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.

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.

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.

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!!

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.

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.

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!

Great intro to Church History

I started 2019 with a sense of questioning towards Christianity in a religious sense. I wasn’t questioning my faith in Jesus, or that Scripture was God’s word. But, more along the line of the question: “how did we get from there (apostolic writing in the gospels) to here (2019)?” Jones breaks down the last 2000 years into one easy to read, conversationally written book. Each chapter spans 100-200 years and explains the “highlights” of what is happening to the church at that time. He does not sugar-coat the failures of the Christian church at various times in history, nor does he push a specific denomination. This book is an excellent read to fill in the blanks of Christian history. I would highly recommend it if you like history or are having some of the same questions.

Great overview and good resource. Almost too easy, but does what it sets out to do: tell a coherent story of 2000 years of church history and make me hungry for more.

A basic, quick rundown of Church History. Keep it in your bathroom and you'll finish it in no time!

An excellent basic introduction to the last 2000 years of Christian history. We used "Christian History Made Easy" in our small group from church and had edifying discussions each week. We especially loved how the author emphasized humility as we studied some of the foibles of our spiritual forebears--realizing that we can't see our own blindspots. Our group also appreciated how the author made his wise choices of what to include--such the important contributions of women (often under-represented in re-telling of Christian history). There are so many things that could be discussed (and so little space to provide information!), but we felt that Jones picked the right things to expand upon.

We held our last meeting tonight and all agreed that we understand better who we are from where we have come because we read this book together. Recommended.