How Not to Be a Heretic
This article offers three things that can help keep you on God’s Scripture-obeying path: knowing church history, knowing your church's beliefs, and knowing your church's doctrinal positions.
This article offers three things that can help keep you on God’s Scripture-obeying path: knowing church history, knowing your church's beliefs, and knowing your church's doctrinal positions.
This article offers five reasons why we should study church history: to stay faithful to the truth, to have perspective on where we are now, to have proper balance in our thinking and doing today, to learn humility, and to have hope.
This article reflects on the value of having an element in a worship service that gives expression to the communion of the saints and celebrates the gifts of God throughout church history.
The study of church history can be used by God for your maturity. This article gives four reasons for how the study of church history can do that.
Church history should be part of the life of the church and the believer. Why? There are nine reasons why the church and believers cannot ignore church history and should study it. This article explains the importance of church history.
What are students for the ministry being taught at seminary? This article looks at two subjects that students must study: the New Testament, and church history.
This essay examines the contrast in Scottish and American church history from the 1730s to the 1840s, and focuses on the difference in theological development. The author argues that the study of the relationship between formal religious thought and its social, political, and intellectual contexts shows why theology developed differently in the two regions during this period.
The author describes the word "revival" according to its scriptural use. The article goes further to study instances or moments in the biblical record where revival and reformation are discussed. Further, these concepts are studied within the context of church history. Then the discussion concludes by expressing the great need for revival in today's church.
This article considers the right and wrong regard for and use of church history.
The article provides a brief survey of the medieval church leader, Gregory the Great, focusing on the positive and regrettable effects of his role in church history.
Chapter 1 divides the first century of church history into roughly three periods.
Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, is a significant role player in early Christian history. This paper introduces the man and his significance in church history.
What is the theological nature of church history? In this paper Montgomery reflects on the philosophical presuppositions that function when one confronts church history as a science.
This article is a biographical account of the commitment and works of faith of some of history's lesser-known Christians, and of some in church history whose political or literary influence is known more than their contributions to the cause of Christianity.
What are pastors being taught at seminary? This article looks at two subjects which pastors in training must study: 1. The Greek of the New Testament and the appropriate exegesis of the New Testament, and 2. Church history.
The Emergent Church arose out of a desire to meet the challenge of postmodernism. This article discusses the Emergent Church in light of church history.
Church history should be part of the devotional life of a Christian. Through church history we see the sovereignty of God, learn to talk about the biblical teaching, recognize heresies, remain rooted, understand church practices, and live courageously for Christ.
In this article on church history, the author traces the different teachings of the church in reaction to the doctrine of atonement. Five views on atonement have arisen in the past; namely, ransom, satisfaction, moral influence, penal substitutionary, and governmental perspectives.
This article on church history looks at the three missionary journeys and the ministry of the apostle Paul.
This article on church history looks at the life of the apostle Paul: his background, conversion and early ministry.
On this article about church history, the author looks at the early church with a focus on the book of Acts. The author discusses the Jewish nature of the early church, the early persecution of believers, and the message of the church, showing how the Gospel progressed amidst all this.
This article discusses early church history. Christianity begins with Christ, because the Gospel is centred around Christ's work. The focus of the article is given to the historicity of Christ and His ministry, mission and message.
This article shows how God prepared the world for the coming of Christ through the governing of the Roman empire, the Greek language, and the culture of the time. The author discusses this context surrounding the 1st century church and early church history.
This article shows that church history is crucial to understanding the progress and regress of the church in terms of doctrine, missions, heresy and church organisation. To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, the church must learn from her history. The author also looks at the purpose of church history.
This article is about the Roman empire and the advancement of gospel, communication opportunities and mission in the early church, syncretism, and the relation of world history and church history.
This article looks at the church history of the 4th Century. The Edict of Milan (313 A.D.) and Constantine the Great are looked at in more detail.
This article is about church and church history. The author also shows the importance of church history for the believer and the church.
This article is about nostalgia, the Christendom's dealing with history and the past, and church history and a Christian lifestyle today.
This article is an overview of the church history of the 4th Century A.D.
This article is about J.H. Merle D'Aubigne and his work in church history and historiography.
This article is about the historiography of church history, and specifically J.H. Merle d'Aubigne's contribution in this regard. This article looks at the philosophy of history, the purpose of history, and history and the providence of God.