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Martin Luther's Later Years: A Gallery - Family Album
by PAUL THIGPEN
Changing the Tempo of Worship
For a thousand years of Christian worship, lay people had rarely sung. Then came Luther.
Paul J. Grime is pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in West Allis, Wisconsin, and a doctoral candidate at Marquette University.
Deep Mourning
Cornelius Winter was at Whitefield's orphan house when he learned of the evangelist's death. His report:
Why You Should Crusade
Bernard of Clairvaux, who wrote the beautiful essay On Loving God, also urged Christians to fight for Christ. Here are some excerpts from a letter written in 1147.
Worshiping Like Pagans?
How much did Christians borrow from Greek and Roman religions?
Dr. E. Glenn Hinson is professor of church history at The Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (Virginia). He is author of The Evangelization of the Roman Empire: Identity and Adaptability (Mercer, 1981).
Come, Poor, Lost, Undone Sinner
A persuasive appeal from a powerful evangelist.
George Whitefield
Inside Pagan Worship
The Crusades: A Gallery of Martial Monks & Holy Kings
The great preachers, planners, and fighters of the Holy Land crusades.
Stephen M. Miller
The Weak Man Behind a Mighty Fortress
In intense turmoil, Luther wrote his greatest hymn.
Mark Galli is associate editor of Christian History.
Early Glimpses
Historical documents describing Christians at worship
David F. Wright is dean of the faculty of divinity at the University of Edinburgh and a member of the editorial advisory board of Christian History.
George Whitefield: A Gallery of Leaders of the Awakening Army
Whitefield's co-workers in the great eighteenth-century revival.
Mark Galli is Associate Editor of Christian History.
Major Crusades to the East: Christian History Timeline
Reinventing Family Life
by STEVEN OZMENT Dr. Steven Ozment is professor of history at Harvard University and author of When Fathers ruled: Family Life in Reformation Europe (Harvard, 1983) and Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution (Doubleday, 1992).
A Monk Marries
Luther's wit and wisdom about his new estate
Persecuted Preachers
Two evangelists face a mob
The Muslim Defense
Christians thought they had liberated Jerusalem from infidels. But what did Muslims think?
Hadia Dajani-Shakeel
Worship in the Early Church: Christian History Timeline
by DAVID F. WRIGHT David F. Wright is dean of the faculty of divinity at the University of Edinburgh and a member of the editorial advisory board of Christian History.
George Whitefield 1714-1770: Christian History Timeline
Richard Owen Roberts is president of International Awakening Ministries in Wheaton, Illinois, and author of Whitefield in Print: A Bibliographic Record (Richard Owen Roberts, 1988).
Powerful Preaching
A sample of how Luther could bring Bible characters to life
Puzzling Encounters
Usama ibn Munqidh was emir of Shizar in the twelfth century, when Christians occupied much of the Holy Land. Here are three accounts of his experience with the clash of cultures.
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