"An awareness of Christian history is one of the most neglected but necessary ingredients in the spiritual diet of Christians today. … We are too easily captive to the contemporary and become unthinking assenters to our culture's seduction by the now, the latest, the present moment. Understanding of Christian history will help us in many ways. We will uncover precedents in the past of how God has worked. We will gain perspective that will help us see our current situation in a new light. We will develop a sense of continuity and see how the unfolding of God's purposes transcends any single generation, century, denomination, geography, or ideology."

"We endeavor to present people and events that have shaped Christianity in a fresh, intelligent, and engaging manner. Historical reading often is caricatured as dry and dusty. We hope to change that, to live up to the words of Elton Trueblood: 'Christian History proves that history need not be boring. It has done a remarkable thing in an unexpected way.'

Christian History has a clear publishing philosophy, and it begins by emphasizing historical humility. … We can't fully fathom how God's Holy Spirit and people's energies have come together in the history of the Christian church. But we don't have to understand every detail of church history to celebrate it."

"When you're lost in the wilderness, you can wander if you want, or you can use your compass, take some azimuth readings, and gain your bearings. I hope the magazine will give Christians today a compass and a sense of bearing, so they better understand their place in God's plan."

"CH&B tries to be a listening magazine, and this occasionally irritates readers from various points on the theological spectrum. Some Catholic readers point out the ways in which our latent Protestant perspective can skew the facts or blind us to certain aspects of their history. Some Protestant readers get upset when we present Catholic subjects without doing a point-by-point theological critique. Some Eastern Orthodox readers (few but vocal) feel left out when Orthodox perspectives and topics don't appear often enough. I hope that as we listen together we can approach the challenges of the present with humility and deeper understanding. … I encourage you to eavesdrop."

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