The Coffee Bible Club Blog has a great post talking about why Christians should get excited about church history. Sure, those lists of names and dates can be boring, but once you get past that, you’ll find that delving into the history of the faith can be very spiritually rewarding.

I couldn’t agree more—there’s a strange but undeniable thrill in reading about believers who’ve come before, who faced many of the exact same social and spiritual challenges that Christians experience today. There are plenty of places you can go to read up on church history, but I can’t pass up this opportunity to mention the Christian History Institute, which distills many of the most memorable people and events in church history into short, readable essays.