Church History/Christian History

The Significance and Incredible Legacy of Nicaea

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“This month, 1,700 years ago, was one of the most significant and consequential events in all of Church history. Across the Bosporus Straight from Constantinople, in Nicaea, a Council met to settle a question plaguing the Church: Who, precisely, is Jesus?” - Breakpoint

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The Four Cs Part 3 – The Apostles’ Creed

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“The Four Cs of Doctrinal History Series…Contrary to its name, the creed was not written by the Apostles themselves. However, everything written in it reflects apostolic teaching, and therefore can rightly be called the Apostles’ Creed.” - P&D

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A Biblical Understanding of Musical Controversies

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“God created music for good purposes. However, because of man’s differing theological presuppositions and approach to biblical interpretation, the applications of appropriate music are varied. Throughout church history, music and its use in worship have been controversial.” - P&D

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The Reformation at 500: Another Pope Leo

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With the election of a Chicagoan, Cardinal Robert Prevost, to be the first American pope, the world was understandably intrigued. His selection of the papal name Leo XIV only added to the public’s fascination with him—and mounting speculation regarding the type of international ecclesiastical leader that Leo might become.

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Remembering the Armenian Genocide

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“Last week, April 24, marked the day that Armenians across the globe commemorated the Armenian Genocide, where in 1915, between 600,000 to 1.5 million Armenians were murdered in Ottoman Turkey.” - Baptist Press

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Jonathan Edwards Studies is at a Dead End

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“That so many Edwards scholars think he is wrong about these things is an understatement. More accurately, Edwards is regarded as ‘exotic’ and ‘unhinged’ on these matters. Here are fourteen individual statements—derived from both contemporary and historic readings of Edwards…that demonstrate just how bizarre Edwards is understood to be” - London Lyceum

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The Puritan as Killjoy: Truth Is Stranger than Fiction

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“Cotton acknowledges that rest was for the good of the body and spirit. What was to be avoided was ‘love of Sleep and Ease’ to the neglect of godly service. Likewise, recreation and play glorify God when they are properly enjoyed.” - Acton

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