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Category Archives: church history
The SBJT Forum: Profiles of Expository Preaching
Is it genuinely important to use the biblical languages in preaching, espe- cially since there are many excellent commentaries and pastors will never attain the expertise of scholars? (Scott Hafemann answers) Does the knowledge of church history aid the pastor … Continue reading
The SBTS Story
The History of SBTS Founding: 1859-1878 “And may the men be always ready, as the years come and go, to carry on, with widening reach and heightened power, the work we sought to do, and did begin!” John Broadus, Memoir … Continue reading
Lessons Learned from Jonathan Edwards part 2 (from Doug Sweeney’s book: “Jonathan Edwards and the Ministry of the Word”)
There are many strengths and some weaknesses that I’ve learned from the life of Jonathan Edwards. He lived from 1703 to 1758 and was the pastor of the Congregational Church in Northampton, then he served as a missionary in Stockbridge, … Continue reading
Lessons Learned from Jonathan Edwards part 1 (from Doug Sweeney’s book: “Jonathan Edwards and the Ministry of the Word”)
There are many strengths and some weaknesses that I’ve learned from the life of Jonathan Edwards. He lived from 1703 to 1758 and was the pastor of the Congregational Church in Northampton, then he served as a missionary in Stockbridge, … Continue reading
Christian Classics Curriculum by Mark Dever and Michael Thate
Download: PDF Mark Dever gave a workshop on this. You can listen to the mp3 or read Tony Reinke’s blog post on the session. January (Early Church): Year One: Henry Bettenson, Documents of the Early Church and The Martyrdom of Polycarp Year Two: Polycarp, Epistle … Continue reading
What is Liberal Theology?
Kevin DeYoung blogged on this and quoted Gary Dorrien, an Episcopal Priest, a professor at Union Theological Seminary: Fundamentally it is the idea of a genuine Christianity not based on external authority. Liberal theology seeks to reinterpret the symbols of Christianity … Continue reading
Justin Martyr in the middle of the 2nd Century on “the weekly worship of Christians”
And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, … Continue reading
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Church History Resources (MP3)
I’ve been enjoying reinforcing my understanding of the big picture of church history. I’ve used 3 resources so far in doing it and wanted to recommend them with a fourth resource that I plan to use later this year. Resource … Continue reading
The Church Fathers and Evangelicals
I want to learn more about the Church Fathers. I don’t think church history and tradition is equal in authority to Scripture, but we don’t live in a vacuum of time and we do need tradition as a guide, help, … Continue reading
The spread of the gospel in the early church – pay attention pastors!
Justo Gonzales says (The Story of Christianity, vol. 1, 98-99): The enormous numerical growth of the church in its first centuries leads us to the question of what methods it used to achieve such growth. The answer may surprise some … Continue reading
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