INTRODUCTION

As long as we have had sin in the universe there have been two sides to choose between. In heaven, the angels had to choose between following God or following Lucifer. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve had to choose between obedience to God or disobedience to His word. Each day we are choosing which side we want to be on.

Many years ago one of God's faithful men, Dr. Benjamin George Wilkinson, began to travel to many of the great cities and libraries around the world to do research on what happened to God's church after the apostles died. His book is called Truth Triumphant.* Using Dr. Wilkinson's book, we are going to find out about the fascinating church that took the gospel to places like England, France, China, India and Japan.**

There are wonderful stories to be learned about those who chose to be on God's side in the great battle between truth and error. We will learn about heroes of faith who kept truth alive when Satan wanted to wipe out any knowledge of the God of heaven.  Patrick, Columbanus, Marcos, Aidan and others all belonged to the Church in the Wilderness that preserved the true Bible and taught others how to live by its principles.

Much of Dr. Wilkinson's material would be difficult for younger children to understand, so we hope that this simpler form will give you an understanding of our true heritage as Protestants.

Most of what we are going to learn will be new to you. Satan has tried to hide this Protestant-church history, and some of this history has been changed in books that are being printed today. We know that Satan is always trying to deceive people, but we can be grateful to someone like Dr. Wilkinson who studied so carefully that truth could be known.

We have included materials from a variety of books, magazines and Internet sites. We have given some web sites that have extra information on a specific point or show pictures of places being studied about.

It is important that we understand our history, because soon we will have to decide under which system we want to belong to. Jesus has a kingdom which is based on love, truth, freedom of choice, and obedience to God's law. Satan has a kingdom based on deception, disobedience and the use of force. Our hope is that as you read of the great people who loved and obeyed God that you will want to serve Him too.

*If you would like to purchase Truth Triumphant, it can be ordered from: Teach Services, Inc. Route 1, Box 182, Brushton, NY 12916.

** You may want to have an atlas handy so you can look up the places that we will be learning about and see how the gospel was spread from Jerusalem to all the known parts of the world..

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