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History of Christianity is a six part survey designed to stimulate your curiosity by providing glimpses of pivotal events and persons in the spread of the church.
NEW ON DVD
Britain's 1917 Balfour Declaration pledged to help Jews establish a homeland in Palestine. After World War I ended, the League of Nations awarded Britain the mandate for Palestine with the proviso that it implement the Balfour Declaration. The Forsaken Promise documents Britain's failure to fulfill her pledge and her legal obligations under the Mandate.
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our editor has spent three decades in a ministry of Christian media,
mostly in film and television. Over twenty years ago the focus of that
film ministry, done under our sister companies Gateway Films and Vision
Video, was guided into the area of Christian history productions. I soon
found it imperative to find a way to provide more background to a subject
than could be spelled out in a film, so Christian History magazine was
launched to provide companion issues to go with our films. We formed Christian
History Institute to publish the magazine and other history materials.
We later turned the magazine over to Christianity Today Inc. as
they were better able to publish it, and we turned our attention to a
more modest history publication that would have a much broader reach to
the person in the pew. Thus Glimpses was created as a church bulletin insert. Our goal is to give you true
stories from our amazing and perplexing Christian family heritage--stories
that provide examples, strength and insight.--Ken Curtis.
Christian History May Help You Relax!
It has been my privilege for several years to teach church history in
Young Life's masters degree program for youth leaders. I love to do it
because these are usually eager students and highly motivated servants
of God. Once while teaching this course, I gave what I thought was a stream
of valuable wisdom on the reasons why we derive so much from studying
the history of God's people. At the end I spontaneously threw in a remark
not part of my carefully planned presentation. The comment was that the
more we grasp our Christian history, the more we learn to relax , for
we come to recognize the larger plans and purposes of God. By the end
of the course I found that this off-the-cuff comment was what stuck with
the students most. As dedicated youth leaders facing daily challenges
and often anxious about how well they were carrying out their calling,
the notion that an awareness of how God has worked over the ages would
enable them to better relax really connected with them. We hope GLIMPSES will in some small way do the same for you and help you to better relax
in the faithfulness of a loving Lord who sees the larger picture and who
has never abandoned His people. -- Ken Curtis |
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