We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose accu….

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY WAS DUE PRIMARILY TO A NEW BURST OF RELIGIOUS LIFE EMANATING FROM THE CHRISTIAN IMPULSE. . . . NEVER IN….

Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surf….

However incompatible the spirit of Jesus and armed force may be, and however unpleasant it may be to acknowledge the fact, as a matter of plain histo….

It is not His teachings which make Jesus so remarkable, although these would be enough to give Him distinction. It is a combination of the teachings ….

As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that, measured by His effect on history, Jesus is the most influential life ever lived on this pl….

The most that one of Jewish faith can do - and some have gladly done it - is to say that Jesus was the greatest in the long succession of Jewish prop….

Christianity is usually called a religion. As a religion it has had a wider geographic spread and is more deeply rooted among more peoples than any o….

The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection..

In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eter….

That free will was demonstrated in the placing of temptation before man with the command not to eat of the fruit of the tree which would give him a k….

In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread..

In both the presence of evil and the eventual triumph over evil the sweep is cosmic. It embraces the entire universe, what to man is both seen and un….

Freedom was conditioned by man's physical body, heredity, and environment..

The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to underst….

The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians..

Hinduism's basic tenet is that many roads exist by which men have pursued and still pursue their quest for the truth and that none has universal vali….

John the Baptist, who we are told was related by blood to Jesus, was preaching the impending judgement of God, urging repentance and moral reform, an….

Compared with the thousands of years in which human life has been on this planet, Christianity is a recent development..

The prophets and the writers of the Psalms were clear that God was continuing to work in the universe and in all history. They declared that He had c….

Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians….