The Spreading Flame

by F.F. Bruce

Dr. Bruce guides the reader through the early history of the Church using Acts as his backdrop. If you want to get a real feel for the evangelistic fervor of the Apostles and the early Christians then this is the book for you.

Genres: History, Church History, Christian, Church, Nonfiction, Biblical Studies, Christianity

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1953

About the author

Frederick Fyvie Bruce FBA was a Biblical scholar who supported the historical reliability of the New Testament. His first book, The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (1943), was voted by the American evangelical periodical Christianity Today in 2006 as one of the top 50 books "which had shaped evangelicals".

Reviews

[Mitch Teemley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I first read this as a young believer many years ago, and must say I enjoyed it much more the second time around. Bruce's merit is not in "bringing history to life!" but in presenting it with solid, well-reasoned, richly researched facts. You know you can trust him--and the world-changing event he writes about--and you're grateful for that. Well done, sir!

[Don Bemis · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting, well written history of the Church up to its establishment in Britain.

[Paul Gosselin · Rating 2 out of 5]

has a good chapter on Christianity as the State religion pp. 293-301