2003
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A Christian History Timeline: The Life & Times of J.R.R. Tolkien
A Feeling for Language
Without philology, Middle-earth would never have exisited. But what is philology?
Tom Shippey
A Hunger For Holiness
East Africa's second generation Christians faced that age-old spiritual problem - dullness of hearts. Simeon Nsibambi's message of a victorious life sparked a revival that continues today.
Mark Shaw
A Leopard Among the Bannas
Mahay Choramo faced down hardship and violent opposition to the murderous nomads of Ethiopia's southern frontier.
Aaron Belz
A Mind on Fire
Throughtout his eventful life, America's theologian was driven by a vision of the beauty in God's sovereignty.
Stephen R. Holmes
A Modern Puritan
Edwards bestowed the riches of Puritanism on a world shaped by the Enlightenment.
The Editors
A Soul of Fire
William Wade Harris - a Liberian activist - left an unsuccessful local ministry to trail across the Ivory Coast. In 18 months, he baptized 100,000 converts.
Elizabeth Isichei
A Transatlantic Alliance
Two South Africans changed their country by linking their church with an African American church
Joan Millard
African Family Values
Harris was one of several indigenous Christian leaders who took an open approach to polygamy. They cited social conditions and biblical support.
Elizabeth Isichei
An Unexpected Party
Like Bilbo discovering one dwarf after another at his door, Tolkien found himself, in the 1960s, hosting a growing American fan club.
Michael Foster
Anatomy of an Explosion
It's an indelible image: the white missionary venturing into deepset Africa. But the real story is what happened when African converts relayed the gospel message in their own words.
Archive: Pilgrim's Paradise
Heaven's bliss was among Edwards's favorite preaching themes.
An excerpt from his sermon, "The Christian Pilgrim."
Augustine vs. Literalism
Why he was so fond of spiritual Scripture interpretation
Augustine's Key
The West's foremost theologian offered a single principle by which even the unlearned could unlock Scripture's meaning.
by Gerald Bray
Bishop Before His Time
Samuel Ajayi Crowther's consecration as the first African Anglican bishop looked like a great leap forward for the church. But the talented ex-slave collided with the roadblock of racism
Ted Olsen
Classical Ear-Training
What the church fathers heard in Homer and Virgil tuned them to the harmonies of Scripture
Christopher A. Hall
Devoted Disciplinarian
Pastor Edwards spared neither loving care nor the rod.
Richard A. Bailey
Did You Know?
Windows on the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien
Chris Armstrong and Steven Gertz
Did You Know?
Interesting and unusual facts about Jonathan Edwards
Steven Gertz and Chris Armstrong
Did You Know?
Interesting and unusual facts about the church's first Bible interpreters
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