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    Pocket History of the Church

    By D. Jeffrey Bingham

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    About this ebook

    The story of Christianity is a fascinating tale. Here we find drama, vision and expansion along with failure, setbacks and tragedy. Yet during the past two thousand years the power of Jesus is felt throughout the interplay of human actors and the forces of world events.

    How can you grasp the story played out on such a gigantic stage? This book is an ideal place to start. D. Jeffrey Bingham has skillfully selected the key people and episodes to tell a grand and humbling story. From Roman persecution to the early creeds, from the monastic movement to the Reformation, from the rise of liberalism to missionary expansion, he chronicles the ups and downs of a people and a faith.

    This pocket history has been crafted for students, pastors and other busy people who want an informed, clear and concise presentation that feeds the mind and moves the heart. It is an account that nurtures the Christian virtues of faith, hope and love. For Bingham aims not only to uncover the treasures of the church's past but also to show how history aids your own spiritual journey today.

    Designed for students and pastors alike, the short and accessible volumes in the IVP Pocket Reference Series will help you tackle the study of biblical languages, church history, apologetics, world religions, Christian spirituality, ethics, theology, and more.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIVP Academic
    Release dateJul 9, 2014
    ISBN9780830898435
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    Pocket History of the Church
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    D. Jeffrey Bingham

    D. Jeffrey Bingham (Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary) is associate dean, biblical and theological studies, and professor of theology at Wheaton College. He is general editor for The Bible in Ancient Christianity Monograph Series from E. J. Brill (Leiden).

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      I used this text at a Christian literary Summer Academy that I attended this July. We read through it in about a day and a half, passing it around in a circle with everyone reading a page or so. Because I had such a great time reading it, I wanted to like it, really I did. And it does do a very fine job of cramming in as many facts as are possible in 192 pages. Yet, it hardly offered anything new -- no unique or particularly intriguing anecdotes. And it failed to attain any depth as a serious history. But! It is very good as a brief overview or if one wishes to brush up on certain general aspects of Church history. It's not outstanding, but it is one of the better histories that I have seen.