Nick Needham - 5 volumes (incl. just released vol. 5) for 75$ at WTSbooks

[Polanus1561]

2,000 Years of Christ's Power (5-Volume Set)

The first volume of 2,000 Years of Christ's Power covers the period from the 1st Century AD to the start of the Middle Ages. From the works of Saint Augustine of Hippo to the first apologetic ever penned, this time in history established the foundations of what we take for granted today. In the...

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[Stephen L Smith]

I am glad vol 5 has been released. This is a wonderful work on church history. I look forward to the final volumes coming out.

 

[arapahoepark]

Yay! I believe I asked (emailed actually) if there was going to be a 5th one. He said it was slow going.

 

[TheInquirer]

What audience do you think his work is best suited for? How do you think this compares with Latourette, Shelley or Gonzalez?

Price is certainly attractive.

 

[Stephen L Smith]

What audience do you think his work is best suited for?

Dr Needham says his work is for "ordinary Christians". He wrote this set so that "ordinary Christians" had a resource that was detailed enough to do justice to complicated events in Church history, but also a work that was easy to read.

Personally I think he has struck the right balance.

 

[Polanus1561]

What audience do you think his work is best suited for? How do you think this compares with Latourette, Shelley or Gonzalez?

Price is certainly attractive.

Absolutely the most readable and well-organized. The.. Berkhof of Church History if I may so say.

 

[TheInquirer]

Well I trust both of your opinions so I am ordering. Thank you.

 

[RobertPGH1981]

I am glad vol 5 has been released. This is a wonderful work on church history. I look forward to the final volumes coming out.

How many more volumes should we expect?

 

[Stephen L Smith]

How many more volumes should we expect?

It is hard to know. Dr Needham has had some health issues thus I am unsure if this will affect him writing future volumes.

Health permitting vol 6 will probably cover the 19th century and the final vol the 20th century.