The Unexpected Christian Century worship with the goal of equipping

with the goal of equipping the church to stand firm for the truth even when others abandon it

Informed by the biblical-theological structure of Saint Augustine's magisterial work The City of God (and with extensive diagrams and practical tools)

it is not hyperbolic to say that every Christian needs to read this book and to search the Scriptures to see whether these things are true

Bray's organizational scheme allows readers to quickly grasp the issues

You’ll come to understand topics like: • Sin’s Origin • Sin’s Grief • Sin’s Thoughts • Sin’s Temptations • Sin’s Misery • Sin’s Secrecy • and of course

The Unexpected Christian Century worship with the goal of equippingIn 1900 many assumed the twentieth century would be a Christian century because Western "Christian empires" ruled most of the world. What happened instead is that Christianity in the West declined dramatically, the empires collapsed, and Christianity's center moved to Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific. How did this happen so quickly? Respected scholar and teacher Scott Sunquist surveys the most recent century of Christian history,