30 Events That Shaped the Church: Learning from Scandal, Intrigue, War, and Revival

30 Events That Shaped the Church: Learning from Scandal, Intrigue, War, and Revival

by Alton Gansky
30 Events That Shaped the Church: Learning from Scandal, Intrigue, War, and Revival

30 Events That Shaped the Church: Learning from Scandal, Intrigue, War, and Revival

by Alton Gansky

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Overview

The church of today did not appear on the earth fully formed but developed over the centuries through historical events that, while they may seem distant, have a direct effect on our everyday lives. Following Jesus's command to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth, the apostles and their spiritual descendants have grown the church through times of peace and times of war, through persecution and pilgrimage. The church that began as a rag-tag group of Middle Eastern fishermen, tax collectors, and zealots became the multi-ethnic, multifaceted church of today.

Now thirty of those course-altering events are brought to life by consummate storyteller Alton Gansky. Spanning twenty centuries of history, this lively book will entertain and educate readers who love history and who want to know why the church is the way it is today.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441222343
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/20/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 939,110
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Alton Gansky is the author of twenty-four novels and eight nonfiction books, including 60 People Who Shaped the Church. He is a Carol Award and Angel Award winner, and has been a Christy Award finalist. He holds a BA and an MA in biblical studies and has been awarded a Doctor of Literature degree. Director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, Gansky also serves as an editor and collaborative writer for top tier authors. He lives in California.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 Pentecost (AD 30) 13

2 The Conversion of Paul (AD 35) 22

3 Gentile and Judaism: Showdown in Jerusalem (AD 50) 33

4 When Rome Burned (AD 64) 42

5 The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus (AD 70) 53

6 The Edict of Milan (313) 60

7 The First Council of Nicaea (325) 66

8 Jerome Completes the Vulgate Translation of the Bible (405) 73

9 The East-West Schism (1054) 80

10 Innocent III Expands the Power of the Papacy (1198) 85

11 Unam Sanctum Proclaims Papal Supremacy (1302) 92

12 Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible (1456) 101

13 The Protestant Reformation (1517) 109

14 The Scientific Revolution Begins (1543) 120

15 The Council of Trent (1545) 131

16 Smyth Baptizes Himself and Begins the Early Baptists (1609) 140

17 The King James Version Is Published (1611) 147

18 Bishop Ussher's Chronology (1650) 152

19 The Great Awakening in the United States (1740) 157

20 The Bill of Rights Is Written (1789) 166

21 Darwin's On the Origin of Species Is Published (1859) 177

22 The Scofield Reference Bible Is Published (1909) 187

23 The Fundamentals (1910) 193

24 The Scopes "Monkey Trial" (1925) 201

25 The Rise of the Neo- Evangelicals (1943) 219

26 The Dead Sea Scrolls Discovered (1947) 227

27 The Jesus Movement (1960-70s) 233

28 Vatican II (1962) 241

29 The Rise of the Christian Right: Confrontational Christianity (1979) 248

30 The Rise of New Atheism (Present) 256

Notes 265

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