Dr. Timothy Paul Jones is a brilliant young biblical scholar who helps simplify the complex. His [resources] are great and sorely needed during our time when many are biblically illiterate and know even less about Church history.
—Dr. Jerry Newcombe, author, TV host, and spokesperson for "Truth that Transforms" with Dr. D. James Kennedy

This 12-session Christian History Made Easy Participant Guide accompanying the DVD series is packed with session outlines, discussion questions, practical applications, definitions, and time lines! From the Great Schism and the Reformation to the Enlightenment and how we got the Bible, this DVD covers key events in Christian history everyone should know. It's never been easier to lead a DVD study!

In this 12-session DVD-based study, Dr. Timothy Paul Jones takes you through the most important events in Christian history from the time of the apostles to today. He brings to life the fascinating people and events that shaped our world. This isn't dry names and dates. It's full of dramatic stories told with a touch of humor. This series, based on Dr. Jones's popular award-winning book Christian History Made Easy, ties in spiritual lessons believers can glean by looking at the past and shows how God was still working in his church despite all the ups and downs.

You will learn:

• The fascinating stories of people such as St. Patrick, Martin Luther, and Augustine
• People who changed history: Constantine, Charlemagne, and Francis of Assisi
• How we got the Bible that we read today — John Wycliffe, William Tyndale and others
• The Middle Ages and the Reformation: Kings and Queens, Monks and Reformers
• Where church doctrines and practices originated
• How the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches came to be
• Reason and Revival: How modernity and the scientific revolution affected Christianity
• How Christianity has spread around the world

You don't have to be an expert to lead this 12-session study. Perfect for small groups, Bible studies, or personal use. Ages: Young adult to adult.

The Sessions

The 12 sessions cover major eras and topics with plenty of stories and humor. You'll cover the early church, monasticism, medieval conflicts, the Protestant Reformation, the Great Awakening, 19th-century missions, modernity, and postmodernism.

Complete Kit contains everything you need, including:

• Leader pack with the DVD of twelve 30-minute video sessions and PDF files for promotional posters, fliers, handouts, bulletin inserts, and banners for you to print.
• One printed leader guide + PDF of the leader guide.
• One printed participant guide with session outlines, discussion questions, definitions, and time lines. Buy an additional participant guide for each person.
• One copy of the award-winning Christian History Made Easy book. This full-color, 224-page book by Timothy Paul Jones tells additional stories that shaped Christian history.
• One CD-ROM containing the fully illustrated 360+ slide Christian History Made Easy PowerPoint® presentation to give the leader optional material such as additional images and information to go deeper into popular events and people.

Timothy Paul Jones serves as a professor of Christian ministry and as associate vice president at the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, where he teaches courses in applied apologetics and family ministry. 

Before teaching at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, he led churches in Missouri and Oklahoma as pastor and associate pastor. Dr. Jones has authored or contributed to more than a dozen books, including PROOF; Conspiracies and the Cross; and, Christian History Made Easy. In 2007, Charles Colson listed him as one of “four names you need to know” when responding to the new atheists and in 2010, Christian Retailing magazine selected Christian History Made Easy as the book of the year in the field of Christian education.

He is married to Rayann and they have three daughters. The Jones family works in SojournKids and community group ministry at Sojourn Community Church.