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The Apostle Paul and His Times: Christian History Timeline
Janet Meyer Everts is associate professor of religion, Hope College, Holland, Michigan.
Worship Before and After
How the reformers radically changed Christian worship in Scotland.
James Kirk is professor in the department of Scottish history at the University of Glasgow. He is author of Patterns of Reform: Continuity and Change in the Reformation (T.&T. Clark, 1989).
Acrobat Theologian
It's not easy to take a balanced view of doctrines like predestination and Communion—but Cranmer did.
Gerald Bray is Anglican professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama. He is editor of Documents of the English Reformation (Fortress, 1994).
Dates to Debate
Why it's difficult to date Paul's life
Janet Meyer Everts is associate professor of religion, Hope College, Holland, Michigan.
Rejecting the Negro Pew
As revival religion blossomed, so did the independent black church.
Wesley Roberts
Sunday in Reformed Scotland
Protestant services were lean and (to some) mean.
The Editors
All Sins Swept Away
A slave describes her delayed but dramatic conversion.
Bald, Blind & Single?
Answers to some of the most puzzling questions about Paul
by STEPHEN M. MILLER [STEPHEN M. MILLER Stephen Miller is a free-lance writer and former editor of Illustrated Bible Life. He is a consulting editor for Christian History.]
John Knox and the Scottish Reformation: A Gallery of Martyrs and Architects
The Scottish Reformation needed both—here are five who helped it succeed.
J. Stephen Lang is a writer and editor living in Richmond, Virginia. He is co-author of Dates with Destiny (Revell, 1990).
The Most Healthful Medicine
Why, and how, everyone should read the Bible
Thomas Cramner
Focus on the Frontier Family
How Methodists strengthened the Christian home—and changed it.
Gregory Schneider is a professor in the department of behavioral science at Pacific Union College in Angwin, California. He is author of The Way of the Cross Leads Home: The Domestication of American Methodism (Indiana, 1993).
Knox's Curious Attitude Toward Women
Did Knox despise or admire the fairer sex? It depends.
Robert Healey is emeritus professor of history at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.
Subversive Conservative
How could Paul communicate his radical message to those threatened by it?
Craig Keener is professor of New Testament at Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, North Carolina. He is author of Paul, Women, and Wives (Hendrickson, 1992), and The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (InterVarsity, 1993).
Unmatched Masterpiece
The cadences of Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer continue to nurture Christians worldwide.
Roger Beckwith is acting warden of Latimer House at Oxford University. He is author of The Service of Holy Communion and Its Revision (Marcham, 1972).
Legacy of Liberty
Paul's teachings on grace and freedom have shaken the church in every age.
F.F. Bruce was professor of biblical criticism and exegesis at the University of Manchester, England, until his death in 1990.
Perfect Words for the Contrite Heart
The Delight of a Woman's Company
The Great Spirit Descends
A stirring camp meeting among Native Americans.
James B. Finley
Christianity on the Early American Frontier: Christian History Interview - Revivals That Changed a Nation
Frontier faith captured the heart of the common person—and molded America's character.
a conversation with Nathan O. Hatch
The Folly of Women's Leadership
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