Entries Categorized as 'Church History'

Karl Keating’s E-Letter (BRAININESS: GOOD BUT NOT SUFFICIENT)

Date July 22, 2008

Karl Keating, in his Oct 21, 2003 E-Letter, discusses an article in Modern Reformation Magazine on the subject “We Believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.”
The full text of the article BRAININESS: GOOD BUT NOT SUFFICIENT follows with some comments at the end. Emphasis in italics mine.

“Modern Reformation” is a bimonthly magazine published by [...]

THE FEAR OF GOD: A FORGOTTEN DOCTRINE

Date January 21, 2008

Where in today’s church do you hear the doctrine of ‘The Fear of God‘ preached or lived out by its members. To be sure, there are pastors who still preach this doctrine and there are no doubt, church members who understand and live in ‘The Fear of God’.
It is no streach however to suggest that [...]

J. Gresham Machen and the Problem of Christian Civilization in America

Date January 8, 2008

By most measures the significance of J. Gresham Machen is minor. Few outside the world of conservative Presbyterianism know about the man once recognized as the most articulate and intelligent proponent of historic Protestantism in the United States. Indeed, most assessments of Machen highlight his historical importance, a sure sign of fading significance. As early [...]

Recently the time-honored understanding of the doctrine of justification has come under attack

Date December 16, 2007

The doctrine of justification is under considerable debate today. Traditional Evangelicals have their view, Roman Catholics theirs, Emergent types yet another, and then we have the ‘New Perspective on Paul’
Counted Righteous in Christ, by Pastor John Piper, is a most helpful book making a defense of the biblical doctrine of justification.
Are Christians merely forgiven, or [...]

The Evangelicals & the Fathers

Date October 28, 2007

From Touchstone Magazine, here are some Mere Comments:
“To me, tradition is very important, and it’s something we should use,” says Prof. Bryan Litfin of Moody Bible Institute, interviewed by Christianity Today in A higher ecclesiology for Evangelicals. But
It’s not something to be equated with Scripture as a second source . . . . [T]radition is [...]

The History of Religion

Date October 21, 2007


Mother Teresa — Come Be My Light — A Review (Part 1)

Date September 11, 2007

There has been a fair amount of coverage related to the Time Magazine article ‘Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith’.
This article talks about a new, innocuously titled book, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (Doubleday), consisting primarily of correspondence between Teresa and her confessors and superiors over a period of 66 years, provides the spiritual counterpoint [...]

Rick Phillips on Mother Theresa’s Redemption

Date August 30, 2007

Rick Phillips pens an insightful, must-read look at the recent revelations about Mother Theresa’s life of doubt and darkness before God.
(HT: JT)

A Closer Look at Transubstantiation, by David E Lister

Date August 23, 2007

From Symphony of Scripture:
Transubstantiation is derived from the Latin term tansubsubstaniato, meaning ”change of substance”. This term was incorporated into the creed of the Forth Latern Council in A.D. 1215
Transubstantiation is defined by the Roman Catholic Church’s Council of Trent as follows: “By the consecration of the bread and wine, a conversion (or change) is [...]

Why Heresy Matters — A Remembrance

Date August 14, 2007

Heresies: Heresy and Orthodoxy in the History of the Church
By Harold O.J. Brown / Hendrickson Publishers
The history of Christian Theology is in large part a history of heresies, because Jesus and the claims he made…seemed incredible, writes the author. Heresies presents the story of how succeeding generations of Christians through almost twenty centuries have [...]

Complete Audio from the first ever Desiring God National Conference

Date July 17, 2007

In 2003, Desiring God held their first National Conference. Here are the audio files from that conference.
Audio File 01: A Divine and Supernatural Light Immediately Imparted to the Soul by the Spirit of God
Audio File 02: A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later
Audio File 03: Sarah Edwards: Jonathan’s [...]

John MacArthur on Justification by Faith

Date July 10, 2007

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Justification by Faith
by: John MacArthur

The Reformation doctrine of justification by faith is, and has always been, the number one target of the enemy’s attack. It provides the foundation of the bridge that reconciles God and man-without that key [...]

The Death of Discernment In The Church

Date July 9, 2007

The Death of Discernment In The Church
from Mike Gendron, Proclaiming the Gospel (Online Source)
Have you considered the spiritual health of your church in these days of tolerance and compromise? Is the leadership earnestly contending for the faith against the current wave of ecumenism? A. W. Tozer used the illustration of circulating blood to describe the [...]

Growing Evangelical Fascination with Rome

Date July 3, 2007

If your interested in the growing evangelical facination with Rome you will want to listen to this radio broadcast from Crosstalk.

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Archive of radio program can be found here.
Host: Jim Schneider
Guest: Mike Gendron
Mike Gendron is the Director of Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries. He is the author of books such [...]

IDENTIFYING THE AUTHENTIC EARLY CHURCH

Date June 27, 2007

A must read for all interested in factual Church History is the following article from Apprising Ministries. Pastor Ken Silva (Apprising Ministries), with permission from Richard Bennett (Berean Beacon), has reprinted this wonderful piece for our review.
As you read this piece, consider this quote from Thomas Bokenkotter, in his book
A Concise History of the Catholic [...]

Scripture, Tradition, and Rome — Multipart Series from Pulpit Magazine

Date May 18, 2007

John MacArthur is currently taking the readers of the blog Pulpit Magazine through a series titled Scripture, Tradition, and Rome.
This is a very helpful resource to those interested in understanding more about Catholicism.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5  |  [...]

Baylor prof Beckwith returns to Rome …

Date May 15, 2007

Baylor prof Beckwith becomes Catholic, resigns as head of evangelical society

By Greg Warner

Published May 8, 2007
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Renowned evangelical philosopher Francis Beckwith has become a Roman Catholic and, as a result, has resigned as president — and also as a member — of the Evangelical Theological Society. Beckwith, associate professor of church-state studies [...]

Religious Affections (1746) — Jonathan Edwards

Date April 29, 2007

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections stands as Edwards’s most penetrating interpretation of the awakenings of his time, not to mention one of the most penetrating of any time. As in Some Thoughts, he argued against the extremes of emotionalism on the one hand and intellectualism on the other. Affections were essential to true religion, but [...]

Were Getting It Wrong - The Church Of Laodicea

Date April 25, 2007

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HT: Ben Davis, Symphony of Scripture
At Symphony of Scripture, Ben Davis has taken the time to provide some great notes to go along with this video. Enjoy.

Church History Is Important (Audio)

Date April 24, 2007

A few months ago I found a set of audio messages from Pastor Tommy Nelson (Denton Bible Church) on the subject of Church History. It was while listening to these messages that I really got a grasp of how important it is to understand Church History.
There are 13 messages in this series on Church History [...]