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In recording his prayers, resolutions, and daily events, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) left behind an encouragement to us to live a disciplined Christian life in the midst of our ordinary routine.

The First Century

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14 Augustus died on August 19.  On September 17, the Senate in Rome decreed that Augustus Caesar was one of the gods, and it named Tiberius emperor.  (If Luke 3.1 dates "the reign of Tiberius Caesar" from this year, his fifteenth year was 28/29 A.D.)

30, 33? Jesus was crucified and resurrected.

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(30-70 AD) The Time of Jesus and the Apostles
The death and resurrection of Christ.
The Christian faith is birthed and the gospel of grace is preached.

(70-312) The Age of Catholic Christianity
The spread of the Christian faith; martyrdom of the early believers.
Early heresies sprouted; first church councils and the canonizing of scripture.

(312-590) The Age of the Christian Empire
Constantine declares Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire; Age of great councils.
Christianity became a faith for the masses; start of Monasticism.

(590-1517) The Middle Ages
The fall of Rome and the Byzantine empire.
Benedictine monks deployed as missionaries; the pope becomes the "ruler" of the church.
The crusades: The church gains the world but looses it soul.

(1517-1648) The Age of Reformation
Martin Luther and the protestant movement.
The start of denominationalism - Examples: Lutheran, Reformed, Anabaptist and Anglican.
The papacy looses it power and influence.

(1648-1789) The Age of Reason and Revival
Secularism -- The mind becomes god; people begin to ask, "Who needs God?"
Revivals such as Pietism, Methodism and the Great Awakening seek to restore God to public life.

(1789-1914) The Age of Progress
The message of Christ is carried to distant lands, but the faith continues to leave public life.
Pluralistic and totalitarian societies see no relevance for Christianity.

(1912-current) The Age of Ideologies...

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July 29, 1030: Viking king Olaf Haraldsson, patron saint of Norway, dies in the battle of Stiklestad. Though limited in his ability to force his countrymen to convert during his reign, his death was later hailed as a miracle-filled martyrdom and, as his legend grew, it spurred on Christians converting the country. In time, Olaf became one of the most well-known saints of medieval Christendom, and his relics in Norway became one of Europe's most popular pilgrimage destinations.

July 29, 1794: In a converted blacksmith's shop in Philadelphia, former slave Richard Allen assembles a group of black Christians who had faced discrimination in the local Methodist Episcopal Church. They formed the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the mother church of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, now known throughout the world.

July 29, 1833: English abolitionist William Wilberforce dies a mere three days after England abolishes slavery.

July 29, 1968: Pope Paul VI publishes his encyclical "Humanae Vitae," which condemns artificial birth control methods.

July 30, 1718: William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania as a colony for Quakers to enjoy religious liberty, dies.

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