Glorify His Name!: Jesus, Our Man in Glory by A. W. Tozer, Chapter 1 Jesus, Our Man in Glory A. W. Tozer CHAPTER 1 Jesus, Our Man in Glory HAVE YOU HEARD any sermons lately on the Bible truth that our risen Savior and Lord is now our glorified Man and Mediator? That He is […]

Root of the Righteous by A. W. Tozer, Chapters 1-4 Chapter 1 The Root of the Righteous One marked difference between the faith of our fathers as conceived by the fathers and the same faith as understood and lived by their children is that the fathers were concerned with the root of the matter, while […]

Summary: Timeline of Christianity Part of a series of articles on Christianity  The purpose of this chronology is to give a detailed account of Christianity from the beginning of the current era to the present. Question marks on dates indicate approximate dates. For “Old Testament” chronology, see History of ancient Israel and Judah. == Era […]

Didache Part of a series of articles on Christianity The Didache (±½?, Koine Greek for “Teaching”[1]) is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (c. 50-160), containing instructions for Christian communities. The text is possibly the first written catechism, with three main sections dealing with Christian lessons, rituals such as baptism and eucharist, […]

New Testament apocrypha In the process of determining the Biblical canon, a large number of works were excluded from the New Testament. These New Testament Apocrypha are generally not accepted by Christians, though the Ethiopian Orthodox Church recognizes Jubilees, Book of Enoch, the Shepherd of Hermas, 1 Clement, Acts of Paul, and some uniquely Ethiopian […]

John Calvin Calvinism John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and was a central developer of the system of Christian theology called Calvinism or Reformed theology. In Geneva, he rejected Papal authority, established a new scheme of civic and ecclesiastical governance, and created a […]

Martin Luther Luther at age 46 (1529), by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Uffizi Gallery Born November 10, 1483 Eisleben, Germany Died February 18, 1546 Eisleben, Germany Occupation Theologian and Church Reformer Spouse Katharina von Bora Parents Hans and Margarethe Luther (Ziegler) Children Hans, Margarete Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was a […]

19th century See also: Industrial Revolution 1800 Friedrich Schleiermacher publishes his first book, beginning Liberal Christianity movement 1801 Cane Ridge, Kentucky 1811 The Campbells begin Restoration Movement 1815 Peter the Aleut, orthodox Christian tortured and martyred in Catholic San Francisco, California 1816 Bishop Richard Allen, a former slave, founds the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the […]

18th century See also: Age of Enlightenment 1701 Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands splits with Roman Catholicism 1721 Peter the Great substituted Moscow Patriarchate with the Holy Synod 1728 The Vicar of Bray (song) 1730-1749 First Great Awakening in U.S. 1735 Welsh Methodist revival 1738 Methodist movement, led by John Wesley and his hymn-writing […]

17th century See also: Age of Reason 1600 Giordano Bruno, Dominican priest, burned at the stake 1604 Fausto Paolo Sozzini Socinianism 1606 Carlo Maderno redesigns St Peter’s Basilica into a Latin cross 1607 Jamestown, Virginia founded 1609 Baptist Church founded by John Smyth, due to objections to infant baptism and demands for church-state separation 1609-1610 […]

Era of Jesus See also: Cultural and historical background of Jesus The year one is the first year in the Christian calendar (there is no year zero), which is the calendar presently used (in unison with the Gregorian calendar) almost everywhere in the world, because of the current dominance of the Western world. Traditionally, this […]

Jubilee (Christian) The concept of the Jubilee is a special year of remission of sins and universal pardon. In the Biblical book of Leviticus, a Jubilee year is mentioned to occur every fifty years, in which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgiven and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest. […]

Introduction to the Book of Hebrews The Book of Hebrews Author The writer of this letter does not identify himself, but he was obviously well known to the original recipients. Though for some 1,200 years (from c. a.d. 400 to 1600) the book was commonly called “The Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews,” there was […]

Introduction to the Books of the Bible The Book of Luke The author’s name does not appear in the book, but much unmistakable evidence points to Luke. This Gospel is a companion volume to the book of Acts, and the language and structure of these two books indicate that both were written by the same […]

Introduction to the Books of the Bible The Book of Matthew Although the first Gospel is anonymous, the early church fathers were unanimous in holding that Matthew, one of the 12 apostles, was its author. However, the results of modern critical studies- in particular those that stress Matthew’s alleged dependence on Mark for a substantial […]

Introduction to the Books of the Bible The Book of James Author The author identifies himself as James (1:1); he was probably the brother of Jesus and leader of the Jerusalem council (Ac 15). Four men in the NT have this name. The author of this letter could not have been the apostle James, who […]