“I want God, not my idea of God” echoes throughout the words and works of C.S. Lewis, a man of immense imagination who defended supernaturalist Christianity during an era of modern and rational criticism. This issue of Christian History & Biography, the first on C.S. Lewis, explores his journey to faith, his prolific writings, and the people and influences that made him one of the greatest communicators of the Christian Faith.

Examine issues in theology, biblical studies, ministry, and church history with distinguished scholars and practitioners from around the world with the Master Journal Bundle 10.1. Featuring journals that zoom in on a specific topic in each installment or volume, as well as eclectic journals that provide commentary and insight on a variety of topics, this bundle adds massive breadth to your library. Draw on a wealth of ecclesiastical experience and theological reflection and inform your passion for the church while you deepen your understanding of theology, history, and Scripture. The Master Journal Bundle 10.1 features 15+ new volumes and includes everything found in the Academic Journal Bundle 10.1 and the Theology Journal 10.1.

Christianity would not have endured its first century without the extraordinary efforts of women in nearly every ministerial role. As prominent leaders, scholars, financial benefactors and social servants, women carried a substantial load of ecclesiastical burden. This issue of Christian History & Biography introduces you to a number of these influential women and offers you a glimpse at the enormous contributions they have made to the ancient and contemporary Christian Church.

Christian History magazine presents church history for scholar and layperson alike. Explore the rich heritage of your faith with Christian History Magazine! Since 1982, this quarterly magazine has been dedicated to the events and personalities that have laid the foundations of modern Christianity, covering subjects ranging from Martin Luther to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from the Crusades to modern Christian-Muslim relations. In this massive collection you'll get over 2,000 articles by hundreds of authors cover every aspect of church history from the Early Church to the present day!

Gain insight into one of America’s most obscure but influential movements—the Stone-Campbell movement—with this issue of Christian History magazine. Also known as the Restoration Movement, it began on the colonial frontier in places such as western Pennsylvania, western Virginia, and northeast Kentucky. Founders Barton Stone, Thomas Campbell, and Alexander Campbell sought to restore early Christian morality, creating communities based solely on New Testament ethics. They were among the first of ...

Predestination often overshadows the vast ministry of John Calvin to the people of Geneva. During his tenure, Geneva had no beggars, no lack of biblical preaching, and a solidly constructed relationship between church and state. His Institutes of the Christian Religion, the most intricate and comprehensive volume of systematic theology in his time, exhibited a mastery of Reformation doctrine and an intense love of the Scriptures. Learn more about this Protestant Church Father in yet another illu...

Puritanism, Calvinism and rationalism—three foundational worldviews to the theology and philosophy of the greatest thinker in American history. Though beset with controversy and ongoing ministry difficulties, Jonathan Edwards managed to combine Herculean intellectual labors with child-like piety on his quest to know the infinitely complex yet blissfully simple Almighty God. Join his endeavor in this exciting issue of Christian History & Biography!

A man possessing unquenchable zeal for the Church, Count Zinzendorf compassionately offered refuge, peace, and vision to the Moravians, a persecuted sect of Protestantism during unstable times for the European Church. Their story is one of courage, their goal was sharing the Gospel, and their lives were saturated with prayer. Meet the Count, the Moravians, and many more exciting individuals in this inaugural issue of Christian History & Biography.

Three Great Awakenings on the eastern seaboard mark the spiritual highs of 18th and 19th century American Christianity. Congregations lulled to sleep by dreary, hypocritical leaders were roused by the raw intensity of the Holy Spirit’s presence in the words spoken and lives lived by Stoddard, Edwards, Wesley, Asbury, Finney, Whitefield, Frelinghuysen and others. Open this issue of Christian History & Biography to awaken yourself to the empowering Divine presence available to all Christians.

Fanatics, corner-preachers, mob-spirited factionalists, Donatists and revolutionaries were among the nicknames assigned to the 16th century Anabaptists. Their nonconformist, anti-institutional existence sparked an angry era of persecution by mainline Protestants which forced them to become an underground movement. Their beginnings, hardships and near-extinction are recorded in this issue of Christian History & Biography.

Since 1982, this quarterly magazine has been dedicated to the events and personalities that have laid the foundations of modern Christianity. Formerly known as Christian History & Biography Magazine, Christian History Magazine covers subjects ranging from Martin Luther to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from the Crusades to modern Christian-Muslim relations. Each issue includes articles by leading historians, timelines, excerpts from historical writings, biographical vignettes, and page after page of comm...

Pope John Paul II describes St. Augustine as “an incomparable man whose children and disciples we all are…” His writings still bring readers to rarely-visited levels of theological inquiry and vulnerability. His quasi-Pauline turnabout from a Manichaean apologist to the 5th century defender of Christian orthodoxy inspires reverence for the life-changing gospel, Jesus Christ. Become a child and disciple of this great saint through a stirring issue of Christian History & Biography.

This issue of Christian History & Biography reveals the origin of this steadfast group of believers who fought through a century of persecution to revolutionize the Church-State relationship and practice baptism by immersion only.

Relive the origins of the KJV Bible in this issue of Christian History magazine. You’ll learn about the important figures who made the KJV’s publication possible, its stylistic influence on the English language, and the controversies it has ignited. • “How the King James Bible was Born” by A. Kenneth Curtis • “How the King James Bible brought a ‘fly in the ointment’ to English” by Alister McGrath • “Pre-KJV English Translations” by Alister McGrath • “No Overnight Success” by A. Kenne...

John Wesley did it all: He preached 40,000 sermons, rode 250,000 miles on horseback, lived on 28 pounds annually, founded (unintentionally) a new denomination, served the forgotten people of Britain, and had great respect for his mother. His love for historical Christianity was unmatched except by his love for the Gospel, and his desire for renewal in the Church of England had no parallel. Found here in this issue of Christian History & Biography, his story will surprise and inspire you.

By order of the Crown in 1537, the British laity received vernacular copies of the Scriptures—an historic event eventually facilitating the English Reformation. One year earlier, the man mostly responsible for translating those Scriptures was executed in accordance with an order from that same king. Open this issue of Christian History & Biography and delve into the famous and ironic life and death of a humble saint: William Tyndale.

Ulrich Zwingli, a man often overshadowed by Herculean reformers Luther and Calvin, died a Swiss patriot in 1531—he fought for freedom to preach biblical faith. A determined man, Zwingli fathered the Reformed tradition and established Scripture as the absolute and primary authority for Christian living. Learn about these extraordinary achievements and much more in this issue of Christian History & Biography.

Plagued by disease, dominated by the Church, and strained by a century of warfare, the English people were wrought with despair during the 1300s, the time of John Wycliffe. This issue of Christian History & Biography reveals a courageous man of faith, a man willing to fight for biblical truth and against a Church corrupted by money and politics. His final act, translating the Bible into common tongue, is one of the greatest historical achievements for Christianity prior to the Reformation. This...

His peculiar revisions of New England Calvinism invited the label of “Pelagian” from colleagues. Charismatic, fiery preaching caused many to question the validity of any appeal to emotion. His leadership of Oberlin College, an institution of social reform, inspired accusations of being a radical. These controversial claims and much more will be uncovered and discussed in Christian History & Biography’s look at Charles Finney, the father of American Revivalism.

Since 1982, this quarterly magazine has been dedicated to the events and personalities that have laid the foundations of modern Christianity. Formerly known as Christian History & Biography Magazine, Christian History Magazine covers subjects ranging from Martin Luther to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from the Crusades to modern Christian-Muslim relations. Each issue includes articles by leading historians, timelines, excerpts from historical writings, biographical vignettes, and page after page of comm...

The Reformed Platinum Library makes your study of the Bible easier by connecting your entire library of books to a robust set of study tools. The Reformed Platinum Library is a great entry point for academic study or more advanced exegesis and sermon prep. With over 1100 resources, the Reformed Platinum Library includes fantastic resources such as SIL Exegetical Summary Series | SILES (34 vols.), Reformed Expository Commentary Series | REC (38 vols.), Hendriksen & Kistemaker New Testament Commentary | HK (18 vols.), and many more.

The influence of the Pietists emanates from the contemporary expressions of missions, ecumenism, revivalism, social activism, and even Bible study groups. Their rich hymnology, devotion to giving, and heavy reliance upon the authority of Scripture place Christians of the 21st Century deeply in their debt. Find out more about their worshipful lifestyle and steadfast faith in this issue of Christian History & Biography!

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Founded by Waldo of Lyons, the non-sectarian movement known as the Waldensians has a chaotic history defined by unassailable perseverance in the midst of poverty and war. Their story of radical devotion to the gospel begins well before the Protestant Reformation and is based on three primary elements: adherence to Christ’s words, voluntary poverty, and public evangelism. The perilous journey of faith which results is chronicled in this gripping issue of Christian History & Biography.

Since 1982, this quarterly magazine has been dedicated to the events and personalities that have laid the foundations of modern Christianity. Formerly known as Christian History & Biography Magazine, Christian History Magazine covers subjects ranging from Martin Luther to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from the Crusades to modern Christian-Muslim relations. Each issue includes articles by leading historians, timelines, excerpts from historical writings, biographical vignettes, and page after page of comm...

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Uncover the rich—but overlooked—history of African Christianity. Africa was a stronghold of Christianity in its early years, bustling with vibrant churches from the tips of Egyptian Sinai to the beaches of modern day Morocco. It included renowned intellectual centers such as Alexandria, and it produced some of Christianity’s greatest leaders, including St. Augustine. • “A Tour of Ancient Africa” by Niall Finneran • “Saved from the Compost Heap” by Niall Finneran • “Become Completel...

Uneducated and thoroughly working class, John Bunyan seems an unlikely candidate for writing a world-famous, allegorical rendition of the Christian journey of faith. This imaginative work, Pilgrim’s Progress, draws on the tumultuous English 17th century for its situations of temptation, suffering and perseverance. The origins of this riveting work, accounts of Bunyan’s own Christian adventure, and a historical snapshot of England during the 1600’s are yours in this issue of Christian History and...

Study how nineteenth-century Christians responded to the challenges of Darwinian evolution in both friendly and hostile ways. In this issue of Christian History magazine you’ll read about the reactions of theologians, scientists, pastors, authors, bishops, and politicians—and you’ll learn how Darwinism eventually became a symbol of the conflict between science and Christianity. • “Origin of Conflict” by John Hedley Brooke • “Divine Designs” by Edwin Woodruff Tait • “The Church and ...