This is basically a set of long devotionals with each century in church history as the theme of each devotional. It briefly introduces some key events and key Christian figures in that century and encourages the reader to be inspired by how those figures lived their lives or how God's providence was observed in that century. I think the devotional is encouraging and inspiring. It doesn't give a whole lot of background on the political and cultural environment of that century, so I don't feel I got a clear understanding of church history through this book.

Each chapter contained verses of a hymn with lyrics written by a Christian who lived in the respective century. I skipped most of them, though :P I suspect this portion would work a lot better if the hymns were actually sung and I get to hear the music :P ( )

(1) "Witness" in the New Testament (64)
(2) The five pillars of Islam (76)
(3) The beginning of the controversy over the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper (99-100) ( )