Craig Keener on the Book of Acts as history
Craig S. Keener discusses volume one of his new commentary, Acts: An Exegetical Commentary: Introduction and 1:1-2:47 (Baker Academic, 2102). Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary.
Tag: "history"
June 10, 2014 | 0 comments | View Post
Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years (New York: Penguin Books, 2010), 1187 pages, ISBN 9781101189993. I enjoyed reading this book so much that I read it over a second time and then read separate chapters that were of particular interest. You may want to do the same. The book will […]
July 30, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Amanda Porterfield: Healing in the History of Christianity
Amanda Porterfield, Healing in the History of Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2005), 218 pages, ISBN 0195157184. Healing has played an important role throughout the history of Christianity, according to Amanda Porterfield. In her new book, Healing in the History of Christianity, she traces the belief in healing back to the ministry of Christ and […]
April 16, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Jonathan Phillips: Holy Warriors; Philip Jenkins: The Lost History of Christianity
Jonathan Phillips, Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades (London: The Bodley Head, Random House, 2009), 424 pages, ISBN 9780224079372. Philip Jenkins. The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa and Asia—and How It Died (New York: HarperOne, 2008), 315 pages, ISBN 9780061472800. […]
August 31, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Roger Olson: Pocket History of Evangelical Theology
Roger E. Olson, Pocket History of Evangelical Theology (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2007), 152 pages, ISBN 9780830827060. In sixteen short chapters, Olson (Ph.D., Rice University) provides us with historical essays that cover the origination, development, and maturation of Evangelical theology within North America. The introductory chapter, composed of only fifteen pages, is worth the price […]
August 25, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Tony Lane: A Concise History of Christian Thought
Tony Lane, A Concise History of Christian Thought, Revised Edition (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006), 336 pages, ISBN 9780801031595. At least one book on the history of Christian thought belongs in every Christian library. If you have more, this concise history should be the one closest to the desk. Tony Lane, Professor of Historical […]
March 25, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Bill Jackson: The Quest for the Radical Middle: A History of the Vineyard
Bill Jackson, The Quest for the Radical Middle: A History of the Vineyard (Cape Town, South Africa: Vineyard International Publishing, 1999), 419 pages. New movements need their stories told and Bill Jackson, pastor of Black Mountain Vineyard Church in San Diego, has told the story of the Association of Vineyard Churches. This is an […]
February 10, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post
20 of the Most Significant events in the history of 20th Century Pentecost
“20 of the Most Significant events in the history of 20th Century Pentecost” Pentecostal Evangel (May 31, 1998). The Pentecost Sunday (1998) edition of the Pentecostal Evangel (Assemblies of God weekly publication) is indeed a special edition. Laid out in a concise and easy-to-read chronological format, this Evangel can be read in order or […]
November 10, 1998 | 0 comments | View Post
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