50 World-Changing Events in Christian History (Blackburn)

The increase in terrorism, the push for gender fluidity, the eradicating of Christianity from schools - During these worrying times, Earl Blackburn shows that learning about our history can be one of the best tools for encouraging us in our faith. Hearing stories of the perseverance of Christian heroes such as John Wycliffe, Martin Luther, and William Wilberforce is inspirational for everyday struggles; while seeing how God has grown His church through times of hardship and persecution helps us to have courage about the church of today.

Table of Contents: 

1. The Destruction of Jerusalem
2. The Publication of The Didache
3. Justin Martyr Writes an Early Defense of Christianity (Apology)
4. The Great Persecution under Emperor Diocletian
5. Constantine the Great Converts to Christianity
6. The Edict of Milan
7. The First Council of Nicaea
8. Athanasius’s Easter Letter Defines the New Testament Books
9. Christianity Becomes the State Religion of the Roman Empire
10. The First Council of Constantinople
11. Augustine Converts to Christianity
12. Jerome and the Latin Vulgate
13. The Council of Ephesus
14. The Council of Chalcedon
15. The Second Council of Constantinople
16. The First Universal Pope, Gregory the Great
17. The Third Council of Constantinople
18. The Battle of Tours
19. The Second Council of Nicaea
20. Charlemagne Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
21. Christianization of Russia
22. The Great Schism
23. The First Crusade Launched
24. The Waldensian Movement
25. John Wycliffe and the Lollard Movement
26. Johann Gutenberg and the First Printed Bible
27. Erasmus Publishes Greek New Testament
28. Martin Luther Posts His Ninety-Five Theses
29. The Diet of Worms
30. The Anabaptist Movement Begins
31. William Tyndale and the First English New Testament
32. John Calvin Publishes First Edition of The Institutes of the Christian Religion
33. The Council of Trent Convenes
34. The King James Version of the Bible
35. The Synod of Dort
36. John Bunyan Authors The Pilgrim’s Progress
37. The Apex of Protestant Comfessionalism
38. The Great Awakening Peaks
39. Robert Raikes Promotes Sunday School System
40. William Carey and the Modern Missionary Movement
41. William Wilberforce and the Abolition of British Slave Trade
42. Charles Finney and Lectures on Revivals
43. Julius Wellhausen and the Documentary Hypothesis
44. The Azusa Street Revival
45. The Fundamentals and the Modernist-Fundamentalist Controversy
46. Camp Wycliffe Founded
47. World Council of Churches Organized
48. The Los Angeles Crusade and Billy Graham
49. The Emergence of Liberation Theology
50. The Rise of Social Media 

Author

Earl M. Blackburn started ministry in Utah, carrying the gospel to the Mormons. He then pastored at Trinity Reformed Baptist Church in La Mirada, California for 22 years. He has traveled extensively preaching in the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Endorsements

"This really is a fine piece of work and should be very popular and highly useful in the church." - Tom J. Nettles, Senior Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky

"... 50 World-Changing Events in Christian History is a helpful overview of church history written from an evangelical and reformed perspective. I hope it will help many believers understand how their own lives and local churches fit into the ongoing story of God's new covenant people from every tribe, language, and nation." - Nathan A. Finn, Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Baptist Studies, The Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina

"... As a professor of Church History, one of the most frequent questions I am asked is for a recommendation of a simple survey of the life of the church over the last 2,000 years. Now I have the answer to that question..." - James M. Renihan, Dean and Professor of Historical Theology, Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies, Escondido, California