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Christian History Made Easy: 13 Weeks to a Better Understanding of Church History

timothy paul jones a. kenneth curtis mark galli

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This fantastic book summarizes the most important events in Christian history from the time of Jesus to today in 12 easy chapters. This bestselling book presents key events and people every Christian should know, time lines, worksheets, websites, photos, maps and illustrations. A leader's guide makes this book an excellent study for any group, including new believers' classes. The great theologian J. I. Packer says that Christian History Made Easy is, "...a beautifully simple, beginner-friendly telling of Christian history, a precious heritage."
Paperback, 160 pages includes leaders guide. Book measures 7.5" x 9". What do you know about Christian history? Here's your chance to test yourself, or to launch a 13 week study on the book Christian History Made Easy . The book contains a Leader's Guide with notes that add to the chapters. Author Timothy Paul Jones, Ed.D., makes Christian history refreshingly fun while at the same time informing believers about the history of the Christian faith. Each chapter contains a summary

172 pages, Paperback

First published August 1,1999

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Format
172 pages, Paperback
Published
July 19, 1999 by Rose Pub Inc
ISBN
9781890947101
ASIN
1890947105
Language
English

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timothy paul jones

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Timothy Paul Jones serves as professor of leadership at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and works in the SojournKids children's ministry at Sojourn Community Church. Before coming to Louisville, Timothy led churches in Missouri and Oklahoma as a pastor and an associate pastor. He has been widely recognized as a leading writer and researcher in the fields of apologetics, church history, and family ministry. He has authored or contributed to more than a dozen books, including Misquoting Truth (InterVarsity, 2007), Christian History Made Easy (Rose, 2010), and the CBA bestseller The Da Vinci Codebreaker (Bethany House, 2005).

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Mo_justexisting
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April 17,2025
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One of the best books of Christian History out there, great narrative, engaging and full of grace and truth for the Christian History/Fathers. More of 700 pages of relevant facts and a lot of funny and trutful comments on them.
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tazzythetiger
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April 17,2025
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Good basic introduction to Christian history. It does exactly what it set out to do. Will be great as a teaching tool along with the power points. Unfortunately, those are sold separately for nearly $40.
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Yuhliel20
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April 17,2025
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This book provided a helpful overview of 2000 years of Christian history. I wanted to read something brief ahead of another, larger book on Christian history that I'm waiting for from the library and this book did a good job of giving the broad strokes.

It's divided into 12 chapters and, at the beginning of each one, it gives a handful of events, people and terms that are important for that era. It then goes into the general themes and most influential events/people/ideas of that time. The flow feels a little abrupt at times as the author moves from topic to topic and I sometimes would flip back a page to make sure I was following things correctly. Sometimes there wasn't much of a clear connection between topics (other than that they happened in the same period of time).

I thought the author does a pretty good job being fair to the different religious movements. I wouldn't say it's completely objective, but where he does tend to make judgement statements/inferences he's on the side of orthodoxy which I appreciated. I was also pleasantly surprised that he offers some background information about dispensationalism which doesn't seem to be very popular right now. Overall, it seemed like he attempted to be pretty diplomatic about each movement while still informing the reader of the damage done by some (maybe, many) of them to the Gospel, or missions or the church, etc.

While I've studied some of these topics more in depth, I've never take a course on church history so a lot of what I've learned is floating around without a good context. This really helped to put things in order for me and help me to see the actions and reactions through the centuries as people have tried to grapple with their Christian faith and scripture.

There are a lot of names to try to keep straight and it became kind of a blur, but the book contains a study guide and learning activities for each chapter in the back so you could easily spend some time on each chapter. Embedded in the chapters are also questions for reflection (many of which refer you to Bible passages to confirm/reject what the churches were teaching at that time) as well as quotes from people who were there and links to places online where you can read original texts.

It's written with a pretty casual tone (and even has some jokes) that I think would be easy and perhaps even enjoyable for older kids. It also has lots of pictures and visual details that make it feel fun and interesting.

I definitely think this is a helpful resource for a fast-paced overview of some of the biggest developments of the Christian faith over the last 2000 years. It would make a great introduction for further study.
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rockstar_21
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April 17,2025
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One of the best history books I've ever read. It made the timeline so clear, but I am curious how God must have viewed all those actions in history.....I'm amazed that Christianity made it this far.....but still so unsure why so many denominations.....will reread soon!!
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Toucant
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April 17,2025
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Nice pictorial overview. Rose Publishing does graphic overviews well. It seems to be their specialty. They nailed it with this book. It is a good introduction to the facts of church history but it also has very good graphics making it easy to follow. It really keeps your attention. The author does a great job with the small writing sections that exist.

The book is consistent with most current views on church history and will help introduce you.

Recommended.
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NonMii
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April 17,2025
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I thought the author did a nice job overall of tackling this complex topic. There were some parts Zi wish had been explained more, but it was an interesting read.
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Humbby
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April 17,2025
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I don't really like history very much, but I felt like I should learn about Christian history. This book happened to be sitting on my shelf, so I picked it up.

It lived up to its name, making Christian history easy for me to understand! I don't feel like an expert, but that wasn't my goal - I really just wanted a basic understanding, and this book gave me that!
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