2003
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The First Battle For the Bible
A century after Christ's death, a literalist and a spiritualizer forced the church to choose how it would read the Scriptures it inherited from the Jews
Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J.
The Brilliant Career of Joseph Kiwanuka
Over the protests of a divided church, the scholarly Ugandan priest became the first African Catholic bishop. Just three years after his death, 12 more Africans would follow in his footsteps.
Sarah E. Dahl
The Christian Humanists
Tolkien joined these authors in countering the decadence of a dark century.
Joseph Pearce
The Trouble with George
Edwards worried that the strong emotions raised by George Whitefield's preaching would produce not steady Christians by religious hypocrites.
Chris Armstrong
Jonathan Edwards: A Gallery - The Mind Shapers
Edwards modeled himself as theologian, philosopher, and pastor after outstanding figures in each field.
Stephen J. Nichols
One Truth, Many Tales
How did tolkien's approach to writing for a secularizing world compare with those of his Christian contemporaries?
David Mills
Origen: Friend or Foe?
By turns bizarre and insightful, Origen's allegorical forays remain fascinating reading today.
John R. Franke
The Prospect Terrified Me
Apolo Kivebulaya, a convert from Islam, bravely preached to witch doctors, hostile chieftains, and Pygmy tribes.
Steven Gertz
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
Sacramental Imagination
Catholicism anchored Tolkien's life and suffused his writings.
Thomas Howard
Those Exceptional Edwards Women
Jonathan spent his life surrounded by beautiful women, and it showed.
Heidi L. Nichols
Too Racy for Bible Study
Origen could not believe the Song of Songs was a hymn to erotic love. So what did it mean?
Warren Smith
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
Jonathan Edwards: Christian History Timeline - Passing the Torch
The claimers and reclaimers of Jonathan Edwards
Mark Noll
The First Bible Teachers: Christian History Timeline
Traditions in Bible Reading
The Life and Times of J.R.R. Tolkien: Christian History Timeline
African Apostles: Christian History Timeline
Archive: Pilgrim's Paradise
Heaven's bliss was among Edwards's favorite preaching themes.
An excerpt from his sermon, "The Christian Pilgrim."
Good & Evil in Middle-earth
The characters are mythic, but the epic sweeps across a Christian moral landscape.
Ralph C. Wood
Opponents of Allegory
The scholars at Antioch rejected allegory in favor of history. But their interpretive method led some into heresy.
Steven Gertz
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