After giving an account of the Mujahadeen destruction of Afghanistan’s National Museum, Robert J. Morgan writes in his preface, “With no history, there is no heritage.  And with no heritage from the past, there is no legacy for the future.”  Christianity faces similar threats if the wisdom, lessons, mistakes, and other treasures from church history are forgotten.  This book takes some of these rare accounts and makes them into a devotional format, one page per day of the year.  What is inspiring is that the accounts occurred on the same day of the devotion.

While some stories were familiar, there were plenty that were not.  Pending on your denominational background, some may be more recognizable that others.  The temptation was to keep reading, only to face the annoyance that the account is only a page long.  The easy English was a first a nuisance, but eventually it retained a practical attribute, good for family worships, sermon illustrations, or other religious anecdotes.  The book is convenient, well put-together, and recommended for busy armchair church historians.

What was particularly valuable was the creative brain-storms that spin off while reading it.  It is amazing how truly, there is nothing new under the sun.  Historical problems of the Christian church administration are the same problems of today.  The issues within a variety of denominations then are the same issues today.  And the Biblical virtues, Christian values, and the resolute commitment to morality and truth that inspired then, still inspires the same human heart today.

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