“Another young scholar, a girl of seven, was equally enlightening when I discussed history with her. ‘Do you happen to know what Labor Day is?’ I asked her. ‘Labor Day is the day when everything is on sale,’ she said.”3 Yes, we are after the significance of dates, people and events—but not just any significance. We want to see the significance for Christian perspective in the new century. So, what in history may be of particular use to Christians of the twenty-first century? Let me suggest three