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Helpful and encouraging.
I’m new to church history. Glad to see the scriptures being referred to see if these things “lined up.”
Context
Understanding the context of each of the passages was really helpful in growing my faith and really just understanding The Word better!
Refreshing
I come from a credo-baptist background and a such have always heard much teaching on the separation of church and state. I felt alone during the last five years. So many people in my church I had respected seemed have an almost idolatrous love of a particular candidate, regardless or sometimes it seemed even because, of his prevarications, disrespectfulness, and objectification of women. I wondered how the church had gotten to this low point. Why was it permissible to advocate force to create their vision for a world? What about our ancestors in Europe and colonial times who were persecuted because they declined to support a nexus of church and state? We were told these stories growing up to remind us following Jesus can be costly. Very occasionally to people I knew well, I would mention that I had chosen a number of years ago to stop voting as I could not, in my mind, reconcile it with the life of discipleship Jesus requires of his followers. That once garnered an oblique rebuke from the pulpit. It was refreshing to hear others are looking at the teachings of Jesus and coming to similar conclusions, but with more theological depth than I have yet to marshal. Thank you so much for this course and the references to other books and materials. I will definitely be following up with more reading about the idea of two kingdoms.
The Life Of The Early Christians Course
It was very informative. Tt certainly shed light on what we should be doing to properly serve God and how far the Mainstream Church has strayed from the teachings of the Bible. I would definitely recommend this to anyone wanting to know more about the Early Church.
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Miscellaneous
Very informative, encouraging and bold.
Shadows of Christ (Mini Course)
The series focuses on prophecies about the resurrection of Jesus. My hope is that this series of lessons will strengthen the faith of Christians and open their eyes to the importance of the Old Testament. I also hope that these lessons will be useful in helping unbelievers come to faith in Jesus Christ, based on the evidence of the fulfilled prophecies that were written hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.
Truth about Baptism: Infant or Believers
The series focuses on prophecies about the resurrection of Jesus. My hope is that this series of lessons will strengthen the faith of Christians and open their eyes to the importance of the Old Testament. I also hope that these lessons will be useful in helping unbelievers come to faith in Jesus Christ, based on the evidence of the fulfilled prophecies that were written hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.
Expository Teaching Using Early Christian Insights
A church is only as strong as its doctrine. Those who aspire to be teachers, whether for a church office, leadership position on a missionary team, small group, or family devotions, accept a weighty responsibility. Like any important skill, the ability to teach effectively and accurately must be developed. This course draws upon the Septuagint and early Christian sources to offer practical advice for Bible fanatics who want to communicate the truths of God's word (and especially Old Testament connections to Christ). In the last three modules of the course, Chuck Pike will demonstrate how he would teach through three challenging Bible passages.
Matthew the Chief Gospel
Bring the Scriptures to life — not by garbing the people of the first century in twenty-first-century clothes — but by clothing them in ancient garments.
Resurrection Prophecies
The series focuses on prophecies about the resurrection of Jesus. My hope is that this series of lessons will strengthen the faith of Christians and open their eyes to the importance of the Old Testament. I also hope that these lessons will be useful in helping unbelievers come to faith in Jesus Christ, based on the evidence of the fulfilled prophecies that were written hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.
The Holy Spirit
If you have more confusion than clarity concerning the Holy Spirit, you're not alone. Some groups have treated the Spirit as a license for casting off scriptural authority. Others have reacted by minimizing His role. The result is that teaching about the third person of the Trinity often leaves much to be desired. But Jesus did not intend for His followers to linger in confusion; rather, he wanted them to realize the Spirit's power in their lives. We hope that this course will begin to clarify the Holy Spirit for you: what Jesus taught the disciples about it, how the early Christians thought about it, and how the Holy Spirit is alive today.
Christians & Politics: A Challenge From History
Join Dean Taylor for this three-part series as he looks at the landscape of Christian involvement in politics. Dean takes a historical approach to see what happens every time Christians get involved in the political arena. By diagnosing pervasive Constantinism found throughout history he will challenge you to rethink how the Church should engage the culture today.
Radical Reformation History
Anabaptist history is still quite relevant today, as many of the questions that shaped the Anabaptist movement during and after its inception persist in modern churches.
Prove It: Old Testament Proofs That Jesus is the Messiah
Despite the explosion of Christianity throughout the world during the first few centuries after Christ, few Christians today present and defend the story of Jesus using the tactics of the earliest evangelists. In this 5-part series, Chuck Pike demonstrates the time-tested relevance of scriptural proofs for the gospel.
Divine Secrets: Decoding 666, Antichrist, and the Rapture
Divine Mysteries: Exploring the Trinity, Evil, and Human Destiny
This is a collection of assorted lectures from David Bercot on a variety of historical church doctrines as well as…
Change of Allegiance
What is Calvinism's view of God? Where did it originate? Is it a Biblical system of thought? In this engaging new course, Finny Kuruvilla slices through the theological jargon and offers an accessible response to TULIP.
Headship and Head-Covering: Interpreting 1 Corinthians 11 in the 21st Century
In this course, Finny Kuruvilla carefully exegetes the biblical text and shows how Christians have understood this passage historically. Kuruvilla…
Myth of Christian America?
This is a series of stimulating messages by David Bercot on the history of the United States from its European…
Historic Christianity vs Calvinism
What is Calvinism's view of God? Where did it originate? Is it a Biblical system of thought? In this engaging new course, Finny Kuruvilla slices through the theological jargon and offers an accessible response to TULIP.
Radical Christian Living
Radical is a scary term. For some, it holds the connotation of religious extremism, such as Islamic terrorists. Some think…
True Greatness
Embark on a journey through history to discover what it means to be a great leader in the kingdom of…
The Bible: Exploring Facts and Myths About the Word of God
Are we reading the same Bible as the Apostles? Should we only use the King James Version of the Bible?…
Bible and Early Church History
The Word of God is by far the most important written document the world possesses. But the Bible wasn’t written…
Historical Kingdom Christian Movements
Have you ever wondered if there have always been faithful kingdom Christian movements? In this course, you will explore movements…
Church Life: AD 150
Explore the practice of the early Church and compare it to modern Christianity. Studying Church life shortly after the last…
Salvation: Mechanical or Relational?
Did the early Christians believe that we are saved by faith alone? Does obedience play a role in salvation? What the early Christians believed about salvation, works, free will, and more may surprise you.
Christian Citizenship
Explore what it meant to be a citizen of the Kingdom of God in the earliest years of the faith.…
The Life of the Early Christians
Have you ever wondered what Christians believed in the first few generations after the apostles? Before there were state churches,…
“What is the Historic Christian Faith?”
What is The Historic Faith? What is the Kingdom of God? What is Life all about? How do I know who to trust? These are big questions that you will explore during this Introduction to The Historic Faith.