100 Most Important Events in Christian History, The Paperback – March 1, 1998

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

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

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

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

Good information for the children

Love history. Wonderful

The author begins by telling his readers that the 100 events chosen are not intended to demean other events that are not included.This book does a fantastic job of condensing the major events of 2000 years into 200 pages. If you are looking for a "crash course" in church history, this is the one. It reminds me of 2000 years of cliff notes in one volume. Each event is given around two pages of information, which is just enough to wet your appetite to dig deeper. This is a good intro and I would recommend reading it in tandem with Church History In Plain Language or A Global History of Christians.

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