"A Pocket Guide to Christian History" offers an accessible, down-to-earth introduction to the key aspects of Christian history. It includes timelines, key episodes and characters, and quotations from writings. It features sections that include stories to bring the era alive, like the martyrdom of Polycarp, Antony in the desert, and the Reformation martyrs. It consists of 10 sections: After the Apostles; Conversion of the Empire; Celtic Fringe; Middle Earth; Eastern Promise; Reform; Dissenters; The Machine Age; The Modern Age; and, Emergence.