The Church History ABCs: Augustine and 25 Other Heroes of the Faith
By Stephen J. Nichols and Ned Bustard
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The Church History ABCs is a fun way for kids to learn about great figures in Christian history. Twenty-six heroes of the faith march through the alphabet, boldly telling their stories in language children can understand. This wide range of characters—men and women from across the centuries, from all over the globe—reflects the breadth of church history and reminds children that these great figures of the past were living, breathing people who lived and died for the glory of God.
Stephen J. Nichols
Stephen J. Nichols (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as the president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries. He has written over twenty books and is an editor of the Theologians on the Christian Life series. He also hosts the weekly podcast 5 Minutes in Church History.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good book. Easy to read. I will use this as toddler's Sunday school material. ?❤️
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The Church History ABCs - Stephen J. Nichols
G is for Grace,
and so is this book
S. N.
L is for Leslie,
my lovely historian
N. B.
The Church History ABCs: Augustine and Twenty-five Other Heroes of the Faith
Copyright ©2010 by Stephen J. Nichols and Ned Bustard
Published by Crossway
1300 Crescent Street
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law.
Book design and illustration: Ned Bustard
First printing 2010
Printed in Singapore
Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-1472-2
PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-1473-9
Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-1474-6
EPub ISBN: 978-1-4335-2466-0
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nichols, Stephen J., 1970-
The church history ABCs : Augustine and 25 other heroes of the faith / Stephen J. Nichols, Ned Bustard.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-4335-1472-2 (hc)
1. Christian biography--Juvenile literature. 2. Church history--Juvenile literature. 3. English language--Alphabet--Juvenile literature. I. Bustard, Ned. II. Title.
BR1704.N53 2010
270.092’2--dc22 2009043263
Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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31INTRODUCTION
You probably enjoy hearing stories of your parents or grandparents. Of course, everybody walked to school back then and it was always snowing! You even like to hear stories about your friends. You know, like the time Jack fell off the boat and got all wet.
You enjoy these stories because the people in them are very special to you. You also like these stories because these stories tell you something about you.
The people of church history are also very special to you. Their story is your story. Their story also tells you something about you. The Bible tells us that we all belong to one big family, the family of God. And there are a lot of stories to be told in this big family. In this book, we can only tell the story of twenty-six of these people because there are only twenty-six letters in our alphabet. But there are many more stories that could be told.
In fact, this story hasn’t even ended yet. Someday you will be adding your own story to it.
So open these pages and meet your new friends. They all have a great story to tell.