Bruce Shelley

It's about time that someone wrote church history that tells about people, not just about "eras" and "ages." Church History in Plain Language taps the roots of our Christian family tree. It combines authoritative research with a captivating style to bring our heritage home to us.

Updated 2nd Edition

Church History in Plain Language

Stacey Shelley Lingle

This workbook is designed to accompany the fifth edition of Bruce Shelley's Church History in Plain Language. Following the textbook's structure, this workbook offers discussion questions for group and personal reflection, assessments, activities, and resources for further study, all of which reinforce the textbook's teaching and support the students' learning experience. The newest edition of Bruce Shelley's Church History in Plain Language brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. In this fifth edition, Marshall Shelley assembled a team of historians, historical theologians, and editors to revise and update his father's classic text. As a result, it now includes important stories of the development of Christianity in Asia, India, and Africa, both in the early church as well as in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It also highlights the stories of women and non-Europeans who significantly influenced the development of Christianity but whose contributions are often overlooked in overviews of church history. Covering recent events, this book also: Details the rapid growth of Christianity in the southern hemisphere Examines the influence of technology on the spread of the gospel Discusses how Christianity intersects with other religions in countries all over the world Together with this workbook companion, the new edition of Church History in Plain Language provides an easy-to-read guide to global Christianity and promises to set a new standard for readable church history.

Church History in Plain Language Workbook

Church History in Plain Language makes church history clear, memorable, and accessible to every reader. Dr. Bruce Shelley makes church history come alive in this classic book that has become not only the first choice of many laypeople and church leaders but the standard text in many college classrooms. Church History in Plain Language treats history as the story of people—their motivations, the issues they grapple with, the decisions they make—and the result is that history reads like a story, almost as dramatic and moving as a novel. This fourth edition, revised by R.L. Hatchett, brings the story of Christianity into the twenty-first century, with detailed information on: Theology of the early church and Reformation Gnosticism and its ongoing relevance The rapid global extension and transformation of Christianity since 1900 The decline in traditional mainline denominations The influence of technology on the spread of the gospel How Christianity intersects with other religions in countries all over the world Church History in Plain Language makes history easy to follow and retain by dividing the Christian story into the great ages of the church. Its clarity, organization, and historical accuracy are part of what make this book a go-to resource for today's readers.

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The Good Question Bible Studies series is based on questions asked by Christianity Today readers and the responses from remarkable voices of seasoned scholars and experienced leaders. Each of the six sessions in Good Questions on Belief & Doubt includes a thought-provoking article. Groups will think and talk together about such questions as: Why does God answer some prayers for healing but not mine? If Jesus was God, how could the eternal God die? How do I determine which Scriptures apply today and which do not? The Good Question Bible Studies will challenge groups to wrestle with the issues and grow sharper, stronger, and closer to each other--and to God--along the way. Each of the six sessions in Good Questions on Belief & Doubt features: * A thought-provoking article from J. I. Packer, Alister McGrath, Craig S. Keener, Timothy George, Bruce Shelley, or Nancy Ortberg * Relationship-building exercises * Engaging questions * An in-depth look at Scripture

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