For the past 2,000 years, Jesus has been sovereignly building His Church. He has used all manner of people, places, and events to shape the theological traditions that continue to influence people today. Travel back in time as we spend åfive months together tracing the historical development of theology, and gain a much greater understanding of those who have gone before. In the end, we will be sobered by the constant threat of error, while being motivated to take our place in the long line of faithful witnesses who have stood the test of time. This midweek teaching series on The History of Doctrine is taught by David Forsyth.
How and why did fundamentalism arise and why are we indebted to those early separatists? Where did the Charismatic movement come from and why is it dangerous to the long-term health of the church?
Where did denominations come from, and how did they arise? Are they a blessing or a curse? Why are there so many denominations?
In this lesson, we examined the conflict between the followers of John Calvin and the followers of James Arminius comparing and constraining the two divergent views of God’s mysterious work of redemption.
In tonight’s lesson, we explored the turbulent life of Ulrich Zwingli, from his launching of the Swiss Reformation to his communion controversy with Luther to his tragic and lamentable role in persecuting his former students known to history as the Anabaptists. We also explored the contribution of the Anabaptists to modern Evangelicalism noting how their emphasis on a believing church produced a mini-reformation within the...
Lawyer-turned-monk-turned-reformer Martin Luther was a prolific writer and is most famous for his 95 Theses written and nailed to the church's door at Wittenberg in October 1517.
How does salvation work according to Rome? What role does purgatory play? Does Rome still teach indulgences?
Tonight's study will briefly examine "The Mass," explaining the process and why it is an essential and unreformable part of Roman Catholic theology.
Learn why we are deeply indebted to this strange and unfamiliar practice. How did monasticism prepare the world to move from the relative darkness of the Middle Ages to the glorious light of the Reformation?
Born in the seventh century AD, Islam has become the fastest-growing world religion. Where did it come from? What does it teach? In this lesson, we will explore these issues and more.
In this lesson, we will complete our study of Christological controversies by looking at the "four fences" of Chalcedonian orthodoxy which provide boundaries beyond which it is not safe to go in exploring the mystery of how the two natures of Christ exist in one person.
In this lesson, we inquired into the controversy over icons as well as inadequate theories of the atonement proposed during the 12th century. We also evaluated the Didache and observed that it lacks the authority of the books included in the NT, which indisputably marks them as genuine Scripture written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Did the Church form the canon or did the canon form the Church? How does a Believer know what is Scripture and what isn’t? How we answer these questions will set the trajectory for our understanding of the Church and the Bible.
Tonight’s study introduces a number of the heretical sects (and resins) from the first 300 years of the church.
We briefly cover the lives and contributions of several well-known church fathers from the second and third centuries.
We looked at the ten waves of Rome’s persecution of the early church which was brought to an end when Constantine converted to Christianity and defeated his enemies thus rising to supreme power in Rome.
An introduction to the History of Doctrine. For the next several months, we will trace the historical development of theology and gain a much greater understanding of those who have gone before.
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