Houghton, S.M. Archives - Banner of Truth UK https://banneroftruth.org/uk/store/theauthor/houghton-s-m/ Christian Publisher of Reformed & Puritan Books Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:28:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://banneroftruth.org/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/02/cropped-cropped-Banner-FilledIn-WithOval-1-32x32.jpg Houghton, S.M. Archives - Banner of Truth UK https://banneroftruth.org/uk/store/theauthor/houghton-s-m/ 32 32 Sketches from Church History https://banneroftruth.org/uk/store/history-biography/sketches-from-church-history/ https://banneroftruth.org/uk/store/history-biography/sketches-from-church-history/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:38:00 +0000 http://54.225.232.228/us/store/uncategorized/sketches-from-church-history/ A popular, fully illustrated introduction to church history from the early Church Fathers to the days of the modern missionary movement. 256pp.

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‘If you’re the kind of person who has never read a book on church history, this should be your first one. . .It’s clear, it goes through everything, he picks up edifying accounts, it’s reliable.’ — MARK DEVER

Book Description

This book outlines the thrilling story of the onward march of the Church of Christ from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century. It is not a dry-as-dust account of long-forgotten events and controversies, but rather a moving record of those who undertook the adventure of faith before us and through their courage and steadfastness, left an example for the church in every age.

Reading of the exploits of those who have gone before us, through times of prosperity and times of persecution, should stimulate, warn and encourage the church in our own age to persevere in the same path, and obtain the same everlasting reward.

Ian Hamilton on Sketches From Church History

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I: THE EARLY CHURCH TO THE RISE OF ISLAM
1. The Early Church 9
2. The Martyrs 14
3. Constantine the Great 20
4. Church Fathers 23
5. Monasticism 27
6. The Rise of the Papacy 31
7. Islam 34
II: THE DARK AND MIDDLE AGES TO THE HEIGHT OF PAPAL AUTHORITY
8. The Christian Faith comes to the British Isles (1) 39
9. The Christian Faith comes to the British Isles (2) 43
10. Early Missionaries in Europe 48
11. Pope and Emperor 51
12. The Crusades 54
13. The Papacy at its Height 57
III: FORERUNNERS OF THE REFORMATION
14. The Waldenses 62
15. John Wycliffe 65
16. John Huss 69
17. Savonarola 72
18. The Approach of Dawn 75
IV: THE 16th-CENTURY REFORMATION IN GERMANY
19. Martin Luther the Student 79
20. Luther and the Church 82
21. Luther and the Pope 87
22. Luther at the Wartburg 90
23. The Protestants in Germany 94
V: THE 16th-CENTURY REFORMATION OUTSIDE GERMANY
24. Ulrich Zwingli 99
25. John Calvin 102
26. John Calvin in Geneva 106
27. England receives the Light (1) 112
28. England receives the Light (2) 116
29. Scotland Transformed 122
30. The Huguenots of France 129
31. The French Crown and the Huguenots 134
32. The Netherlands receives the Truth 138
VI: THE FAITH IN THE 17th AND 18th CENTURIES
33. The Thirty Years’ War in Germany (1618-48) 144
34. English Puritanism, chiefly under Elizabeth 148
35. English Puritanism under the Early Stuarts 152
36. English Puritanism under the Later Stuarts 161
37. The Faith in North America during the 17th Century (1) 165
38. The Faith in North America during the 17th Century (2) 169
39. The Pietists: Spener, Francke, Zinzendorf 174
40. The Faith in North America during the 18th Century 178
41. Methodism and the Wesleys (1) 185
42. Methodism and the Wesleys (2) 190
43. Methodism and George Whitefield 194
VII: FROM THE RISE OF MODERN MISSIONS TO THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY
44. Revived Missionary Activity 202
45. The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: North America (1) 208
46. The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: North America (2) 213
47. The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: The British Isles (1) 221
48. The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: The British Isles (2) 228
49. The 19th-Century Church on the Continent of Europe (1) 235
50. The 19th-Century Church on the Continent of Europe (2) 241
Index 247

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An informal account of S. M. Houghton’s life and times. It provides a fascinating survey of the experiences of a Christian man through the years of the twentieth century. A history lesson in itself, it also unselfconsciously demonstrates what it means to allow God’s Word to illuminate every circumstance in life.

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Preface ix
1 First Interests 1
2 The Early End of a Ministerial Career in Methodism 13
3 New Circles and Old Books 25
4 A Post in North Wales 39
5 Favourite Titles in the Beginnings of my Library 55
6 Sunday Afternoons in Rhyl 70
7 A New Companion: Charles Haddon Spurgeon 83
8 Treasure Hunts around Wales and Beyond 97
9 A Circle of Friends 113
10 The Work of an Editor 127
The Memories of a Friend

Iain H. Murray

 140
The Last Days of S. M. Houghton

Richard Chester

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‘To The Girl Who Smiled’ 166
S. M. Houghton’s Writings 168
Index 169

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