Free Courses on Early Christianity & Church History

“What is the Historic Christian Faith?”

“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 expl...

Bible and Early Church History

Bible and Early Church History

The Bible wasn't written in a vacuum, and it isn't interpreted in one either. Join David Bercot to explore the cultural and historical background of t...

Change of Allegiance

Change of Allegiance

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus called his followers to love their enemies and avoid violence. Explore how early Christians responded to war, violen...

Christian Citizenship

Christian Citizenship

Explore what it meant to be a citizen of the Kingdom of God in the earliest years of the faith. Early Christians recognized God's Kingdom as the prima...

Christians & Politics: A Challenge From History

Christians & Politics: A Challenge From History

Join Dean Taylor as he surveys the landscape of Christian involvement in politics throughout history. This series exposes the devastating results when...

Church Life: AD 150

Church Life: AD 150

Explore the practice of the early Church and compare it to modern Christianity. Studying church life shortly after the last apostle died will strength...

Divine Mysteries: Exploring the Trinity, Evil, and Human Destiny

Divine Mysteries: Exploring the Trinity, Evil, and Human Destiny

A collection of assorted lectures from David Bercot on historical church doctrines and his autobiographical journey of faith. These standalone lessons...

Divine Secrets: Decoding 666, Antichrist, and the Rapture

Divine Secrets: Decoding 666, Antichrist, and the Rapture

Can Christians really identify the Antichrist or the mark of the beast? Will Jesus set up a future earthly kingdom? Explore what the early Christians ...

Expository Teaching Using Early Christian Insights

Expository Teaching Using Early Christian Insights

A church is only as strong as its teaching. Join Chuck Pike as he demonstrates how to use early Christian writings and the Septuagint to gain deeper i...

Headship and Head-Covering: Interpreting 1 Corinthians 11 in the 21st Century

Headship and Head-Covering: Interpreting 1 Corinthians 11 in the 21st Century

Daniel & Jason Willis

Study Paul's teaching on headship and head covering in 1 Corinthians 11 with Daniel & Jason Willis. This course walks through Scripture, church histor...

Historic Christianity vs Calvinism

Historic Christianity vs Calvinism

Finny Kuruvilla

What is Calvinism's view of God? Where did it originate? Is it a biblical system of thought? In this engaging course, Finny Kuruvilla slices through t...

Historical Kingdom Christian Movements

Historical Kingdom Christian Movements

Have you ever wondered if there have always been faithful kingdom Christian movements? Explore movements throughout church history who remained faithf...

Historical Theology I : MMT201

Historical Theology I : MMT201

A comprehensive academic study of Christian theology throughout history. Trace the development of key doctrines from the apostolic era through the ear...

How to Arrive at Truth Through Critical Thinking

How to Arrive at Truth Through Critical Thinking

Develop essential critical thinking skills for evaluating truth claims. Learn to spot logical fallacies, recognize manipulation tactics, and reason cl...

Matthew: The Chief Gospel

Matthew: The Chief Gospel

Too often Christians interpret the Gospels through contemporary lenses, missing important details. Join David Bercot as he explores Matthew's Gospel u...

Prove It: Old Testament Proofs That Jesus is the Messiah

Prove It: Old Testament Proofs That Jesus is the Messiah

Few Christians today present the story of Jesus using the tactics of the earliest evangelists. Join Chuck Pike as he demonstrates the time-tested rele...

Radical Christian Living

Radical Christian Living

To the early Christians, what many today consider radical was simply Christianity without compromises. Join David Bercot to understand why the faith o...

Radical Reformation History

Radical Reformation History

Are you a history maker? Dean Taylor invites you to draw on the prophetic voice of faithful believers from the early church through the Radical Reform...

Resurrection Prophecies

Resurrection Prophecies

Explore Old Testament prophecies pointing to Christ's resurrection. Discover how these ancient predictions were fulfilled and why the resurrection sta...

Romans Explained

Romans Explained

Study Romans with David Bercot through early Christian interpretation before Augustine and Luther. Explore faith, works, law, grace, judgment, free wi...

Salvation: Mechanical or Relational?

Salvation: Mechanical or Relational?

Did the early Christians believe we are saved by faith alone? Does obedience play a role in salvation? What the early Christians believed about salvat...

Shadows of Christ

Shadows of Christ

Discover how Old Testament stories and figures foreshadow the coming Messiah. Join Chuck Pike as he explores the rich typology woven throughout the He...

The Bible: Exploring Facts and Myths About the Word of God

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? David Bercot digs into controversial questions about Bible t...

The Claims of Rome and Eastern Orthodoxy

The Claims of Rome and Eastern Orthodoxy

Most Protestants struggle to understand Catholic and Orthodox doctrines around Mary, images, icons, and saints. Explore whether such practices are gro...

The Historic Faith Podcast

The Historic Faith Podcast

The Historic Faith

Selected episodes from The Historic Faith Podcast featuring discussions on early Christianity, kingdom living, and practical faith applications. Join ...

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit

If you have more confusion than clarity about the Holy Spirit, you're not alone. Explore the person and work of the Spirit from an early Christian per...

The Life of the Early Christians

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, councils, and denom...

The Myth of Christian America

The Myth of Christian America

Explore the history of the United States from its European roots through the Constitution—but from a kingdom perspective. These stimulating messages...

True Greatness

True Greatness

Embark on a journey through history to discover what it means to be a great leader in the Kingdom of Heaven. David Bercot explores the lives of exempl...

Truth about Baptism: Infant or Believers

Truth about Baptism: Infant or Believers

Explore the historical debate between infant baptism and believers' baptism. Discover what the earliest Christians actually practiced and taught about...

Audiobook Courses

The Kingdom that Turned the World Upside Down

The Kingdom that Turned the World Upside Down

Examine the complex events surrounding the Crusaders' siege of Jerusalem. Discover the motivations, struggles, and consequences faced by both sides in...

Will The Real Heretics Please Stand Up

Will The Real Heretics Please Stand Up

Learn why the early Christians grew in holiness: a supportive church, cross-centered discipleship, and obedience with God’s help. Rediscover leaders...

Common Sense

Common Sense

Common Sense: A New Approach to Understanding Scripture is David W. Bercot's practical guide to interpreting the Bible in context. Bercot examines lan...

Will the Theologians Please Sit Down

Will the Theologians Please Sit Down

Trace how early Christianity’s focus on following Jesus shifted into “Doctrinality.” Learn why fruit was replaced by orthodoxy, and how to resis...

Secrets of the Kingdom Life

Secrets of the Kingdom Life

Discover the Great Paradox of discipleship: Jesus demands total surrender, yet promises rest. Learn how kingdom life is filled with surprising reversa...

Romans Commentary Chapters 1-8

Romans Commentary Chapters 1-8

A detailed verse-by-verse study of Romans chapters 1-8 exploring how early Christians understood Paul's letter before Augustine's influence. Discover ...

Romans Commentary Chapters 9-16

Romans Commentary Chapters 9-16

Continue through Romans chapters 9-16 with insights from early Christian interpreters. Study Paul's teaching on Israel, practical Christian living, an...

In God We Don't Trust

In God We Don't Trust

Explore what true trust in God looks like—faith that obeys. Then examine America’s founding through Jesus’ kingdom teachings, asking whether “...

LET ME DIE IN IRELAND

LET ME DIE IN IRELAND

Separate fact from fable as we meet the real Patrick—British missionary of the Celtic Church. Learn how prayer, perseverance, and the gospel transfo...

A Change of Allegiance

A Change of Allegiance

Follow a former soldier’s journey from worldly allegiance to wholehearted devotion to Christ. Hear early church and Anabaptist testimonies and a cal...

Intimacy with God

Intimacy with God

Meet Clement of Alexandria and his search for truth fulfilled in Christ. Learn how he taught intimacy with God, opposed Gnosticism, and applied Script...