Too often Christians interpret the Gospels through the lens of contemporary life. We can easily miss important details or read ideas into a text that…

The Word of God is by far the most important written document the world possesses. But the Bible wasn’t written in a vacuum, and it’s…

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus called his followers to love their enemies and to avoid violence. But how are Christians to respond to…

Explore what it meant to be a citizen of the Kingdom of God in the earliest years of the faith. When Christianity was young, Christians…

In this three-part series, join Dean Taylor as he surveys the landscape of Christian involvement in politics. Dean takes a historical approach to expose the…

Explore the practice of the early Church and compare it to modern Christianity. Studying Church life shortly after the last apostle died, will strengthen your…

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... the ability to teach effectively and accurately must be developed. This course draws upon the Septuagint and early Christian sources...

In this course, Finny Kuruvilla carefully exegetes the biblical text and shows how Christians have understood this passage historically. Kuruvilla concludes by offering practical advice on how Christians should apply Paul's instruction in the modern world.

A Grace Worth Saving: Evaluating the Doctrines of Grace

Have you ever wondered if there have always been faithful kingdom Christian movements? In this course, you will explore movements throughout church history who have…

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.

This is a collection of assorted lectures from David Bercot on a variety of historical church doctrines as well as an autobiographical account of his…

This is a series of stimulating messages by David Bercot on the history of the United States from its European roots through the adoption of…

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…

Radical is a scary term. For some, it holds the connotation of religious extremism, such as Islamic terrorists. Some think of edginess, being “rad.” But…

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.

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.

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…

Are we reading the same Bible as the Apostles? Should we only use the King James Version of the Bible? Can editors and translators insert…