Explore the world of J.R.R. Tolkien—a Christian author in a modern time and place shadowed by war. Learn how his work is a response to the condition of his times, and how the great novelist developed creatively through his interaction with his children—at times his only audience.

The Christian Faith has been preserved and advanced by hundreds of monumental events, from its inception to the present-day. Wars, councils, creeds, controversies, missions, schisms, reformers, leaders, movements, denominations, translations, writings, orders, edicts and a march on Washington fill this special, expanded issue of Christian History & Biography.

In the busyness of preaching, teaching, and overseeing church ministries, it’s easy to let the urgent displace the important. The immediate overwhelms the eternal. And pastors find themselves “running the church” but not “curing souls.” This book is a reminder of t...

With the Timeline Collection, you’ll get an array of reference and history resources that link out of your Timeline, allowing you to jump from a particular point in your Timeline to a book in your library which discusses that event. Links will help keep you connected with the larger context of church and world history, while providing you the texts you need to dig deeper into your studies.

In today’s secular society, the only personal contact many people have with a pastor is some public occasion: a wedding, funeral, baby dedication or baptism, an awards ceremony.

Every church has them—sincere, well meaning Christians who leave ulcers, strained relationships, and hard feelings in their wake. They don’t intend to be difficult; they don’t consciously plot destruction or breed discontent among the members. But they often do undermine the ministry of the church and make pastors question their calling.

Preparing a sermon is hard work and typically requires the use of several tools—including study resources, a word processor, and presentation software, but with the Sermon Builder all of those are tied together. This collection brings valuable tools and resources alongside the Sermon Builder Feature in Logos in order to help you write more effectively for your church congregation. Dive deep into the Word with this new collection tailored especially for the Logos Sermon Builder.

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 Today has been at the forefront of news and analysis from a Christian perspective for over 60 years. In this collection, we’ve gathered together all 60 years of Christianity Today—most of them previously unavailable digitally! Providing essays from leading lights in Evangelicalism, these resources are vital for anyone wanting to study unpublished essays by top scholars and understand the early history of Evangelicalism. These resources are made even more accessible in Logos, allowing you to search through decades of writings quickly and efficiently.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde had it easy … … compared to the challenge facing pastors every day. There’s often a terrible tension between God’s call to holiness and our frail humanity. The Scriptures clearly state God’s call, and the Christian leader wants to obey. Parishioners expect their ministers to be models of godliness, too.

Justin Martyr reveals that 2nd century Christian gatherings were not unlike contemporary Christian worship services. Hippolytus’ 3rd century Eucharistic prayer has provided a template for the Church’s timeless Communion liturgy. Clement of Alexandria wrote hymns to be sung corporately and strongly supported the visual arts in worship. Learn about these and many more Early Church worship practices in a fact-packed issue of Christian History & Biography that will have you reveling in the splendor ...

These are two of the most influential people in the Modern era of Western Christianity. The “Prophet of the Poor,” William, brought the gospel to the poverty-stricken districts of Britain in word and deed. The “Army Mother,” Catherine, championed the cause for women to open their mouths and their lives to proclaim the gospel. Together, they founded the Salvation Army, an egalitarian organization that has since provided aid for millions of oppressed, rejected and impoverished people in the name o...

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!

While the Roman Empire swirled with an exotic mix of religions, Christianity flourished outside the confines of the imperial pantheon. This peripheral existence brought down on Christians a rain of accusations which led to several brutal eras of persecution. New converts expected suffering and martyrdom. Screams from coliseums and arenas permeated the Roman air as believers were slaughtered for their devotion. This issue of Christian History & Biography chronicles the tribulations of these brave...

By the year 300 A.D.—without publicized campaigns or an explicit evangelistic strategy—Christianity had made its way quietly and effectively in an environment not wholly unlike that of the 21st century, post-Christian West. It was, in some respects, an empire within an Empire. So, how did it grow so large that one emperor felt threatened enough to persecute it mercilessly, yet another was intrigued enough to adopt its faith? This issue of Christian History and Biography offers an assortment of ...

Westerners only receive one side of the Crusade stories unless they intentionally seek enlightenment. Christian History and Biography has researched both “invader” and “invaded” perspectives of this multi-century period of religious violence, and the result is a well-rounded recollection and analysis of this sensitive historical era. This issue reveals the motives behind crusading, recognizes the heartache and religious calling felt by Muslims and Christians, and chronicles these historical clas...

Puritanism, as Sydney Ahlstrom wrote, “is an intellectual tradition of great profundity.” The Puritans were people on a mission: to create a pure church and a thoroughly Christian society. Often mislabeled as cold and devoid of happiness, true Puritans sought to live life joyfully through work and play, committing all things to the glory of God. One sixteenth-century tract even promotes them as “the hotter sort of Protestants.” Open this issue of Christian History & Biography to learn the many g...

In 325 A.D., Emperor Constantine called together Christian bishops from across the empire to the city of Nicaea for a council that would have an immeasurable impact on the subsequent development of Christian theology. At the Council of Nicaea, bishops debated Jesus’ divinity and produced the Nicene Creed, still recited by churches today. Learn about the issues that gave rise to this great council and the debates that followed it with this issue of Christian History and Biography!

“There was a time when the Son was not,” sang Arius, a 4th century Libyan bishop and poster child of early church heresy. Debates covered a wide range of issues, from wealth to wild charismaticism to non-Trinitarianism, but none was more central to preserving the Christian faith than the personhood of Jesus Christ. Discussions of his divinity and humanity were the perpetual theological argument from the apostolic age through the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople. This issue of Christian Hist...

From the topics of 'Abundance' all the way to 'Zeal', 6,000 Plus Illustrations is a rich collection of stories, lessons and anecdotes that are both thought provoking and point straight to the heart. Each illustration includes a title and follows with one or more verses applicable to the content——making it easy and convenient to help tie an illustration back to the Word of God.

A rich collection of short and to-the-point illustrations which are listed alphabetically for your convenience. Each illustration includes a few scriptures references and are highly relevant to our lives today.

Paved roads connected Britons with Arabs. Roman naval patrols deterred Mediterranean piracy, expediting sea passage. Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome grew into affluent cities full of intellectuals and philosophers. Sophisticated, multi-cultural, connected—first century Roman society was perfectly arranged to facilitate the spread of Christianity. Enter Paul of Tarsus. Open this issue of Christian History & Biography and read an investigation of Paul’s ministry from a refreshingly cultural and non-the...

Why was the Gospel of Thomas left outside the canon? What was the relationship between the Canon Muratori, Marcion, Eusebius and Athanasius? Did all of the early church leaders agree on which books should be canonized? When and how were these sacred texts finally translated into English? These questions and many more are addressed in this insightful and informative issue of Christian History & Biography.

Perhaps the most significant development in twentieth-century Christianity, Pentecostalism has grown from a few hundred members to 650 million worldwide—the largest Christian denomination after Catholicism. This issue of Christian History and Biography does not attempt to give the full, global picture; rather, you will read about the origins of Pentecostalism, encounter leading figures from its early years, and learn the many theological beliefs and charismatic experiences that have separated th...

Since 1956, Christianity Today has challenged the church with real-world content that is timely, compelling, insightful, balanced, and biblical. Christianity Today is a magazine that seeks to present Christ preeminent in all things, with a clear ministry emphasis via trustworthy, Bible based content. Written with journalistic excellence and professional integrity, the authors and editors of this work seek to avoid the status-quo and push themselves and the modern church to live in obedience in light of God’s revelation.

The Gnostics called themselves “enlightened.” The early church called them heretics. In recent years the early church has become a subject of public debate and an enormous amount of confusion. Gone are the days when the average Christian can get away with not knowing about the Gnostics, the early church’s Rule of Faith, or how the biblical canon developed. In this issue the editors lay out the basic facts that will help you evaluate and respond to this dizzying array of wild theories and popul...

Where have all the leaders gone? Despite jokes about “too many chiefs and not enough Indians,” genuine leadership is in short supply in most churches.

A distinguished American sociologist once called him “the last Protestant theologian before the 20th century to have in his control the entire imaginative resources of the Christian tradition.” Jonathan Edwards was truly a man and a mind deserving of appreciation and imitation. His legacy as a devoted Puritan, a disciplined thinker, a brilliant theologian, and a passionate pursuer of God’s glory has inspired thousands to heighten their affections towards the Lord and do everything for His pleasu...

“I take my text and make a bee-line to the cross,” said Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the Victorian Englishman who reached over 10 million people with his sermons. He was not an original thinker, nor did he claim to be a theologian. Spurgeon preached. He spoke to ordinary men and women in compelling yet commonsensical language. Learn from his strong words, his noble actions, and his lifelong sufferings as recounted in this issue of Christian History & Biography.

The temptation we can’t entirely flee. Sex—it attracts us and frightens us. Its highly-charged force has potential for great good or great harm. Mishandling sexual situations has caused Christian leaders to lose their ministries. Sex-related problems also confront pastors with confounding counseling situations. How to minister to casualties of the sexual revolution? This book addresses these twin challenges of ministry: maintaining personal purity while maintaining close human contact, and offering a compassionate, healing touch to those who struggle because sex has been misused. Editor Terry Muck has pulled together the candid, yet redemptive, stories of people who have faced the subtlest and most powerful sexual situations. Each chapter offers tested insight from those who have learned to walk wisely and minister effectively. This is the nineteenth volume of THE LEADERSHIP LIBRARY, a continuing series from LEADERSHIP, the practical journal for church leaders published by...