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As with most things, C.S. Lewis had a unique view of history. For him, the really important bits were the stories—he makes a distinction between actual historical realities and the idealized versions of them handed down which make heroes and villains of mere men and women. It's not that the stories are completely false, but their value is for character-building, not as factual data.

The tales of George Washington's bravery in battle, coolness under pressure, rigorous truthfulness, and unflagging piety may accurately preserve the essence of his temperament and nobility, but not all of them are strictly historical. The point of these stories isn't to impart facts, however, it's to offer an example of goodness for the rest of us to emulate.

Getting the facts right is still important, though. As Christians, we can't afford to have a false understanding of "the old days." Mankind is fallen, and the story of his sojourn on Earth is filled with war, suffering, disease, unfaithfulness, pride and envy; a study of history that omits those elements is both false and useless. False, because it is incomplete, and useless, because it tells us nothing of the human condition or our current situation.

It's a bit of a mystery to us why non-Christians are motivated to study the past. For believers, the end goal isn't just acquisition of facts about events and cultures, it's the instillation of a thoroughly Christian worldview, an understanding of the course of the human endeavour as decreed and guided by God Himself.

The story of Jesus Christ is central. It is the only history story that fulfills the character-building element Lewis looked for, while remaining absolutely true in every detail. Man is fallen and he does struggle against God, but through Christ there is hope of redemption, a chance to connect heaven and earth through the Atonement. Christ is the ultimate example of God's providence.

In the Reformed tradition, God's sovereignty is a very big deal. According to the doctrine of divine decree, God has ordered all things that were, are and will come to be for His own good pleasure and glory. His hand is thus present everywhere, in the privatest private life and the most public and widespread crisis. God is in control, providentially guiding nations, men, and the entire cosmos.

This very doctrine is perhaps what best explains the humanist's interest in history (whether he be atheist, agnostic, pagan). Man's natural bent is to make himself the hero of the story, to show how people can sway the trajectory of all things. God's version is quite different, and the two are naturally in conflict. Resolution may only be found in Christ.

For, while God decrees and guides all things, He has also (paradoxically) decreed man's free will and personal responsibility. Men do change the course of kingdoms, but it is only through God's agency. A proper Christian study of history takes both truths into account, and tells the stories of good guys and bad guys through the light of everything God's Word says about human nature and divine control.

We encourage you to take great comfort and joy in your study of history. Read books, watch movies (carefully noting that a lot of the story is likely to be inaccurate in detail), go on fieldtrips to forts and battlefields and birthplaces. Most of all, talk about these things. The end goal, after all, isn't to know a bunch of trivia, but to understand what God has done and continues to do.

No one knows for sure what the end of history will look like, except that every knee in heaven and on earth will bow to the returned glorious Christ, who comes to judge the living and the dead. What we believe about Him will determine whether that culmination will be filled with joy or loathing (everyone will be terrified). He is the author of history, and its centerpiece; honor Him in your study of it.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur.Read more of his reviews here.

 

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$19.99
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$16.99
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$14.99
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$16.95
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$12.00
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$16.95
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$19.99
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$29.95
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from Roaring Brook Press
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2017 Newbery Honor Book
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$17.99
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from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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$17.99
God's Timeline
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2022 Reprint from Christian Focus Publications
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$19.99
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from Golden Books
for Preschool-4th grade
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$22.99
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from HarperCollins
Biography for 3rd-6th grade
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$18.99
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from Charlesbridge
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$16.95
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from Eerdmans
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$9.99
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for Kindergarten-3rd grade
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$18.99
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by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
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$16.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
How I Learned Geography
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for 2nd-5th grade
Caldecott Honor Book
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$21.99
How Sweet the Sound
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from Atheneum
for 1st-4th grade
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$17.99
If the World Were 100 People
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$17.99
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$16.60
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$19.99
Irenaeus of Lyons
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from Banner of Truth Trust
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$14.00
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Realistic Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
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$25.99
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$18.00
John Knox
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$18.00
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$21.99
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$18.00
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from Little, Brown & Company
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$18.99 $12.00 (2 in stock)
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$19.95 $10.00 (1 in stock)
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Little House Series #1
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from HarperCollins
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$18.99
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Little House Series #2
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
from HarperCollins
Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$17.99
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Little House Series #7
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
from HarperCollins
Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade
1942 Newbery Honor Book
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$19.99
Long Winter
Little House Series #6
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
from HarperCollins
Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade
1941 Newbery Honor Book
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$19.99 $9.50 (1 in stock)
Lost Colony of Roanoke
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from Putnam Juvenile
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$18.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Lost Queen of Egypt
by Lucile Morrison, illustrated by Franz Geritz
from Purple House Press
Historical Fiction for 3rd-10th grade
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$28.00
Maps
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$37.99
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from J. Paul Getty Museum
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$19.95
Martin de Porres
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$18.99
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$18.99
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1st edition from Simon & Schuster Macmillan
$11.00 $96.00 (1 in stock)
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$13.00
Mirror
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for 1st-3rd grade
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$21.99
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Expanded Edition from Atheneum
for 1st-5th grade
2010 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
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$19.99
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for Preschool-3rd grade
2007 Caldecott Honor Book
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$18.99
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$17.00
My Story 2
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$39.19
National Parks of the USA
by Kate Siber, Illustrated by Chris Turnham
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for 2nd-Adult
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$30.00
New England Primer of 1777
by Gary & Wanda Sanseri
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for 1st-4th grade
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$20.00
New Shoes
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$19.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
O Captain, My Captain
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$19.99
Old Town in the Green Groves
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$9.99
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Little House Series #4
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Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade
1938 Newbery Honor Book
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$18.99
One Dead Spy
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$15.99
One Morning in Maine
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from Viking Press
Realistic Family Stories for Kindergarten-3rd grade
1953 Caldecott Honor Book
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$18.99
Our Fifty States - Lesson Book
from Notgrass Company
for 3rd-4th grade
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$60.00
Pass Go and Collect $200
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$18.99 $9.50 (1 in stock)
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$13.59 $9.00 (1 in stock)
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$17.99
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$20.00
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