How God Saved Civilization: The Epic Story of God Leading His People the Church

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Summary: Easy Reading for a book so full of good information
Review: A masterful compression of 2,000 years of Church History into easy to digest chapters, leaving the reader with a balanced, thorough, yet concise overview of the 'highlights' and even some 'lowlights'. It's almost like taking a tour of many of Christian Civilization's great moments, meeting real heroes of the faith and having everything put into a Biblical and contemporary perspective with a friendly narrator by your side. It definitely achieves its stated goal of making history user-friendly and helps the reader see how life in the 21st Century fits into the complex flow of Civilization. One comes away knowing The God of History is in complete control, each ordinary member of Christ's Body can make a difference and, despite worldwide persecution, Western Civilization's moral free-fall, and many challenges and battle defeats, God will ensure that the War will be won. More Scripture references would have been helpful to provide a sharper Biblical perspective of how History is His Story. An excellent supplement is the author's website,listed inside: www.jimgarlow.com with study questions, chapter outlines and great links for further research. This book will change your thinking, change your outlook and perspective on Heaven's involvement in earth's affairs, and change your life!

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Summary: Church History Made Simple, Not Simplistic
Review: A masterful compression of 2,000 years of Church History into easy to digest chapters, leaving the reader with a balanced, thorough, yet concise overview of the 'highlights' and even some 'lowlights'. It's almost like taking a tour of many of Christian Civilization's great moments, meeting real heroes of the faith and having everything put into a Biblical and contemporary perspective with a friendly narrator by your side. It definitely achieves its stated goal of making history user-friendly and helps the reader see how life in the 21st Century fits into the complex flow of Civilization. One comes away knowing The God of History is in complete control, each ordinary member of Christ's Body can make a difference and, despite worldwide persecution, Western Civilization's moral free-fall, and many challenges and battle defeats, God will ensure that the War will be won. More Scripture references would have been helpful to provide a sharper Biblical perspective of how History is His Story. An excellent supplement is the author's website,listed inside: www.jimgarlow.com with study questions, chapter outlines and great links for further research. This book will change your thinking, change your outlook and perspective on Heaven's involvement in earth's affairs, and change your life!

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Summary: Easy Reading for a book so full of good information
Review: I thought this book was written very well. I love the way the author starts each chapter with a story from a character's point of view telling a story with the subject matter of that particular chapter. It was very easy reading and it was very hard to put down. There was a lot of really good historical information put together very nicely. I give this book definete thumbs up for everyone, even laymen readers as myself!