Nick Needham Knihy

Kniha vznikla z hlubokého přesvědčení autora, že dnešní křesťané mohou mít nesmírný užitek z poznání, co vše dělal Bůh v průběhu historie. Mocné činy Ježíše Krista neskončily s událostmi zaznamenanými v knize Skutků. V každém dalším století pokračuje všemohoucí Bůh ve svém díle, které dnes lidé mohou poznávat, když se podívají, jak křesťané předchozích generací čelili přicházejícím výzvám. 2000 let Kristovy moci je vícesvazkové dílo o dějinách církve. Je akademicky spolehlivé, a přitom napsané lehkým a čtivým stylem, díky němuž je přístupné každému, kdo se zajímá o historii církve. První díl knihy 2000 let Kristovy moci zahrnuje období od 1. století do počátku středověku. Zabývá obdobím církevních otců a obsahuje příběhy mučedníků, jako byli Blandina a Polykarp, teologů, jako byli Atanáš a Augustin z Hippo, a kazatelů, jako byl Jan Zlatoústý.

The first volume of 2,000 Years of Christ's Power covers the period from the 1st Century AD to the start of the Middle Ages. From the works of Saint Augustine of Hippo to the first apologetic ever penned, this time in history established the foundations of what we take for granted today.

The Middle Ages have be seen as a time of hardship and oppression, full of popes and crusades. In the second volume of 2,000 Years, another side of the Middle Ages shines through. This was far from a period of stagnation; rather it was the fire from which the Reformation was kindled.

Catholics, Calvinists, Lutherans, Anabaptists - our present-day divisions were the controversial front-page headlines of the Reformation. Nick Needham presents a period of history from which we have much to learn - one of the most important of these lessons being the vibrancy of people's lives and the courage with which they faced death.

The fourth volume of 2,000 Years of Christ's Power spans from the 16th to the 18th century. It presents a time from which English Protestantism, Scottish Presbyterianism, and French Catholicism, to name only a few, were birthed and refined.

In many ways, I confess I do not feel especially at home in the Age of Reason. My personal roots are far more among those of the Early Church. Still, I gladly admit I cannot help feeling my heart kindled as I read about the mighty deeds wrought in and through the Evangelical preachers of that age.   Thoroughly researched with beautifully linked arguments, biographies, context and discussions, Needham provides a riveting balancing fact and understanding in the wisdom of experience. The book offers a wealth of knowledge for pastors, missionaries, students and professors as they pursue their own education into the response of Christians during the 18th century towards these shifts in the tides of the affairs of men.   Covering the period bracketing the Enlightenment Nick Needham’s new volume in the  2000 Years of Christ’s Power  series, covers the social, economic, political and evangelical changes across two continents.

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