The Gospel in History series
The Gospel in History series by Christian Historian Woodrow Walton.
How has God worked through his people to keep and spread the true good news about Jesus Christ despite global-scale opposition?
Author Archive for Woodrow Walton
Woodrow E. Walton, D.Min. (Oral Roberts University School of Theology and Missions), B.A. (Texas Christian University), B.D. [M.Div.] (Duke Divinity School), M.A. (University of Oklahoma), is a retired Seminary Dean and Professor of biblical, theological and historical studies. An ordained Assemblies of God minister, he and his wife live in Fort Worth, Texas. Walton retains membership with the Evangelical Theological Society, American Association of Christian Counselors, American Society of Church History, American Academy of Political Science, and The International Society of Frontier Missiology.
October 30, 2022 | 0 comments | View Post
Good News for Body and Soul
Christian historian Woodrow Walton continues his series on how the good news of what Jesus had done has spread around the world. In Part 4, we read how his followers made the love of God more real in England and the USA as they immersed themselves in charitable work. The Great Commission was being realized […]
March 9, 2022 | 0 comments | View Post
Robert Shinkoskey: Do My Prophets No Harm
Robert Kimball Shinkoskey, Do My Prophets No Harm: Revelation and Religious Liberty in the Bible (Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications, 2011), 206 pages, ISBN 9781608998456. Robert Shinkoskey has two main proposals in Do My Prophets No Harm. The first proposal is that the Ten Commandments provide ancient Israel’s constitutional government. In theory, the Ten Commandments are […]
January 23, 2022 | 0 comments | View Post
The Making of the Christian Global Mission, Part 4: Charity Invites Change
Christian historian Woodrow Walton continues his investigation into the origins of the modern movements that inspired Christians to go and share the mission and message of Jesus throughout the world. When studying how living out the gospel changed the social fabric of the early nineteenth century England, Europe, and North America, several figures must be […]
February 8, 2021 | 0 comments | View Post
The Making of the Christian Global Mission, Part 3: Setting a Better Example
Christian historian Woodrow Walton continues his investigation into the origins of the modern movements that inspired Christians to go and share the mission and message of Jesus throughout the world. In Part 3, he invites us to learn more about the Quakers and other marginalized groups whose convictions had them following God on paths often […]
November 7, 2020 | 0 comments | View Post
The Making of the Christian Global Mission, Part 2: Missions to the First Americans
Christian historian Woodrow Walton continues his investigation into the origins of the modern movements that inspired Christians to go and share the mission and message of Jesus throughout the world. The Making of the Christian Global Mission Part 2: Missions to the First Americans Before proceeding to dealing with the spread and growth of […]
July 28, 2020 | 0 comments | View Post
The Making of the Christian Global Mission, Part 1: Jan Hus and the Moravians
Christian historian Woodrow Walton investigates the origins of the modern movements that inspired Christians to go and share the mission and message of Jesus throughout the world. The Making of the Christian Global Mission Part 1: Jan Hus and the Moravians It may seem odd to associate the making of the Christian global mission […]
June 1, 2020 | 0 comments | View Post
The Global Christian Mission: The Maritime Global Expansion
Christian historian Woodrow Walton takes another look at the causes and effects of global navigation by ships sailing from Europe and how the mission and message of Jesus was carried throughout the world. The Maritime Global Expansion: End of the Fifteenth Century to the Present A few year prior to the fall of Constantinople […]
January 10, 2020 | 0 comments | View Post
The Global Christian Mission: In the Wake
As Western Europeans sailed the seas to trade and settle around the world, how did they carry the mission and message of Jesus with them? The first long voyages of the Portuguese merchant mariners touched seashores around the world. In their wake came Portuguese Catholic priests to the mission fields of Angola on the […]
October 24, 2019 | 0 comments | View Post
The Resurgence of the Gospel, Part Five: Glimpses of the Work of God
Historian Woodrow Walton helps us look back over the big events and movement of history to see how God was working to make the story of Jesus known throughout the world. In this postscript to the Resurgence of the Gospel series, he ties together what the challenge of the Turkic-Moslem curtain meant and how it […]
August 13, 2019 | 0 comments | View Post
The Resurgence of the Gospel, Part Four: The Reconversion of Europe
The Resurgence of the Gospel and the Flowering of the Global Christian Message Part Four: The Reconversion of Europe How did monasteries, hospitality, and persecution lead to the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Part of The Gospel in History series. The Re-conversion of Europe At this juncture, I turn my attention back […]
April 3, 2019 | 0 comments | View Post
The Resurgence of the Gospel, Part Three: The Challenge of the Muslim Curtain
The Resurgence of the Gospel and the Flowering of the Global Christian Message Part Three: The Challenge of the Muslim Curtain Introduction Through upheaval and suppression, being despised by civil governments and facing outright persecution, Christians survived on the other side of the Muslim Curtain. This is part of their story. “The Turkic-Moslem Curtain” is […]
January 21, 2019 | 0 comments | View Post
The Resurgence of the Gospel, Part Two: Recharting the Christian World Mission
The Resurgence of the Gospel and the Flowering of the Global Christian Message Part Two: Recharting the Christian World Mission Church councils, a changing geo-political landscape, invasion and upheavals had a radical impact on how followers of Jesus participated in the Christian mission. It may seem strange but it is from Ephesus that the re-charting […]
October 18, 2018 | 0 comments | View Post
The Resurgence of the Gospel, Part One: The Medieval Prologue and the Remapping of the World
The Resurgence of the Gospel and the Flowering of the Global Christian Message Part One: The Medieval Prologue & the Remapping of the World In Retrospect By looking backwards to the beginning of the spread of the Gospel that Jesus is both Lord and Christ and considering the results of both the life, death […]
July 27, 2018 | 0 comments | View Post
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