The Word Became Flesh
- 4 BC John the Baptiser (The Greatest of all the Prophets)
- Incarnation: Birth of Jesus of Nazareth, Life, Ministry
- 30 AD Death of Jesus
- 30 AD Resurrection of Jesus
- 30 AD Ascension of Jesus and Current Reign
- Pentecostal Spirit
- Acts of the Apostles: Peter, James, John, Paul, Others
- ‘The Spreading Flame’: Christian Faith and Community
- Growing Opposition: Nero, Rome
Turning Points: “2000 Years of Christ’s Power” (M. Noll, N. Needham)
- 70 AD The Destruction of Temple (Jerusalem)
- 100, 200, 300: Expansion, Persecution, Emperors, Theologians
- 325 Nicene Creed
- 481 Chalcedon and Heresies
- 530 Benedict and Monasteries
- 600 Gospel in China (Nestorians and Others)
- 630 Muhammad Conquers Mecca with (sword not Word)
- 800 Charlemagne Crowned on Christmas Day, …“by the Pope”
- 1054 East and West Divide
- 1095 The Crusades begin
- 1382 John Wycliffe’s English Bible completed
- 1521 Reformation: Luther (& later …Calvin)
- 1534 England – Henry VIII
- 1540 Counter-Reform, Loyola
- 1738 Revivals: Wesley, Whitfield, Edwards
- 1789 French Revolution
- 1793 William Carey to India
- 1807 Robert Morrison to China
- 1854 David Livingstone to Africa
- 1904 Revival in Wales
- 1906 Azusa Street, LA, Pentecostals
- 1907 Pyongyang, (North) Korea, Revival began
- 1910 Edinburgh Missionary Conference
- 1914-18 World War One (P.T. Forsyth – “think in centuries”)
- 1922 Karl Barth on Romans; and 1934 Barmen Declaration
- 1929 Totoyohiko Kagawa, Indigenous Missionary in Japan
- 1939 World War Two: Suffering and Nations
- 1945 New Beginning, Service in Love (G. C. Bingham)
- 1962 Second Vatican Council
- 1966 Pray for China (cf. Mao’s Cultural Revolution
- 1979 Aboriginal Australia Revival From Elcho Island
- 1989 Fall of Berlin Wall: ‘The Twilight of Atheism’ (A. McGrath)
- 2001 New York Twin Towers: Faith, NOT Religion
- 2004 Tsunami Indian Ocean and Theodicy
- 2012 Attempt to redefine Marriage (US Obama)
- … New things
- … More new things
- … The Eschaton
- Date Not Known: ‘Behold I make all things new’ [the ‘old things’ transformed into the ‘new’]
- The Age to Come – Eternity – Glorification of All Things
