Christian History Made Easy (Timothy Paul Jones)

Christian History Made Easy

This fantastic book summarizes the most important events in Christian history from the time of Jesus to today in 12 easy chapters. This full color, bestselling book presents key events and people every Christian should know, time lines, worksheets, websites, photos, maps and illustrations. A leader’s guide makes this book an excellent study for any group, including new believers’ classes. The great theologian J. I. Packer says that Christian History Made Easy is, “…a beautifully simple, beginner-friendly telling of Christian history, a precious heritage.”

What do you know about Christian history? Here’s your chance to test yourself, or to launch a 13 week study on the book Christian History Made Easy. The book contains a Leader’s Guide with notes that add to the chapters. Author Timothy Paul Jones, Ed.D., makes Christian history refreshingly fun while at the same time informing believers about the history of the Christian faith. Each chapter contains a summary of:

• Key events
• Key concepts
• Names you should know
• Terms you should know
• Think about it
• Did you know?
• Bible maps and time-lines
• Things to think about
• Clarification on words
• At the end of each chapter the book presents a Learning Activity that drives home important topics that have been covered Christian History Made Easy covers key terms, events, and developments including:
  • Christian history
  • Church history
  • Canon of Scripture
  • Gospels
  • Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Easter
  • Spanish Inquisition
  • King James Version
  • Nicene Creed
  • Reformation
  • Renaissance The book covers key people in Christian history, such as:
    • William Tyndale
    • Augustine
    • C.S. Lewis
    • Calvin
    • Finney
    • Luther
    • John Bunyan These key religions and movements are covered, among others:
      • Catholicism
      • Christian Science
      • Gnosticism
      • Islam (Muslims)
      • Jehovah’s Witness
      • Pentecostal
      • Presbyterian
      • Protestant
      • Puritan
      • Roman Catholicism
      • Seventh-Day Adventists

Endorsements: 

Church history is not about names, dates, and facts. It is about the flesh and blood people of God and the life and death issues that have shaped their struggles and joys for two thousand years. Christian History Made easy makes this story come alive. I recommend it enthusiastically! –Timothy George, Dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University

Here you have a beautifully simple, beginner-friendly telling of Christian history, a precious heritage. –J. I. Packer

…an indispensable resource for the local church’s member training curriculum. –Dr. Robert E. Johnson, Professor of Church History, Central Baptist Theological Seminary

About the Authors:

Timothy Paul Jones (Ed.D.) is professor in the School of Leadership and Church Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Formerly senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Rolling Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biblical literature and pastoral ministry, Timothy earned a doctorate in educational leadership from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He received the Baker Book House Award for excellence in theological scholarship, as well as the North American Professors of Christian Education Scholastic Recognition Award for his doctoral work in the field of spiritual formation.