BIBLE BACKGROUND
GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND DAILY LIFE OF BIBLE TIMES
by Dr. Glen L. Thompson
Publications
Part of God’s Old Testament covenant was that Abraham and his descendants would live in the land of Israel. This book teaches the reader about that land and the role it played in the Old and New Testament periods. After learning to draw a map of Israel, showing its most important geographical regions, the reader will be led through the entire scope of Bible history. Also, the reader will learn the most important aspects of the other cultures which surrounded the Jews, as well as learn about all the aspects of daily life during Bible times.
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CHINESE CHRISTIANITY AND THE EVANGELICAL GOSPEL
How Generic Protestantism Threatens the Chinese Church
by Dr. Glen L. Thompson
The Chinese church needs to become a confessional church if it is to mature to its full potential within the worldwide church. Written confessions have been important in maintaining the integrity of the Christian church in every age. Many parts of the modern Protestant church, however, have abandoned their confessions, including the Chinese church. The chaos in China throughout much of the twentieth century not only prevented the training of an adequate number of leaders but also kept it from entering deeply into the struggle between the liberal and evangelical Christian worldviews taking place elsewhere. The important twentieth-century figures Wang Mingdao, John Sung, Watchman Nee and Jia Yuming are surveyed as case studies for these developments.
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL CHURCH
(TO A.D. 1400)
by Dr. Glen L. Thompson
This is an elementary textbook which covers the period from the Apostles up until about A.D. 1400. It highlights the most important people and events while providing a narrative history of how the church expanded, how it grew as an institution, and how it developed doctrinally in the face of attacks from without and within.
Readings from the Ancient and Medieval Church To A.D. 1400
(TO A.D. 1400)
by Dr. Glen L. Thompson
The Christian faith grew rapidly after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. After only 350 years, it had become the only legal religion in the Roman Empire and had spread far beyond it. By A.D. 1400 it had become the only recognized faith for all of Europe. Over that period, however, it changed so dramatically in form, structure, and practice that it would have been almost unrecognizable to its early adherents. Geographical and doctrinal divisions further complicated the situation. This volume allows the reader to hear this story in the words of those experiencing it. It contains excerpts (with brief introductions) from Christian historians and writers of each period, as well as from church councils and secular laws and historians. It will introduce the most important heroes of faith, church leaders, pivotal events, and debates about Christian teaching.The more than 100 selections in this book have each been carefully chosen to illustrate important developments within the larger story of the church and its spread. Dr. Thompson has divided and arranged the selections to match the 34 chapters in his narrative history, The Ancient and Medieval Church (to A.D. 1400). By using these two volumes together, thirteen centuries of Christian history will come alive for the reader.
