christian History Timeline—Caspar Schwenkfeld

Significant years and happenings in the life of Schwenckfeld and the Schwenckfelders

The Landing of the Schwenckfelders from the St. Andrew

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 22, 1734

Recommended Resources

1989 왈덴시안_Issue 22: Waldensians: Medieval “Evangelicals”

Table of Contents

From the Editor—The Waldensians

The Waldensian Motto: Into Darkness, Light

Remembered by Their Enemies

A Prophet without Honor

Waldo of Lyons

An Ancient and Undying Light

The Waldensians from the 12th Century to the Protestant Reformation

Also: The Donation of Constantine

The Pearl of Great Price

A Map of Important Places in Waldensian History

The Renaissance of the Gospel

A Brief Sketch of the Italian Reformation

A Time for Mourning, a Time for War

From the Reformation to the Glorious Return

1989—The 300th Anniversary of the Glorious Return

Also: The Covenant of Sibaud 1689

A Friend in the Lord Protector

Oliver Cromwell and the Effort to Save the Waldensians

From Mountain Ghetto to Missionary Diaspora

Waldensians and the Modern Era

Also: Felix Neff

Apostle of Alpine Awakening

From Snow-Covered Peaks to Tropical Forests

Waldensians in Uruguay and Argentina

To a Home in the Land of the Free

The Waldensians in North America

A Letter from the Poor Lombards to the Poor of Lyons Who Are in Germany (1218)

Waldensian Legend Concerning the Donation of Constantine to Pope Sylvester (Date Unknown)

La Nobla Leyczon (the Noble Lesson)

A 15th-century Waldensian poem

A Barba of San Martino (1451)

Subjects Discussed at the Meeting at Angrogna

(or, the Confession of Chanforan) 1532

From a Calabrian Prison (1560)

Recommended Resources—The Waldensians

1989 북미 영적각성_Issue 23: Spiritual Awakenings in North America

Table of Contents

From the Publisher—Spiritual Awakenings in North America

Did You Know?

Awakenings in America—Seasons of the Spirit

Spiritual awakenings have brought lasting benefits to the Church and the surrounding culture. Have we forgotten our great heritage of renewals?

Also: Patterns of Spiritual Renewal

A Dawning in the New World

Origins of American Awakenings in New England & the Middle Colonies

God’s Wonderful Working

The first Great Awakening in New England & the Middle Colonies

Also: Jonathan Edwards

George Whitefield

In the Wake of the Great Awakening

The Awakening not only brought spiritual renewal to God’s people, and new conversions, but salt and light to the society around.

The Christian History Timeline—Awakenings in North America

An Overview of 180 Years

Apostles on Horseback

Francis Asbury & the Methodist Circuit Riders—Covering America with Spiritual Awakening

The Return of the Spirit—The Second Great Awakening

Also: Peter Cartwright

Charles Grandison Finney and the Second Phase of the Second Great Awakening

Also: Asahel Nettleton

In the Wake of the Second Great Awakening

The Time for Prayer—The Third Great Awakening

During the Third Great Awakening of 1857 to 1859, 10,000 people in New York City alone gathered together daily—even left work—to pray. The same thing was taking place all over the country, in small towns as well as in great cities.

In the Wake of the Third Great Awakening

Sleepers Awake

Praying Boldly

Concluding thoughts on our great need to pray

Recommended Resources—Spiritual Awakenings in North America

1989 베르나르_Issue 24: Bernard of Clairvaux, Medieval Reformer and Mystics

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Wisdom Sweeter Than Honey

A 12th-Century Man for All Seasons

The Life and Thought of Bernard of CIairvaux

Also: A Brief Chronology of the Life and Works of Bernard of Clairvaux

The Spirituality of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

From Love of Self, To Love of God, To Love of Self for God

On Loving God

Selections from one of the greatest essays of the Middle Ages, and one of the greatest and most eloquent statements of all time on loving God

The Bread of God’s Book

Saint Bernard and Holy Scripture

Other Sources and the True Source

Bernard, the Early Fathers, the Bible, and Jesus Christ

The Search for a Holy Life

A Brief Overview of Medieval Monasticism

The Needle of Sin

Excerpts on man’s original simplicity from St. Bernard’s Sermons on the Song of Songs

The Reformer Saint and the Saintly Reformer

Calvin and the Legacy of Bernard of Clairvaux

A Chimaera of His Age

A Man of Peace and the Church Militant

Bernard Lives Today

Cistercians around the world continue to live the monastic life of which Bernard of Clairvaux was the propagator and theologian.

Recommended Resources—Bernard of Clairvaux

1990

1990 무디_Issue 25: Dwight L. Moody: 19th c. Evangelist

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Delightfully Unconventional

Did You Know?

The Life and Times of D.L.moody

How an awkward country boy with a grade-school education became the greatest evangelist of the Gilded Age.

Also: Colorful Sayings from Colorful Moody

Moody’s common sense and quick wit led to many pithy sayings. A sampling.

“The World Has Yet to See …”

The Nearly Fatal Voyage

The Gallery—Key People in the Life of D.L. Moody

The Three Rs of Moody’s Theology

Three great Bible truths were central to all of Moody’s preaching.

Also: Questions About Moody’s Theology

The five that people ask most often

The Christian History Timeline—Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) and His World

How Moody Changed Revivalism

The evangelist converted mass evangelism.

Also: What Is Revivalism?

The Popular Educator

Moody was not an educational theorist or systematizer, but he was a popular educator par excellence.

The Northfield Schools

Moody founded two private New England schools that continue today.

D.L. Moody’s Contribution to Christian Publishing

He was the catalyst for two of America’s largest religious book publishers.

The New Birth

Excerpts from a sermon that Moody preached at least 183 times.

The Faith behind the Famous: Florence Nightingale

She singlehandedly revolutionized the field of nursing, a mission that began with a call to God’s service at age 17.

Also: A Forceful Faith

Excerpts from Florence Nightingale’s letters and diaries

Events in the Life of Florence Nightingale

Why Study Church History?

Surprising answers from a variety of writers

Recommended Resources—Dwight L. Moody

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The Great Chicago fire, in which Moody lost his church, his home, and most of his possessions. The evening of the fire, Moody preached an evangelistic message and asked his hearers to return the following Sabbath to make a decision. Because of the fire, however, he never saw the congregations again. “What a mistake!” he later reflected. “I have never dared to give an audience a week to think of their salvation since.” The rest of Moody’s eventful life story begins with The Life & Times of D.L. Moody.

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Queen Victoria. Moody’s many campaigns in the U.K. caught her attention, but she remained unpersuaded. “I am sure that they are very good and sincere people, “she wrote of Moody and his song leader, Ira Sankey, “but it is not the sort of religious performance which I like.” Other key people in Moody’s life are featured in The Gallery.

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The Great Crystal Palace in Glasgow, Scotland. The sketch depicts Moody preaching to the 40,000 people who could not find seats inside the building for his farewell meeting. Read about Moody’s revivalistic innovations in How Moody Changed Revivalism.

1990 부쓰 부부_Issue 26: William & Catherine Booth: Salvation Army Founders

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Fashionable or Forceful?

Did You Know?

The General

William Booth was born in economic and spiritual poverty, yet he founded a worldwide organization dedicated to their eradication.

Also: Sayings of William Booth

The “Army Mother”

With her bright mind and powerful speaking abilities, Catherine Booth emerged as one of the most influential women in modern religious history.

Also: Sayings of Catherine Booth

Pioneer in Female Ministry

Catherine Booth’s firm conviction that women should be free to preach the gospel forever shaped The Salvation Army’s openness to female officers.

Also: Female Ministry

Excerpts from Catherine Booth’s landmark pamphlet

William Booth’s Officers

Thousands of young men and women devoted themselves to the rugged nineteenth-century Army life. Where did they come from? Why did they join?

Also: The Army Under Siege

Early officers sometimes encountered brutal opposition.

The Salvation Army: A Missionary Crusade

How a small, East London mission became one of the leading missionary organizations in the world.

Also: William Booth Finds His Destiny

The Booths’ American Mentors

Three revivalists from across the Atlantic profoundly influenced the Booths’ theology and mission.

Also: William Booth’s Life

In His Own Words

The Christian History Timeline—William and Catherine Booth

The Gallery—The Booths’ Children

Their struggles and achievements

William Booth’s Theology of Redemption

The General’s view of sanctification, the kingdom of God, and salvation moved his Army to action.

Also: What Do Salvationists Believe?

The Story behind Salvation Army Music

William Booth felt suspicious of organized music groups. Yet he launched a movement that became renowned worldwide for its bands and choirs.

Also: Major Events in Salvation Army Music

Milestones during the life of William Booth

In Darkest England

Exactly one hundred years ago, William Booth published a dramatic, detailed plan for ending unemployment and overcoming poverty.

Also: In Darkest England and the Way Out

Selections from William Booth’s bold proposal for eliminating poverty

Sources of Booth’s Reforming Ideas

Life in the Army Today

Contemporary officers continue the mission of William and Catherine Booth.

Christmas Kettles

The history behind a Yuletide institution

Recommended Resources—William and Catherine Booth

History behind the News

Ancient Assistance Against the New Age

Martin Luther on Marriage

The Reformer deeply influenced more than one institution.

1990 초기 박해_Issue 27: Persecution in the Early Church

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Tomb of the Unknown Christians

Did You Know?

Persecution in the Early Church

Beginning as a despised, illicit religious sect, Christianity endured 300 years of hostility to emerge as the dominant force in the Roman Empire.

Also: When Christianity Triumphed

The achievement brought new difficulties.

Perpetua and Polycarp—Two Heroic Martyrs

A 22-year-old nursing mother and an octogenarian bishop demonstrated unflinching courage in the face of death. Here are their stories.

The Piety of the Persecutors

In the Roman mind, there were valid religious reasons to halt the spread of Christianity.

Also: Rome’s Religious Ferment

The first-century Empire swirled with an exotic mix of religions.

The Gallery—The Persecuting Emperors

Controversial Constantine

The famous emperor ended the persecution of Christians. But was he a true believer, or merely a superstitious political opportunist?

Also: Constantine’s Famous Emblem

The chi-rho symbol he adopted is now displayed in churches throughout the world.

The Christian History Timeline—Persecution in the Early Church

How the Early Church Viewed Martyrs

Christians held a theology of martyrdom that gave them courage to endure

The Gallery—Martyrs and Confessors

Cowards Among the Christians

During times of severe persecution, thousands of Christians compromised their faith. Later, many wanted to be readmitted to the church. The agonizing question: Should church leaders accept these apostates?

Also: Cyprian’s Letter to Banished Christians

Encouragement for believers sentenced to the Roman mines

Persecuted Christians Today

“All the long-term underlying factors which produce martyrdoms seem to be gradually increasing in our day.”

The Faith behind the Famous: Charles Dickens

Some of his novels mercilessly lampoon Christians. Yet the great Victorian author also wrote a reverent account of Jesus’ life.

Also: Events in the Life of Charles Dickens

How Dickens Viewed Jesus Christ

Selected quotations from The Life of Our Lord

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The Colosseum in Rome, which seated about 45,000 spectators under protective canopies for animal combats and gladiatorial battles. Tradition holds that many Christians died here, but that is not historically certain. Christians were martyred, however, in similar amphitheaters elsewhere in the Empire. (See Perpetua & Polycarp: Two Heroic Martyrs)

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The tiny cell into which Pothinus, bishop of Lyons, was forced, in 177. Pothinus, who was in his 90s, died within a few days. (The courage of Lyons’s Christians is recounted in Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne)

1990 Issue 28: The 100 Most Important Events in Church History

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Welcome to This Special Issue

Important information before you begin

Titus Destroys Jerusalem (A.D. 70)

When the Roman general sacked the temple, the Jews were forced into a new era—and so were the Christians.

The Edict of Milan (313)

The agreement shifted Christianity from being an illicit, persecuted sect to being a welcome—and soon dominant—religion of the Roman Empire.

The First Council of Nicea (325)

At stake in the church’s first general council was the simplest, yet most profound, question: Who is Jesus Christ?

Athanasius Defines the New Testament (367)

His letter is the earliest authoritative statement to fix the New Testament as we know it today.

Augustine Converts to Christianity (386)

A brilliant, profligate professor of rhetoric became the church’s leading theologian for centuries to come.

Jerome Completes the Vulgate (405)

This Latin translation stood as the preeminent Bible text for centuries—and set the standard for future translators.

The Council of Chalcedon (451)

If Jesus was truly God, how could he be truly human as well? Leo the Great helped guide a critical council to a clear answer.

Benedict Writes His Monastic Rule (540)

His flexible, compassionate guidelines for Christian community forever shaped monastic life—and influenced Western society.

Vladimir Adopts Christianity (988)

The pagan prince of Kievan Rus’ embraced a new faith, leading to the Christianization of the Ukrainian, Russian, and Byelorussian peoples.

The East-West Schism (1054)

Long-standing differences between Western and Eastern Christians finally caused a definitive break, and Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox still remain separate.

Pope Urban II Launches the First Crusade (1095)

Waves of pilgrims and soldiers embarked for the Holy Land, beginning an era of exploration, conquest, defeat, and folly.

Thomas Aquinas Concludes His Work on Summa Theologiae (1272)

The massive treatise set forth a theological system so influential it has been declared eternally valid.

The Great Papal Schism (1378)

When two popes, and later three popes, vied for supremacy, the medieval church entered a dramatic, forty-year crisis of authority.

Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible (1456)

Using his revolutionary invention—printing from movable type—he made the Scriptures potentially accessible to every person.

The Christian History Timeline—Important Events in Church History

Important Events in Church History

A selective chronological listing

Luther Posts the 95 Theses (1517)

An obscure monk invited debate on a pressing church issue—and touched off a history-shattering reform movement.

The Diet of Worms (1521)

Was the wayward Luther free to dissent? A German council rendered a judgment.

The Anabaptist Movement Begins (1525)

Hated by Protestants and Catholics alike, these “radical reformers” wanted to not merely reform the church but restore it.

The Act of Supremacy (1534)

Breaking from Rome, the English Parliament declared King Henry VIII “the only supreme head on earth of the Church of England.”

John Calvin Publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536)

Either adored or abhorred, the reformer and his teachings live on in his monumental work.

The Council of Trent Begins (1545)

Responding to the Reformation, the council charted the Catholic church’s course for the next 400 years.

Publication of the King James Bible (1611)

A team of scholars produced an English Bible translation unsurpassed in linguistic beauty and longevity.

John and Charles Wesley Experience Conversions (1738)

They were ordained ministers and missionaries. Then their hearts were “strangely warmed,” and their changed lives gave rise to a worldwide movement.

The Great Awakening Peaks (1740)

A mighty wave of revival washed across North America, forever altering the religious landscape.

The Second Vatican Council (1962)

In an epochal council, the Catholic Church undertook its most searching self-examination ever and renewed itself for a modern world.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Leads the March on Washington (1963)

A Baptist preacher had a dream that guided one of the most profound social movements of our times.

75 Other Important Events in Church History

A brief listing of significant dates that also earn a place in the “Christian History 100”

Recommended Resources—The History of the Church

1991

1991 스펄전_Issue 29: Charles Spurgeon: England’s “Prince of Preachers”

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Sleepy Preaching

Did You Know?

The Life and Times of Charles H. Spurgeon

He was the quintessential Victorian Englishman, yet his masterful preaching astonished his era—and lives long beyond it.

Also: Spurgeon’s Conversion

The story he told over 280 times in his sermons

Sayings of Spurgeon

A sampling of his wisdom and wit

The Secrets of Spurgeon’s Preaching

Why would thousands come to hear him speak?

“Compel Them to Come In”

An earnest evangelistic appeal from the Prince of Preachers

The Anguish and Agonies of Charles Spurgeon

Debilitating gout, poisonous slander, recurring depression—Spurgeon suffered them all. What happened to his faith as a result?

The Christian History Timeline—The Prince of Preachers

What Did Spurgeon Believe?

He insisted on thinking through his theology for himself—and often found himself out of step with his age.

The Down-Grade Controversy

What caused Spurgeon to start the most bitter fight of his life?

Caring for Children

Spurgeon did more than preach. He launched significant—and lasting—homes for orphans.

The Gallery—Famous Friends of Spurgeon

The Political Force

Spurgeon often got in the middle of hot national issues.

Spurgeon’s College

His innovative school for training pastors continues nearly 150 years later.

Recommended Resources—C.H. Spurgeon

1991 중세여성들_Issue 30: Women in the Medieval Church

Table of Contents

From the Editor—In the Middle (Ages) of a Debate

Did You Know?

Catherine of Siena

She lived only 33 years, but her vibrant faith and writings were so influential she has been declared a Doctor of the Church.

Also: The Black Death

Catherine of Siena lived—and helped others—during the most devastating plague in human history.

Five Religious Options for Medieval Women

In the High Middle Ages, Christian women found many ways to live a holy life.

Also: A Glossary—Terms of the Religious Life

Life in a Medieval Village

From birth to death, a peasant woman’s difficult life intersected the church.

Inside the Convent

How did convents arise? Why did so many medieval women enter them?

Also: A Skeptic Inside the Nunnery

Spiritual vitality—and tensions—within a twelfth-century priory.

The Gallery—Christian Women Writers of the Medieval World

Also: Joan of Arc

The courageous and controversial teenager who saved her country

The Christian History Timeline—Women in the Medieval Church

Heloise and Abelard’s Tumultuous Affair

She became an acclaimed abbess; he was one of the greatest philosophers of the medieval world. Yet their fabled love deeply damaged them both.

The Mystics

Why did mysticism flower in the medieval world—and why did women often lead in it?

Also: Voices of the Mystics

Writings from Women in the Medieval Church

Brief selections from four key books

Recommended Resources—Women in the Medieval Church

The Faith behind the Famous: Isaac Newton

He has been called “the greatest scientific genius the world has known.” Yet he spent less time on science than on theology.

Also: Newton’s Views on Science and Faith

Significant Events in the Life of Isaac Newton

Readers Respond to the “100 Events” Issue

Which events should have been listed? Here’s what you said.

1991 찬송가 황금기_Issue 31: The Golden Age of Hymns

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Silent String

Did You Know?

The Forgotten Wesley

Often overshadowed by his famous older brother, Charles Wesley has emerged as perhaps “the greatest hymnwriter of all ages.”

Also: Radicals in Times of Revolution

Why Wesley Still Dominates Our Hymnbook

Two centuries later, what’s the secret of Charles Wesley’s undiminished popularity?

The Hymn Explosion

In 1700, there were precious few English hymns. In 1800, there were hymnbooks galore. What happened?

Where Did We Get “The Doxology”?

The story behind what may be the world’s best-known hymn.

The Hymn Born in a Synagogue

How a Hebrew text and synagogue melody became a well-known Christian hymn.

The Gallery—Hymn Writers’ Hall of Fame

The poets who put words in our mouths.

Also: Other Important Hymn Writers

The Christian History Timeline—The Golden Age of Hymns

America’s Hesitation over Hymns

Why did colonial churches resist the first British musical invasion?

Also: Were Hymns Good Poetry?

They have endured. But does their lasting popularity prove their quality?

The Spiritual

In the furnace of slavery, a lasting musical form was forged.

Also: What Did Slave Songs Sound Like?

A New Species of Christian Song

Where did the English hymn come from?

Irrational Music Sung by a Mob of Extremists?

Why the Church of England disliked hymns

Three Hymnals that Shaped Today’s Worship

The hymnbooks of John Wesley, John Newton, and John Rippon endured for generations.

Recommended Resources—The Golden Age of Hymns

Bonus Section—Who Put the Gideon Bible in Your Hotel Room?

Nearly 100 years ago, two traveling strangers met by chance, never dreaming what they would start.

Also: Down and Out from Beverly Hills

One man’s encounter with a Gideon Bible

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1991 본회퍼_Issue 32: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Theologian in Nazi Germany

Table of Contents

From the Editor—A Spiritual Tonic

Did You Know?

Also: Bonhoeffer

A photo album

The Life and Death of a Modern Martyr

Born into privilege, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was headed toward a brilliant career as a theologian. Then he came to see life “from the perspective of those who suffer.” In Nazi Germany, that cost him his life.

Also: Daring Thoughts

Selected quotations from Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writings

The Gallery—Family, Friends, and Co-Conspirators

Significant people in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life

Bonhoeffer’s Costly Theology

His controversial yet Christ-centered beliefs were formed not only in the classrooms of Tübingen, but also in the cells of Tegel Prison.

Also: Barth and Bonhoeffer

What did Bonhoeffer think of this century’s most influential theologian?

The Christian History Timeline—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Radical Resistance

Bonhoeffer took an early and active stand against the Nazis.

Exploring Bonhoeffer’s Writings

Some of his works are little known. Some are fictional. But all are provocative. Here’s a brief guide.

Also: Friends He Met in America

Three colleagues from Union Theological Seminary who deeply influenced Bonhoeffer

Pastor Bonhoeffer

Though known as a theologian and resister, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was also a pastor—even in his final moments.

My Friend Dietrich

His closest companion reflects on the meaning of Bonhoeffer’s life for us today.

Recommended Resources—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1992

1992 남북전쟁_Issue 33: Christianity & the Civil War

Table of Contents

From the Editor—What PBS Didn’t Tell You

Did You Know?

The Puzzling Faith of Abraham Lincoln

Where was God in this brutal national war? An unbaptized non-churchgoer came up with a profound answer.

Also: Lincoln’s Life—And Key Religious Statements

Headed for Heaven or Hell?

How would Lincoln answer? His political opponent, a famous frontier preacher, wanted to know.

The Gallery—Firebrands and Visionaries

Leading people in religion and politics during the Civil War era

Also: Other Key Figures

The Abolitionists

Despised and often attacked, they courageously carried the slaves’ cause for thirty years. Why have these inescapably Christian men and women been forgotten?

Also: American Slavery: How Bad Was It?

Selections from the most powerful anti-slavery pamphlet ever written

Why Christians Should Support Slavery

Key reasons advanced by southern church leaders

Broken Churches, Broken Nation

When slavery divided America’s churches, what could hold the nation together?

Revivals in the Camp

At first, most Civil War soldiers cared little for religion. But as the bloody war dragged on, hundreds of thousands converted to Christ.

Also: Reports of the Revival

The Confederate camp became “a school of Christ.”

Behind Enemy Lines

While carrying tracts to Union troops, one preacher was seized by Confederates as a spy.

The Christian History Timeline—Christianity and the Civil War

The Gallery—Fighters of Faith

These Christian generals helped wage the Civil War, and their faith affected how they did it.

Also: What About Ulysses S. Grant?

He was the Union’s leading general and twice president of the United States. But he was no saint.

Preaching the Holy War

What did Protestant ministers say about the raging national battle?

Also: God Is on Our Side

Selections from sermons during the Civil War era

The Secret Religion of the Slaves

They often risked floggings to worship God.

Recommended Resources—Christianity and the Civil War

1992 루터_Issue 34: Martin Luther: The Reformer’s Early Years

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Dwarfed by a Giant

Did You Know?

The Accidental Revolutionary

In his quest for spiritual peace, Luther had no idea he’d leave his world in turmoil.

Also: The Parents Luther Feared Disgracing

Were they caring and firm—or so harsh they drove him to rebel against every authority in his life?

What Was Luther’s World Like?

The boy grew up in exciting, harsh, and violent times.

The Breakthrough

When, where, and how did Luther make his astounding discovery of justification by faith?

Dr. Luther’s Theology

A young professor’s startling insights into the graciousness of God.

Also: Protestants’ Most-Famous Document

What did Luther actually say in the 95 Theses?

The Decisive Documents of 1520

After Luther published these three works, there was no turning back.

The Christian History Timeline—Martin Luther

Colorful Sayings of Colorful Luther

A sample of the reformer’s wit and wisdom.

Preaching from the Print Shop

If Luther hadn’t used the new printing technology, would there have been a Reformation?

Also: Profit-Hungry Printers

Luther suffered from them, too.

The Bible Translation that Rocked the World

Luther’s Bible introduced mass media, unified a nation, and set the standard for future translations.

The Gallery—Luther’s Friends and Enemies

Luther made plenty of both

The Political Luther

The reformer revolutionized more than people’s views on the church.

Also: Luther’s Political Nemesis

Luther’s Political Allies

Fool in Rome

As a young monk, Luther longed to see Rome. But his 1510 trip to the Holy City filled him with pain and doubt.

Legends About Luther

Which are true? Which are not?

Recommended Resources—Martin Luther’s Early Years

1992 콜럼버스와 기독교_기독교 역사잡지 99권 —Issue 35: Columbus & Christianity in the Americas

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Overlooked Questions About Columbus

Did You Know?

Why Did Columbus Sail?

What your history textbooks may not have told you

Also: When Two Worlds Met

The historic moment from Columbus’s journal

Columbus’s Signature

What does it mean?

The Clamor over Columbus

On this hotly debated anniversary, what should Christians think?

Also: Voices in the Controversy

How Did Native Americans Respond to Christianity?

A collection of eyewitness accounts

Also: Tying Their Own Hands

How Christian missionaries sometimes thwarted their own evangelism

The Great Debate

How should the church evangelize the Americas? Two strong leaders faced off over the question

Christianity Comes to the Americas

Early Spanish Expansion and Missions

The Christian History Timeline—Christianity in the Americas

Spanish Developments, 1492–1810

Cross and Sword

When Christianity came to the Americas, why did faith join hands with warfare?

Lights in the Darkness

As sincere believers marched to subjugate a continent, other Christians had to oppose them

The Gallery—Champions for the Oppressed

Courageous Christians who worked on behalf of “the least of these” in the Americas

Also: The Christian Conquerors

The Father of California

Junipero Serra launched a remarkable enterprise on Spain’s final frontier

Also: Highlights of the California Missions

Protestantism Explodes

Why is a traditionally Catholic region turning Protestant?

Recommended Resources—Columbus and Christianity in the Americas

1992 캐리_Issue 36: William Carey: 19th c. Missionary to India

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Ten Years, Thanks to You

Did You Know?

The Man Who Wouldn’t Give Up

No matter how great the obstacles, William Carey expected great things and attempted great things.

Also: William Carey Converts

How a lukewarm Anglican became a fiery Baptist

A Day in the Life of William Carey

Sixteen hours of nonstop activity

The Rest of the Serampore Trio

Carey saw little success until he was joined by this team

The Missions Manifesto

An excerpt from “the Magna Carta of the Protestant mission movement”

Why Did the 1800s Explode with Missions?

The modern missionary movement has radically changed Christianity. What caused it?

The Gallery—Missionary Pioneers

They boldly went where no Christian had gone before

The Christian History Timeline—William Carey

William Carey’s India

William Carey’s Less-Than-Perfect Family Life

The model missionary did not have a model home

Dorothy’s Devastating Delusions

A psychologist examines the mental illness that afflicted William Carey’s first wife

The Gallery—Carey’s Companions and Converts

Key people in his life

The 11 Commandments of Missions

Carey and his team set forth principles that still guide us today

Ministry in the Killing Fields

Infanticide, widow burning, assisted suicide—Carey and other missionaries battled these accepted religious practices

Also: Burning a Woman to Death

William Carey’s horrified narration of what people were calling a “great act of holiness.”

The Lasting Contributions of a “Wretched Worm”

Was Carey right when he said, “I have done little for God”?

Recommended Resources—William Carey and Modern Missions

The History behind Christian History

The experts said a church-history magazine would never work. On our 10th anniversary, we look back with founder Ken Curtis.

1993

1993 초대교회 예배_Issue 37: Worship in the Early Church

Table of Contents

From the Editor—The Heartbeat of the Church

Did You Know?

How We Christians Worship

From about the year 150, perhaps the most complete early description

Also: Did They Sing Hymns?

Why doesn’t Justin say they did?

Worshiping Like Pagans?

How much did Christians borrow from Greek and Roman religions?

Also: Inside Pagan Worship

In the Roman mind, heaven was populated by dozens of deities

Early Glimpses

Historical documents describing Christians at worship

The Christian History Timeline—Worship in the Early Church

The Gallery—Wordsmiths of Worship

In their writings, these people preserved early church worship—and shaped Christian worship since

Also: Praying to the “Dead”

Where Did Christians Worship?

Tracing the move from simple houses to splendid public buildings

Also: Converting a House into a Church

Prayers of the Earliest Christians

Repeating the Unrepeatable

How did we get from Jesus’ Last Supper to Holy Communion?

Also: An Awe-Inspiring Ceremony

In third-century Rome, baptism was high drama

Following in the First Christians’ Footsteps

How much should we imitate the worship practices of the early church?

Also: Washing Souls by Washing Feet

Let Us Repent Immediately

Excerpts from an ancient Christian sermon

Chanting in Honor of Christ

How early Christians expressed their joy

Recommended Resources—Worship in the Early Church

1993 조지 윗필드_Issue 38: George Whitefield: 17th c. Preacher & Revivalist

Table of Contents

From the Editor—The Original Christian History

Did You Know?

Heavenly Comet

As George Whitefield blazed across England, Scotland, and America, his dramatic preaching caused excitement bordering on panic.

Also: “I Run for My Horse with All My Might”

A farmer races to the sensation.

Deep Mourning

“Come, Poor, Lost, Undone Sinner”

A persuasive appeal from a powerful evangelist.

The Gallery—Leaders of the Awakening Army

Whitefield’s co-workers in the great eighteenth-century revival.

Also: Persecuted Preachers

Two evangelists face a mob

The Christian History Timeline—George Whitefield 1714–1770

Pushing to the Point of Exhaustion

A look at one year of Whitefield’s whirlwind ministry.

Also: The Quotable Whitefield

A sampler of sayings

The Religious Odd Couple

Benjamin Franklin and George Whitefield: Theologically, they were miles apart, yet they became affectionate friends.

Also: House of Mercy, Prison of Debt

Soon after he began an orphanage, Whitefield found himself chained by expenses he couldn’t pay.

Whitefield’s Curious Love Life

Wesley vs. Whitefield

The conflict between the two giants of the eighteenth-century awakening.

Also: War of Words

The Startling Puritan

The message of the greatest communicator of his age.

Also: Slaveholding Evangelist

Whitefield’s troubling mix of views.

Father of Modern Evangelicals?

We still feel Whitefield’s influence today.

Recommended Resources—Whitefield and His World

1993 루터_Issue 39: Martin Luther: The Later Years

Table of Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor—The Forgotten Years of Martin Luther

After the Revolution

Luther spent his later years creating a church from the forces he had unleashed.

The Gallery—A Family Album

A closer look at Luther’s wife and children

Changing the Tempo of Worship

For a thousand years of Christian worship, lay people had rarely sung. Then came Luther.

Also: The “Weak” Man behind “A Mighty Fortress”

In intense turmoil, Luther wrote his greatest hymn.

Re-Inventing Family Life

Martin Luther was a husband and father who turned Christians’ views of marriage upside down.

Also: A Monk Marries

Luther’s wit and wisdom about his new estate

Powerful Preaching

A sample of how Luther could bring Bible characters to life

The Christian History Timeline—Martin Luther

Christianity for Common Folk

Martin Luther captured big ideas in his Small Catechism.

Recommended Resources—Martin Luther’s Later Years

The Unrefined Reformer

Why was Luther sometimes bull-headed, coarse-tongued, and intemperate?

Also: Was Luther Anti-Semitic?

He is famous for his tirades against the Jews. What caused them?

Allies or Enemies

Luther’s rocky relationships with his fellow reformers.

How I Pray

Counsel on approaching the Almighty.

Luther’s Will and Testaments

He bequeathed statements of belief that guide millions of Christians today.

Luther’s Living Legacy

What has Luther left to us, 500 years later?

1993 십자군_Issue 40: The Crusades

Table of Contents

About This Issue: The Crusades

From the Editor—The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Did You Know?

Bloody Pilgrimage

As the crusaders assaulted Jerusalem, the holy and savage joined hands.

How Could Christians Do This?

Why followers of the Prince of Peace waged war.

Also: Why You Should Crusade

The Gallery—Martial Monks and Holy Kings

The great preachers, planners, and fighters of the Holy Land crusades.

A Christian History Timeline—Major Crusades to the East

The Muslim Defense

Christians thought they had liberated Jerusalem from infidels. But what did Muslims think?

Puzzling Encounters between Faiths

Women of the Cross

The devout, combative, and scandalous women who shared in the Crusades.

Long Journey to Jerusalem

Whether by land or sea, a crusade to the East was difficult and dangerous.

The Fighting Monks

In the new religious orders, Christians blended poverty, chastity, and military fervor.

Holy Violence Then and Now

A historian looks at the causes and lingering effects of Christian warfare.

Recommended Resources—The Crusades

1994

1994 미국청교도_Issue 41: The American Puritans

Contents

About This Issue—The American Puritans

From the Editor—Questions You Asked

Did You Know?

Quest for Pure Christianity

For 100 years, the American Puritans strove to create a model Christian society.

Ordering Their Private World

What Puritans did to grow spiritually

New England Dynasty

The lives and legacies of the Mathers, America’s most influential Puritan family.

When the Sermon Reigned

No activity shaped Puritans more than their “plain” preaching. Here’s what it was like.

The Christian History Timeline—The American Puritans

The Gallery—Gifted Founders

The first generation of American Puritans was extraordinarily talented. Here are five leading examples.

Theology on Fire

Puritans were not lukewarm about anything, let alone what they believed about God.

Where American Puritans Lived

Witch Hunting in Salem

Why were 19 people hanged?

The Puritans behind the Myths

And how these adventurers affect us today.

Recommended Resources—The American Puritans

1994 성 프란시스코_Issue 42: St. Francis of Assisi

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Discomforting Francis

Did You Know?

Snapshots of a Saint

Stories that reveal Francis’s intense, complex personality.

Francis’s Troubled World

In that day, it took extreme measures to live for peace: a photo-essay.

The Case for Downward Mobility

Why did Francis insist that his followers live in absolute poverty?

Also: A Time to Be Poor

In Francis’s day, abandoning possessions was seen as a key to holiness

Francis’s Tenacious Lady

“Gentle” Clare of Assisi had to defy family and church to follow in Francis’s way.

The Strange Stigmata

Did Francis really receive the wounds of Jesus?

Fractures in Francis’s Order

How should his followers obey his instructions?

Controversial Passages

The Christian History Interview—Modern Medieval Man

Eight hundred years later, Francis’s life and message seem remarkably up to date.

The Gallery—Five Who Knew a Saint

Not everyone who loved Francis followed his way.

The Christian History Timeline—Francis of Assisi 1181–1226

Recommended Resources—Francis of Assisi

1994 킹제임스버전_Issue 43: How We Got Our Bible, Canon to King James

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Reading the Bible Backwards

Did You Know?

The Crown of English Bibles

The King James Version was the culmination of 200 turbulent years of Bible translation.

Also: The Fiery Man behind the First English Bible

What the English Bible Cost One Man

The betrayal and death of William Tyndale.

Also: Reading a Banned Book

Tyndale’s comfort to persecuted Bible readers

The Difference a Translation Makes

Early attempts to capture Psalm 23

A Testament Is Born

Could Matthew take shorthand?—and other intriguing reasons the New Testament may have emerged surprisingly early.

Also: What Writings Must Christians Obey?

Four definitions of the New Testament

A Book that Almost Made It

Excerpt from a popular writing that some wanted to include in the New Testament: The Shepherd of Hermas

How We Got Our Old Testament

The process was long and complex, and the result is still a matter of dispute.

Also: More Than One Bible

Christians still disagree over the content of the Old Testament

Discovering the Oldest New Testaments

The bizarre stories behind the great Greek manuscripts.

Also: The Look and Feel of the First Bibles

The Christian History Interview—From the Apostles to You

After 2,000 years of transmission and translation, does the Bible still accurately convey the meaning of the original authors?

The Gallery—Mavericks and Misfits

The key players in the history of the Bible haven’t necessarily been popular—or orthodox.

The Christian History Timeline—How We Got Our Bible

How Bibles Were Made

(from Gutenberg until presses were mechanized in the early 1800s)

Recommended Resources—How We Got Our Bible

1994 크리소스톰_Issue 44: John Chrysostom: Legendary Early Church Preacher

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Admiring the Fire

Did You Know?

Little-known and remarkable facts about John Chrysostom

Golden Tongue and Iron Will:

His eloquent preaching and uncompromising views brought John Chrysostom immediate fame—and eventual exile.

The Gallery—Politicos, Pagans, and the Pious

Five people who reveal Chrysostom’s holy and violent era.

The Genius of Chrysostom’s Preaching

Why people surged forward to hear John speak.

Cured by the Masters of Angels

A Sermon on the healing of the paralytic

Letters from a Lonely Exile

Three brutal years under armed guard reveal the true character of John Chrysostom.

Culture Wars

How Chrysostom battled heresy, superstition, and paganism.

More Than a Great Preacher

For 215 million Christians, Chrysostom is a household name. Why?

Also: Adoring the Ineffable

Prayers from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

The Christian History Timeline—John Chrysostom

Also: State Falls, Church Rises

The Fall of Rome

The Structure of the Church

Recommended Resources—John Chrysostom

1995

1995 Issue 45: Camp Meetings & Circuit Riders: Frontier Revivals

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Religion Untamed

Did You Know?

Revival at Cane Ridge

What exactly happened at the most important camp meeting in American history?

Also: Piercing Screams and Heavenly Smiles

An eyewitness account of signs and wonders at early camp meetings.

A Bird’s-Eye View of a Camp Meeting

Wrestling with God and Man

Dramatic accounts from the frontier’s most popular autobiography.

Holy, ‘Knock-’em-Down’ Preachers

The common Methodist circuit rider transformed American Christianity.

The Gallery—Trendsetters in the Religious Wilderness

The early American frontier produced zealous, and often eccentric leaders.

The Christian History Timeline—Camp Meetings and Circuit Riders

Counter-Culture Christianity

A look at the radical utopian communities that sprang up across the early frontier.

Rejecting the “Negro Pew”

As revival religion blossomed, so did the independent black church.

Also: All Sins Swept Away

A slave describes her delayed but dramatic conversion.

Focus on the Frontier Family

How Methodists strengthened the Christian home—and changed it.

The Great Spirit Descends

A stirring camp meeting among Native Americans.

The Christian History Interview—Revivals that Changed a Nation

Frontier faith captured the heart of the common person—and molded America’s character.

Recommended Resources—Christianity on the Early American Frontier

1995 존 낙스_Issue 46: John Knox & the Scottish Reformation

Table of Contents

From the Editor—The Hard-To-Like Knox

Preacher of Revolution

John Knox provoked rulers, incited riots, and inspired a reformation in Scotland.

Also: The Prophet Pleads Guilty

The fiery reformer was keenly aware of his own shortcomings.

Knox’s Shocking Politics

Knox believed Christians should rebel against “idolatrous” governments. Why?

Demanding Faith

The Scots Confession is not for the faint of heart.

The First Scandal

How church discipline was handled in Reformed Scotland.

Worship Before and After

How the reformers radically changed Christian worship in Scotland.

Also: Sunday in Reformed Scotland

Protestant services were lean and (to some) mean.

“Life Shall Devour Death”

Scotland’s great Reformation preacher comforts a troubled congregation.

Knox’s Curious Attitude Toward Women

Did Knox despise or admire the fairer sex? It depends.

Also: The Folly of Women’s Leadership

The Delight of a Woman’s Company

The Christian History Interview—Prophet without Honor?

Why many are tempted to disown Knox, and why we shouldn’t.

The Christian History Timeline—Journeying with John Knox

Centers of Ferment

Key cities for Knox and the Scottish Reformation

The Gallery—Martyrs and Architects

The Scottish Reformation needed both—here are five who helped it succeed.

Recommended Resources—John Knox and the Scottish Reformation

History in the Making—It Seemed So Innocent and Good

Many Christians unknowingly helped build the first atomic bomb.

1995 사도 바울_Issue 47: The Apostle Paul & His Times

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Putting Paul in His Place

Did You Know?

Boundary Breaker

Paul of Tarsus crossed all types of barriers to gain followers for Jesus of Nazareth.

Also: Stench, Pain, and Misery

Life in a Roman Prison

Synagogue Life

What did the synagogue represent to Jews—and to Paul?

On the Road with Paul

The ease—and dangers—of travel in ancient world.

Into the Heart of Paganism

Why did Paul, the traveling missionary, set down roots in Corinth and Ephesus?

Also: From Child-Killing to Mysticism

Four examples of the pluralistic challenge that Paul faced

The Gallery—Paul’s Inner Circle

What happened to the people who worked most closely with him?

Also: The Real Writer of Romans

The important but little-known figure behind the apostle

The Christian History Timeline—Paul and His Times

Also: Dates to Debate

Why it’s difficult to date Paul’s life

Bald, Blind and Single?

Answers to some of the most puzzling questions about Paul

Subversive Conservative

How could Paul communicate his radical message to those threatened by it?

Legacy of Liberty

Paul’s teachings on grace and freedom have shaken the church in every age.

The Natural Supernatural

To Paul and the early church, religious experiences were commonplace.

Recommended Resources—Paul and His Times

Editor’s Choice

History in the Making—Billy Graham Had a Dream

Enthusiasm for racial reconciliation has never been so high among American evangelicals. Why?

1995 Issue 48: Thomas Cranmer & the English Reformation

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Ordinary Hero

Did You Know?

Courage When It Counted

Thomas Cranmer was the most cautious, even indecisive, of reformers—until his final hour.

Also: Understanding Cranmer

Cranmer Obeyed Reason First

Why Queen Mary Was “Bloody”

And why her persecution of Protestants failed

Also: A Tale of Two Martyrs

The burning of Reformers Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer

Destroying the Monasteries

Where was Thomas Cranmer during this unscrupulous chapter in the English Reformation?

The Gallery—Reform from on High

The English Reformation, more than others, was the work of the principalities and powers.

Also: The English Reformation’s Most Famous Martyrs

The Christian History Timeline—Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation

Catholic Counterpoint

What was it like to be on the losing side of England’s Reformation?

Acrobat Theologian

It’s not easy to take a balanced view of doctrines like predestination and Communion—but Cranmer did.

“The Most Healthful Medicine”

Why, and how, everyone should read the Bible

Unmatched Masterpiece

The cadences of Cranmer’s Book of Common Prayer continue to nurture Christians worldwide.

Also: Perfect Words for the Contrite Heart

The Christian History Interview—The Tradition Continues

The distinctive legacy of Thomas Cranmer, and the Anglican “middle way” today.

Recommended Resources—Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation

History in the Making—Longhairs for Jesus

It scandalized many Christians and made Time magazine—so, like whatever happened to the Jesus Movement?

1996

1996 Issue 49: Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Faith that Filled the Nooks and Crannies

Did You Know?

Religion with a Human Face

One woman’s extraordinary faith reveals much about the ordinary faith of the Middle Ages.

The Gallery—Unexpected Companions

Four Pilgrims in Canterbury Tales show the startling mix of medieval faith.

An Innkeeper’s Faith

Christianity in one Spanish village—a historical re-creation.

Parenting with “Mother Church”

In the medieval world, what you taught your children was not just your business.

The Christian History Timeline—Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages

Scripture-Drenched Life

Medieval monasteries were Bible schools extraordinaire.

The Word Made Visible

Christians in the Middle Ages may have been largely illiterate, but they were not ignorant of the Bible.

When a Third of the World Died

During the Black Death, the greatest catastrophe in human history, how did Christians respond?

Warrior Spirituality

Princes and knights were expected to be men of noble character, military prowess, and deep Christian faith.

Orthodoxy Wasn’t Always Good Enough

The two most widespread medieval heresies

Carrots and Sticks

How the Catholic Church responded to heresy

God’s Glory in Wood and Stone

Intriguing facts behind one of medieval Christendom’s magnificent legacies: The Cathedral

Stepping into a Christian Culture

Medieval Christianity seems dark and foreign—until you take a closer look.

Recommended Resources—Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages

History in the Making—Pentecost at Prime Time

Early religious TV presented huge challenges, which Pentecostals met better than most.

1996 기독교와 미국혁명_Issue 50: Christianity & the American Revolution

Table of Contents

From the Editor—Discovering the Unexpected—Again

Did You Know?

Preaching the Insurrection

Angry colonists were rallied to declare independence and take up arms because of what they heard from the pulpit.

Also: Fighting Words

Peter Muhlenberg gave perhaps the most dramatic sermon of the Revolutionary era.

The Gallery—Christians in the Cause

Five devout champions of liberty and revolution.

Holy Passion for Liberty

In their own words, patriots describe their sense that God had ordained their cause.

The Christian History Timeline—Christianity and the American Revolution

Disciples of Reason

What did the founding fathers really believe?

Battling Irreligion in the Ranks

Chaplains had one of the toughest jobs in the Continental Army.

Jesus vs. The Watchmaker

Which ideas energized the American Revolution: those of evangelical Christianity or enlightened deism?

Also: Curious Mix in the Continental Congress

How Christians and deists worked together in the war effort.

The Price of Dissent

Christians who argued against independence suffered for it.

Selfish, Ungrateful Rebels

Many devout Christians were deeply troubled by the drive for independence.

The Christian History Interview—A Revolution in Religion, Too

The Revolutionary War changed American Christianity, and it still sparks debate today. A conversation with Mark Noll

Recommended Resources—Christianity and the American Revolution

1996 초대교회 이단_Issue 51: Heresy in the Early Church

Table of Contents

From the Editor—How to Read This Issue

Did You Know?

A Hammer Struck at Heresy

What exactly happened at the famous Council of Nicea, when the Roman emperor convened some 250 quarreling Christian bishops?

Also: The King Visits the Earth

The champion of orthodoxy on why the Word became flesh.

Infographic—The Christ Controversies Summarized

A quick summary of the competing schools of thought.

Fine-Tuning the Incarnation

A lot of mistakes were made before the church figured out how best to describe Jesus Christ.

Also: The Defining Moment

Key portions of the church’s most important theological statement

Finding the Truth

How the earliest church decided Marcion and the Gnostics, among others, were wrong.

Also: Why Bishops Should Be Trusted

When some early Christians said they had secret apostolic teaching, one church father said, “Not likely.”

The Gallery—Malcontents for Christ

The mixed motives and odd teachings of four notorious heretics

Also: Origen: Model or Heretic?

He created controversy when he tried to explain the gospel in terms his culture could grasp.

The Christian History Timeline—Heresy in the Early Church

Testing the Prophets

In the Montanist controversy, did the church reject heresy or the Holy Spirit?

Risky Lifestyles

It wasn’t just what Christians believed but also how they lived that concerned early church teachers.

The Christian History Interview—The Search for the Biblical Jesus

The hard, technical, theological work on Christ was essentially a 400-year Bible study.

Also: The Early Church Debates on the Web

Recommended Resources—Heresy in the Early Church

1996 허드슨 테일러_Issue 52: Hudson Taylor & Missions to China

Contents

Did You Know?

Surprised by China

Pushing Inward

Fashion Statement

Missions Dream Team

Trickle-down Evangelism

Hudson Taylor & Missions to China

“Unbecoming” Ladies

Fury Unleashed

The Gallery—Gritty Pioneers

Trying to Break Loose

Was It Worth It?

The Miracles after Missions

Fitting Outfits

Recommended Resources—Hudson Taylor & Missions to China

1997

1997 윌버포스_Issue 53: William Wilberforce: Fighting the Slave Trade

Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

The “Shrimp” Who Stopped Slavery

Aristocratic Activists

A Long Reach

William Wilberforce and the Century of Reform

Greatness upon Greatness

A Century of Reform

The Lady of the Lamp

Classrooms in Hell

Dismantling Discrimination

Brutality behind Bars

White Slavery

Christian Clout Then and Now

Recommended Resources

1997 동방정교_Issue 54: Eastern Orthodoxy

Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor

The Great Divorce

Imperious Mistress?

Better the Infidel

Kissers and Smashers

The Spirit-Bearers

The Christian History Timeline

Impact Pray-ers

What the Orthodox Believe

An Exercise in Wonder

The Counsels of Christ

A Taste of Glory

“We Do Not Wish to Blur the Faith”

An Evangelical Appraisal

Recommended Resources

1997 Issue 55: The Monkey Trial & the Rise of Fundamentalism

Contents

The Frenzied Twenties

A Movement to Make One Mad

The Monkey Trial

Prayer Debate

Bizarre Meaning

Darrow Takes the Stand

The Press Weighs In

User-Friendly Faith

Right Jabs and Left Hooks

The Rise of Fundamentalism: 1870–1950

Militants, Moderates, & Millionaires

Fundamentalist Internet

Relevant Morality

A Return to Bondage

An Army of Conservative Women

Enraptured with Order

Spurring on Secularism

Here We Stand

Recommended Resources

1997 리빙스톤_Issue 56: David Livingstone: Missionary-explorer in Africa

Contents

Recommended Resources

Did You Know?

Livingstone: The Great Non-Missionary

Discovering Livingstone

Creatures Great and Small and Annoying

David in the Lion’s Den

On Expedition in Africa

The Evil that Baffled Reformers

David Livingstone, Missionary Explorer

The Man with Three “Wives”

Finding a Useful Wife

The Other Livingstone

Pioneers & Pallbearers

Accidental Missionary

Great White Father

1998

1998 로마제국 국교화_Issue 57: Converting the Empire: Early Church Evangelism

Contents

The Emperor’s New Religion

Did You Know?

From the Editor

The Empire Within the Empire

Defending the Cannibals

Ordinary Saints at First Church

The Exile and the Slave Girl

Key Converts

The Growth of Early Christianity

Live Longer, Healthier, & Better

Evangelists to the Death

The Competition

From Black Magic to Mystical Awe

The Emperor Strikes Back

Roman Redux

Recommended Resources

1998 오순절주의 발흥_Issue 58: The Rise of Pentecostalism

Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor

American Pentecost

Sanctification Scuffles

They Had a Dream

Dividing over Oneness

Peaceniks

The Silent Pentecostals

They Shall Take up Serpents

The Christian History Timeline

Hell-Hatched Free Lovism

Sister

A Gallery of Visionaries

Loose the Women

The Pentecostal Tradition

Pentecostalism’s Global Language

Recommended Resources

1998 나사렛 예수_Issue 59: Life & Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Contents

Did You Know?

Letter from the Editor

Walking with Jesus

Primary Sources

Crisis in the Middle East

The Place of Prayer

Getting Physical

On the Road

Select Circle

What Happened to Jesus’ ‘Brothers’?

Fishers of Fish

Mistrial of the Millennium

The Scandal of the Grave

Galilean Rabbi or Universal Lord?

Recommended Resources

1998 아이리쉬 전도_Issue 60: How the Irish Were Saved

Contents

Did You Know?

Letter from the Editor

Patrick the Saint

Ending Human Sacrifice

Rooted in the Tradition

Ascetic Superstars

Iona’s Touch Dove

The Festive Abbess

I Rise Today

Extravagant Tales of Remarkable Faith

Be Thou My Vision

Culture Clash

The Fury of the Northmen

Modern Myths of the Medieval Past

Recommended Resources

1999

1999 재림역사_Issue 61: A History of the Second Coming

Contents

Did You Know?

Sliver in a Forest

Taking the Long View

Millennium Today

Looking for “The Last Emperor”

Columbus’s Millennial Voyage

Salvation Now, Salvation Forever

Münster’s Monster

Seeing the Glory

William Miller’s Great Disappointment

The Dispensationalist Era

The “Second Comers”

Judgment Day on the Big Screen

Late Great Predictions

Hope beyond the Details

The End of the World as We Know It

1999 Issue 62: Bound for Canaan: Africans in America

Contents

Did You Know

The Trojan Horse Gospel

Defeating the Conspiracy

He Still Wid Us—Jesus

By Any Means Necessary

Slavery under Ideal Conditions

Black Moses

Black Christianity before the Civil War

God’s Avenging Scourge

The Expatriate Option

You Must Not Kneel Here

Baptist Power

Gallery: The Fruit of Freedom

Shaking in the Multitude

The Dignity of Faith

Recommended Resources—Black Christianity before the Civil War

1999 바이킹_Issue 63: How the Vikings Took up the Faith

Contents

Did You Know?

A Living Conversion Story

End of the Known World

‘Be Christian or Die’

Dead Man Converting

Why Trust the White Christ?

The Dead Still Speak

The Conversion of Scandinavia

Planting the Seed

From Hammer to Cross

Sometimes You Win

Father-Son Saga

Althings Work to the Good

Converting by the Sword

Recommended Resources

1999 안토니와 사막교부_Issue 64: Anthony & the Desert Fathers: Extreme Faith Contents

Did You Know?

Models or Kooks?

The Best There Ever Was

The Life Changing ‘Life of Antony’

Exorcizing the Desert

Alone in the Desert?

Diet for a Large Soul

Antony and the Desert Fathers

Ascetic Agitators

Worldy Monk

Holy Land

Getting Their Act Together

Spiritual Pragmatists

Discovering the Desert Paradox

Recommended Resources

2000

2000 Issue 65: Ten Influential Christians of the 20th Century

Contents

The Long and the Short of Lists

Visionary Years

Billy Graham

William Seymour

Mother Teresa

Karl Barth

C.S. Lewis

John XXIII

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

John Paul II

John R. Mott

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rumblings to the South

What Do You Think?

The Ten Most Influential Christians of the Twentieth Century

2000 Issue 66: How the West was Really Won

Contents

Did You Know?

Letter from the Editor

Preparing a Way in the Wilderness

A Church of Their Own

No Rest for the Weary

Tested on All Sides

Yesterday’s Christian Woman

Forty-Niner Faith

Growth of the West

“Out Yonder, on the Edge of Things”

Alternative Religions

The West that Wasn’t Won

Dying to Save

Local Heroes

Land of Crumbling Myths

Recommended Resources

2000 어거스틴_Issue 67: St. Augustine: Sinner, Bishop, Saint

Contents

Did You Know?

A Giant—But a Man

The Dark Heart Filled with Light

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Bishop at Work

A Tale of Two Cities

Augustine & the Battle for Orthodoxy

Fighting Words

Semi-Augustinians

Influential Antagonists

What Would Augustine Say?

Recommended Resources

2000 후스_ Issue 68: Jan Hus: Incendiary Preacher of Prague Contents

Did You Know?

Accidental Radical

To Build a Fire

Foes in High Places

A Plethora of Pontiffs

Reform and Resistance in Hussite Bohemia

The Wanderer

A Pastor’s Heart

Faith Formed in Love

The Reformation Connection

Rebels to Be Reckoned With

To Live in Truth

Recommended Resources

2000 웨슬리가_Issue 69: The Wesleys: Founders of Methodism

Contents

Did You Know?

Innovating with the Flow

A Tale of Two Brothers

Wesleys in America

Like Mother, like Son

Family Ghost?

Attack of the Bible-Moths

The Matchmakers

The Wesleys

Spare the Rod and Spoil the Church

Be Ye Perfect?

Two Views on Perfection

O Come and Dwell in Me

Start the Presses

The Leadership Team

Weeds in the Garden

Recommended Resources

2001

2001 단테_Issue 70: Dante’s Guide to Heaven and Hell

Contents

Did You Know?

How Not to Read Dante

A Polysemantic Country Song?

Divine Imagination

The Rest of the Stories

A Poet without Honor

Dante in Love

A Cathedral of Ideas

Dante’s Turbulent World

The Root of All Kinds of Evil

The Pilgrim Way

Walk of Fame

Goodness, Gracious(ness), Great Balls of Fire

What about Purgatory?

Classics & Common Memory

Recommended Resources

2001 Issue 71: The French Huguenots and the Wars of Religion

Contents

Did You Know?

Escape from Babylon

Fracas Français

The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

Order in the Church

Getting Serious about Sin

Reformation on the Run

Pleading the Cause of Christ

The French Wars of Religion

Slaughter, Mayhem, & Providence

The Inner Circle

Forgotten Reformer

A New War of Religion?

Recommended Resources

2001 Issue 72: How We Got Our History

Contents

Did You Know?

Great Lessons From Bad History

History: Behind the Scenes

The Problem of Eusebius

What a Difference a Reign Makes

Eusebius’s Ancestors

In God’s Country

When God Came to England

Oswald and Aidan

Wide Angles & Zoom Lenses

Maggie, the Dragon Slayer?

100 Great Books for Christian History Buffs

Church History’s Biggest Hoax

Battle for the Past

Model Martyrs

Philip Schaff

Kenneth Scott Latourette

Christopher Dawson

Herbert Butterfield

How Could You Forget …

Christian History Today

2002

2002 아퀴나스_Issue 73: Thomas Aquinas: Greatest Medieval Theologian

Contents

Did You Know?

The Eminent Obscure

The Dazzling ‘Dumb Ox’

Left Behind

‘I Can Write No More’

The Summa & Its Parts

Devoutly I Adore Thee

Medieval U.

Life on Campus

‘How You Should Study’

Good Habits

Storms of the Thirteenth Century

Theology on the Edge

Aquinas for President?

Gallery: Scholastic Superstars

A Mingling of Minds

From Interfaith Dialogue to Apologetics

Popes, Philosophers, & Peeping Thomists

The Link: He’s Our Man

Thomas Aquinas

2002 크리스천과 무슬림_Issue 74: Christians & Muslims

Contents

Did You Know?

The Cover’s Story

Muhammad Amid the Faiths

Islam 101

Secrets of Islam’s Success

Legacy of an Ancient Pact

A Deadly Give and Take

The Battle of Tours, 732

The Christian History Timeline: 3 Phases of Christian-Muslim Interaction

Spiritual Warriors

From Crusades to Homeland Defense

Four Jihads

Divided by Christ

Imperial Evasion

Link: Justice and Peace

Recommended Resources: Christians & Muslims

2002 체스터톤_Issue 75: G.K. Chesterton: Prolific Writer & Apologist

Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor: Diamonds and the Rough

The Road to Rome

Issues & G.K.’s Answers

The Woman Question

Genius with a Message

The Christian History Timeline: Chesterton’s Literary Life

The Un-Apologist

The Mystery Deepens

The Real Father Brown

The World Made Strange

Economics after God’s Own Image

Chesterton Today

Beloved Enemies

Exactly the Opposite

Recommended Resources: G.K. Chesterton

2002 Issue 76: The Christian Face of the Scientific Revolution

Contents

Did You Know?

The Specter of Enmity

Galileo and the Powers Above

Galileo’s Spiritual Director

“If There Were a True Demonstration …”

Upon Further Review …

A God of Math & Order

Luminous Wonder, Heavy Cross

Did the Reformers Reject Copernicus?

Interior Design

Milestones to Modern Science

A Priest Serving in Nature’s Temple

Newton vs. “Newton”

Quotable Boyle

Creation’s Symmetries, God’s Mystery

Cosmic Codebreaker, Pious Heretic

The Christian Virtuosi

Microscopic Magnificence

No Vein Inquiry

The Link: Natural Adversaries?

Recommended Resources

2002 에드워즈_Issue 77: Jonathan Edwards: Puritan Pastor & Theologian

Contents

Did You Know?

Letter from the Editor: “Papa Edwards”

A Modern Puritan

A Mind on Fire

Devoted Disciplinarian

The Trouble with George

The Mind Shapers

Those Exceptional Edwards Women

The Christian History Timeline

Archive: Pilgrim’s Paradise

Testing the Spirits

The Book of James

Language of Ecstasy

The Northampton Eviction

Holy Pagans

Thunderstorms & Flying Spiders

Expect Joy!

On His Own Terms

Recommended Resources: Jonathan Edwards

2002 톨킨_Issue 78: J.R.R. Tolkien & Lord of the Rings Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor: He Gave Us Back Myth

Meeting Professor Tolkien

Tolkien: Man behind the Myth

A Feeling for Language

The Christian Humanists

One Truth, Many Tales

Sacramental Imagination

The Life & Times of J.R.R. Tolkien

Good and Evil in Middle-Earth

Gallery: The Inklings

Tollers & Jack

Hobbits & Englishmen

Father of Epic Fantasy

An Unexpected Party

Recommended Resources: Understanding Tolkien

2003

2003 Issue 79: African Apostles: Black Evangelists in Africa

Contents

Did You Know?

Anatomy of an Explosion

Bishop before His Time

Pioneer of Self-Euthanizing Missions

“Holy” Johnson and the Ethiopian Church

The Brilliant Career of Joseph Kiwanuka

“The Prospect Terrified Me …”

A Soul of Fire

African Family Values?

African Apostles: Christian History Timeline

A Hunger for Holiness

The People’s Prophet

Supernatural Faith

A Transatlantic Alliance

A Leopard Among the Bannas

Resources: Go Tell It!

2003 Issue 80: The First Bible Teachers

Contents

Midwife of the Christian Bible

Did You Know?

The Founding Fathers We Never Knew

The Habits of Highly Effective Bible Readers

Why the Reformers Read the Fathers

The First Battle for the Bible

Origen: Friend or Foe?

Too Racy for Bible Study

The First Bible Teachers: Christian History Timeline

Opponents of Allegory

Scripture Saturation

Origen’s Monastic Legacy

Three Wise Men from the East

Early Voices on Bible Study

Classical Ear-Training

Augustine’s Key

Augustine vs. Literalism

Resources: Reading over the Fathers’ Shoulders

2004

2004 뉴튼_Issue 81: John Newton: Author of “Amazing Grace”

Contents

Did You Know?

John Newton: From the Editor—New Life—And a “New” Magazine

Living History

Eyewitness

Story Behind

The Amazingly Graced Life of John Newton

The Life and Times of John Newton 1725–1807

Forging Britain’s “Gospel Era”

The Captain & the Castaway

Pastor to the Nation

Not a Synod but a Salon

People Worth Knowing

Turning Point: Luther’s Lost Opportunity

I Am a “Sim”

The American Anthem

2004 피비 팔머_Issue 82: Phoebe Palmer: Mother of the Holiness Movement

Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor

Why I Like the Holiness People

Living History

Eyewitness

The Da Vinci Code, Corrected

Holiness Fire-Starter

The Cleansing Wave

The Holiness Movement Timeline

Saving Souls & Bodies

The Lord’s Agitators

“I Received My Commission from Him, Brother”

The Quest

1854: Three Voices Wake a Sleeping Church

Innocent’s Corrupted Crusade

Changed Lives

Phoebe Palmer: Recommended Resources

All of Christian History in 6 Hours

2004 마리아_Issue 83: Mary in the Imagination of the Church

Contents

The Seven Joys of Mary

From the Editor

A Kinder Inquisition, “Name that Tomb,” and Chunky Monks

Eyewitness

Eyewitness

Recovering a Protestant Mary

“Hail Mary”

That Most Familiar Story

Mary & Her Baby: Luther’s View

Mary in the Imagination of the Church

Temple & Sword

The Hidden Years

Mary at the Cross

The “Queen Mother”?

Mary in Print

People Worth Knowing

Turning Point

The Doctor Who Followed Jesus to Africa

2004 아미쉬, 메노나이츠, 모라비안_Issue 84: Pilgrims & Exiles: Amish, Mennonites, & Brethren

Contents

Eyewitness

Did You Know?

Shaken up by the Peace-Lovers

Living History

Was King Arthur Really a Pelagian?

A People of Conscience

The Germans Have Landed

Outsider’s Guide to America’s Anabaptists

Pilgrims and Exiles: Christian History Timeline

Pure & Simple

Holy Ground

“Be Not Conformed”

From Mutual Aid to Global Action

Negotiating with the Modern World

Recommended Resources

Bride of the Reformation

Grace at the Negotiating Table

2004 니케아회의_Issue 85: The Council of Nicaea: Debating Jesus’ Divinity Contents

Debating Jesus’ Divinity: Did You Know?

How Arianism Almost Won

The Road to Nicaea

Changes and Challenges

Dogs, Missions, and Holy Relics

The Dead Sea Scrolls Unrolled

New Wine, New Wineskins

Why a Creed?

Which Creed is Which?

Who Came to the Council of Nicaea?

Taking Care of (Church) Business

“Do You Know Whom You Worship?”

Timeline

Saints and Heretics

Athanasius

A Marriage Made in Byzantium

The Final Act

The Council of Nicaea and Its Bitter Aftermath

Holiness of Heart, Life, and Pen

How Armenia “Invented” Christendom

2005

2005 조지 맥도날드_Issue 86: George MacDonald: Writer Who Inspired C.S. Lewis Contents

Interesting and Unusual Facts about George MacDonald

Imaginative Faith

Living History

A Pilgrim’s Tale: Journey to Jerusalem

Elementary School: Medieval to Modern

The Power of Books

“Life and Religion are One”

A Faith that Feels

Victorian Visionaries

George MacDonald: Christian History Timeline

“A Born Preacher”

Love at the Heart of the Universe

Sacred Story

The Wise Imagination

George MacDonald and Victorian Christianity

Unchained Faith

The Humiliation of King Henry

Luther: The Daily Gift of New Life

2005 인도기독교_Issue 87: Christianity in India; A Faith of Many Colors

Contents

India: Recommended Resources

Turning Point

Did You Know?

Of Saris and Such

Living History

Ethiopia: “The Country Blessed of God”

Jesus Was Her Guru

The Trailblazer

The Faith “Goes Native”

Christianity in India

The Social Context: Caste and “Color”

A Church Reborn

Brahman Christians

Wanderer for Christ

Hope for Outcastes

Bringing Peace to Paradise

J.S. Bach

2005 C.S. 루이스_Issue 88: C.S. Lewis: Pointing People to Reality

Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor

Living History

Campus Ministry Cambridge Style

Mind in Motion

Hearts in Training

Making Doctrine Dance

Literary Time Travel

Knights & Martyrs

Timeline

The Postman’s Knock

The Way of Friendship

The Great Iconoclast

The Jack I Knew

Recommended Resources

Dorothy Sayers: “The Dogma is the Drama”

Erasmus’s Revolutionary “Study Bible”

Changed Lives

2006

2006 백스터_Issue 89: Richard Baxter & the English Puritans

Contents

Did You Know?

A Man. A Magazine. A Crème Egg.

Living History

Sweet Charity

Physicians of the Soul

The English Puritans: Christian History Timeline

A Pen in God’s Hand

The Puritan Moses

Preachers & Poets

The Original Puritan Work Ethic

Richard & Margaret

The Cost of Pilgrimage

On the Record: The Character of an Old English Puritan or Noncoformist

The English Puritans: Recommended Resources

Martyrs to the Spear

Turning Point

John Owen Put Me Straight

2006 아도니람_Issue 90: Adoniram & Anne Judson: American Mission Pioneers

Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor: American Dreams

Living History

Seats of Learning

Let Freedom Ring

The Man Who Gave the Bible to the Burmese

The Mother of Modern Missions

The Golden Kingdom

Timeline

From Sea to Shining Sea

Go, Ye Heralds of Salvation

Lord, Send Us

Unforgettable

Adoniram and Ann Judson: Recommended Resources

Fighting the Other Slave Trade

From Azusa Street to the Ends of the Earth

Uniting Personal Faith and the Larger Church

2006 미켈란젤로_Issue 91: Michelangelo: Art for Faith’s Sake

Contents

Did You Know?

From the Editor: A Flood of Pictures

Living History

The Face that’s Everywhere

Painting the Town Holy

Larger Than Life

Scripture on the Ceiling

The Stones Will Cry Out

Michelangelo: Christian History Timeline

The Art of Grace

A Renaissance Gallery

Recommended Resources

Delighted by Doctrine

Fighting Demons in the Desert

Portrait of the Artist as a Servant

2006 20세기 미국복음각성_ Issue 92: America’s 20th Century Evangelical Awakening Contents

A New Evangelical Awakening: Did You Know?

From the Editor: Climbing the Family Tree

Patron Saint Nearly Benched

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum!

“America’s Hour Has Struck”

Who Were the “Fundamentalists”?

The New Evangelicalism

The Young and the Zealous

The Riptide of Revival

Ambitious for God

Evangelical Entrepreneurs

America’s Evangelical Explosion

The Born-Again Mind

Awakening the Evangelical Conscience

One in the Spirit?

Recommended Resources

The Politics of Service

Fueled by Fervent Prayer

2007

2007 성 베네딕트_Issue 93: St. Benedict & Western Monasticism

Contents

Did You Know?

Rediscovering Benedict

Radical Christians

The Blessing of Benedict

A Life of Listening

The Christian History & Biography Timeline

Converting Europe

Illuminating Europe

Unceasing Prayer in an Uncertain World

Re-monking the Church

Recommended Resources

The Original Do, Re, Mi

“You Have Not Labored in Vain”

Faith of Our Mothers

Praying in the New World

Grace is in the Details

2007 Issue 94: Building the City of God in a Crumbling World

Contents

Did You Know?

Rediscovering Benedict

Radical Christians

The Blessing of Benedict

A Life of Listening

The Christian History & Biography Timeline

Converting Europe

Illuminating Europe

Unceasing Prayer in an Uncertain World

Re-monking the Church

Recommended Resources

The Original Do, Re, Mi

“You Have Not Labored in Vain”

Faith of Our Mothers

Praying in the New World

Grace is in the Details

2007 바하복음서_Issue 95: The Gospel according to J. S. Bach

Contents

The Gospel According to J.S. Bach: Did You Know?

A Joyful Noise

For the Glory of God Alone

Caffeine and Counterpoint

Singing the Word of God

The Gospel Truth

Grace Notes

What Language Shall I Borrow?

Johann Sebastion Bach

Sermons that Sing

Bach & the Bible

Freedom and Faith

Recommended Resources

Bach in Japan

2007 Issue 96: The Gnostic Hunger for Secret Knowledge

Contents

Gnostics: Did You Know?

It Only Takes a Spark (to Keep a Heresy Going)

Defining the Faith

In the Know

The Secret is Out

The Gnostic Christ

One God, One Christ, One Salvation

Gnosticism Unmasked

The Earliest Mere Christianity

No Other Gospel

Taught by the Apostles

The Heresy that Wouldn’t Die

The Unfolding Faith

Recommended Resources

Roots Matter

2007 Issue 97: Angels, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare

Contents

july 2007

volume 31 | number 7

No Little Angels

Coram Deo By Burk Parsons

FEATURES

A Supernatural Faith

Right Now Counts Forever By R.C. Sproul

Angels: Messengers and Ministers of God

By Phil Johnson

Demons: Servants of Satan

By John Blanchard

The Battle of Our Lives

By Stanley D. Gale

DAILY STUDIES

Into the Word

More Than a Tale for Children

By Robert Rothwell

The Veracity of God

By Derek W.H. Thomas

Astonishing Grace

By Warren A. Gage

A Loyal Love

By Kathy Miskelly

DEPARTMENTS

Prayer: A Warrior’s Weapon

A Pastor’s Perspective By John Piper

The Devil in the Details

Seek Ye First By R.C. Sproul Jr.

Angels and Demons Go Pop Culture

Truth and Consequences By Gene Edward Veith

2008

2008 거룩한 땅_Issue 97: The Holy Land

Contents

Did You Know?

Two Thousand Camels

Not One Stone Left upon Another

Building a Holy City

Battles over Christ’s Tomb

Tracing the Footsteps of Jesus

The Living Desert

The Ten Thousand Monk March

After the Temple

When Jerusalem Wept

The Holy Land: Christian History Timeline

The Holy Land: Recommended Resources

The Land Belongs to God

2008 중국기독교_Issue 98: Christianity in China

Contents

As for Me and My House

Caught between Rome and Beijing

Christianity Fever

From Foreign Mission to Chinese Church

Prodigal Son

Recommended Resources

The Race Marked out for Us

Timeline

To Every Tribe

Worshiping under the Communist Eye

2008 Issue 99: Faith & the American Presidency

Contents

“As God Gives Us to See the Right”

“I Am Cyrus”

A Nation on a Mission

Civil Religion in America

Did You Know?

Hot Words in the Cold War

Looking Back and Moving Forward

Recommended Resources

The American Moses

The Most Democratic Book in the World

The Wall of Separation

War and the Will of God

We Shall Answer to God

2011

2011 KJV—Issue 100: Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible

Contents

How the King James Bible was born

A queen’s death, a king’s inauguration, plague, religious unrest, a plot to blow up Parliament … this story has it all

Also: King James; Rules of the KJV; Lancelot Andrewes

How the King James Bible brought a “fly in the ointment” to English

Many common English phrases are word-for-word translations of Hebrew idioms

Pre-KJV English translations

The road to the KJV ran through some fascinating Bibles; learn about these and see how they rendered the Lord’s Prayer

No overnight success

Poor KJV! Unloved from the moment of its first printing in 1611, the “authorized version” took decades to gain more fans than critics

Also: American Jews and the KJV

Old book in a new world

The Geneva Bible had the first shot at becoming America’s scriptural sweetheart, but the KJV soon captured her affections

Also: R-Rated Bible; Hail to the chief’s Bible; Bible wars

The KJV: the view from today

An interview with Mark A. Noll

Was Paul against sex?

This KJV passage makes it seem so

They said it best

Quotes from famous KJV fans

Two takes on the KJV

Films that bring the story alive

Departments

Did you know?

KJV Bible phrases quiz

Editor’s note

Ken Curtis’s Legacy

Timeline

KJV Bible phrases answers

Recommended resources

2011 건강선교—Issue 101: Healthcare and Hospitals in the Mission of the Church

Contents

A new era in Roman healthcare

How the early church drew on the example and teachings of Jesus to transform the Roman Empire’s treatment of its sick

Gary B. Ferngren

Also:

Who you gonna call?

Deaconesses

“We learn not to fear death.”

Basil’s house of healing

How a fourth-century monk-theologian pioneered the hospital, creating a model widely followed in both the East and the West

Timothy S. Miller

From poorhouse to hospital

How the Christian hospital evolved from a house of charity that cared for the poor to the medical institution we know today

Timothy S. Miller

The hospital experience

A walk through life in a medieval hospital, from daily prayer and herbal remedies to regular blood-lettings

Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait

Also:

Prescription for health

The despised class?

“Our lords the sick”

The massive hospital that pilgrims encountered on arriving in Jerusalem, and the order of fighting monks that staffed it

Theresa M. Vann

The charitable revolution

Why laypeople of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries founded and funded hospitals as never before

Adam J. Davis, adapted by Chris R. Armstrong

Departments

Did you know?

Editor’s note

Timeline

Recommended resources

2012

2012 신앙인들—Issue 102: People of Faith

Contents

Diversity

OVERVIEW: From Pueblos to Pentecostals

America has always had a diverse religious landscape

Angela Tarángo

CASE STUDY: Catholics in America

The test of “freedom of religion”

Catherine A. Brekus

FORUM: American religion 2.0

What will survive? What will die?

What will be transformed?

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Social Impact

OVERVIEW: A nation on a hill?

The history of church-state relations in America has been both complicated and contentious

Gary Scott Smith

CASE STUDY: Taking back America

How fundamentalism engaged the culture of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries

Chris R. Armstrong

FORUM: Crusades and reformers

What is the task of the church?

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

2012 교회절기—Issue 103: The Wonder of the Season

Contents

Christmas countdown

When does the holiday season really start?

Elesha Coffman

St. Lucy’s Day

How the Italians and Scandinavians brought us the sweetest holiday celebration of them all

Carla Barnhill

Hail Mary

Her moment of obedience triggered two millennia of reverence

David Lyle Jeffrey

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”

The story behind the season’s most somber hymn

Jennifer Woodruff Tait

“A cold coming we had of it”

T. S. Eliot and the journey of conversion

Carla Barnhill

That most familiar story

How certain details of the Nativity became tradition

Sarah E. Dahl

Advent: close encounters of a liturgical kind

’Tis the season when even the free-ranging revivalist pulls up a chair to the table of historic liturgy

Chris Armstrong

The real twelve days of Christmas

Celebrating Christ’s birth with saints of the faith

Edwin and Jennifer Woodruff Tait

2013

2013 새산업경제 —Issue 104: Christians in the New Industrial Economy: The World Changed, the Church Responded

Contents

Wealth, socialism, and Jesus

Churches in the nineteenth century were divided

Janine Giordano Drake

Conquest or conversion?

Missionaries wrestled with the state’s economic interests

Jeffrey B. Webb

The life and times of John Bascom

A case study in the Social Gospel

William Kostlevy

Brothers and Sisters of Charity

The Catholic response to industrialization

Kevin Schmiesing

Houses of hospitality

Dorothy Day’s Christian faith and economic ideals

Edwin Woodruff Tait

Eating bread with widows and orphans

Wesleyans of all kinds helped industry’s victims

Jennifer Woodruff Tait

“Amid the wreck of things”

Evangelical leaders responded to economic issues

Stephen W. Rankin

Meeting together for the good of the world

Christian social congresses witnessed to the Gospel

Clifford B. Anderson and Kenneth Woodrow Henke

Godless capitalists?

How Christian industrialists used their wealth

Jennifer Woodruff Tait

Common wealth

Communal societies could not leave economics behind

Gari-Anne Patzwald

The economy of God

Does Christianity impact how we earn our living?

Greg Forster

Recommended resources

Departments

• Did you know?

• Editor’s note

• Timeline

2013 초기 아프리카 기독교—Issue 105: Christianity in Early Africa: Ancient Traditions, Profound Impact

Contents

Listening to the African witness

CH interviews two church historians

The hunger games and the love feast

Perpetua’s martyrdom and North African spirituality

Edwin Woodruff Tait

A tour of ancient Africa

What archaeology tells us about early Christian Africa

Niall Finneran

Saved from the compost heap

Rescued texts illuminate African Christianity

Niall Finneran

“Become completely as fire”

Egyptian monks’ legacy of watchfulness and prayer

Michael Birkel

From Abba Salama to King Lalibela

Ethiopian Christian traditions are among the oldest in the world

Tekletsadik (Tekle) Belachew

Map: Historic Christian North Africa

The Bible’s story is our story

How Alexandrians taught us to read the Bible

Joseph Trigg

See how these Christians love one another

How Carthage influenced the idea of church unity

J. Warren Smith

Breaking bread for the church

Lessons from Augustine’s life as a pastor

Ed Smither

Some others you should know …

The African church gave us leaders, theologians, martyrs—and controversies

Michael Glerup

Telling the African story

CH speaks with Thomas Oden on how North Africans shaped early Christian teaching

Also

Did you know?

Editor’s note

Recommended resources

2013 캠벨 운동—Issue 106: The Church to End All Churches? The Unifying Vision of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Contents

Freedom’s ferment

The world that birthed the Stone-Campbell Movement

Richard Hughes

No name but the name of Christ

How it all began

D. Newell Williams and Douglas A. Foster

How to speak Stone-Campbell

What do they mean when they say …?

Douglas A. Foster and McGarvey Ice

Reading the Bible to enjoy the God of the Bible

The life of the mind and the world of revivalism

Richard Hughes

Climbing into the mainline boat

From resisting denominations to becoming one

Mark G. Toulouse

Fighting for the pure gospel

African Americans in the movement

Edward J. Robinson

Freedom to speak, freedom to serve

Women’s changing roles

Sara Harwell and Loretta Long Hunnicutt

Worldwide disciples, worldwide Christians

How an American movement flourished globally

Gary Holloway

“United we shall prevail”

Seeking unity in the Great Communion of 2009

Douglas A. Foster

A story all their own

Evangelicalism and Stone-Campbell believers

Paul M. Blowers

Seeking the body of Christ

Stone-Campbell believers today

W. Dennis Helsabeck Jr.

Also:

• White-robed man

• North and South

• Colleges

• No “soft soap”

• “New woman”

• Did you know?

• Editor’s note

• Timeline

• Resources

2013 다윈논쟁—Issue 107: Debating Darwin: How Christians Responded

Content

Origin of conflict

Darwin’s “staggering” theory

John Hedley Brooke

Divine designs

Conservatives moved from caution to rejection

Edwin Woodruff Tait

The church and the soul

Catholics were all over the map

David Mislin

Theology, reconstructed

Liberal Protestants accommodated evolution

Jon H. Roberts

The great war

How Darwinism led to a battle between science and faith

George Marsden

Survival of the [social] fittest

Darwinism’s controversial applications

Matt Forster

Wrestling with doubts

Did Darwin evoke spiritual crises?

Ronald L. Numbers

Chance or the dance?

European Christians struggled with the theory

Frederick Gregory

“What is Darwinism?”

A gallery of contemporary responses

Elesha Coffman and the editors

Darwin on trial?

The Scopes Trial revealed a nation divided

David Goetz and Ronald L. Numbers

Darwin on tour

Christian History sits down with a historian, a scientist, and a biblical scholar

Also:

• Did you know?

• Editor’s note

• Timeline graph

• Recommended resources

2014

2014 샤를대제—Issue 108: Charlemagne: The Man, the Legend, and the Birth of Christendom

Contents

Dark Ages? Think again

Charlemagne’s kingdom rose out of a declining Roman Empire and a vibrant Christianity

Edwin Woodruff Tait

The man behind the empire

Charlemagne was a walking paradox

G. R. Evans

Sacred kingship

Charlemagne’s coronation entwined state and church

Christopher Fee

The idea of Christendom

Charlemagne founded it. So what was it?

Sarah Morice-Brubaker

For the love of learning

How an illiterate king transformed education

Garry J. Crites

Broken images

Charlemagne and the Byzantine Empire

Jennifer Awes Freeman

How they feasted and fasted

Everyday life in the eighth and ninth centuries

Jennifer Woodruff Tait

Charlemagne’s furniture

Charlemagne’s successors and Christendom

David A. Michelson

Charlemagne’s thousand lives

A famous poem turned a border skirmish into a foundational medieval legend

David A. Michelson

After Christendom, what next?

An interview with D. Stephen Long

Also:

• Did you know?

• Editor’s note

• Charlemagne vs. the Saxons

• How the Irish saved civilization

• Timeline

• Recommended resources