Church History I – BIOGRAPHIES
REQUIREMENTS: Either read Warren Wiersbe’s book 50 People Every Christian Should Know or listen to the following 7 of John Piper’s biography lectures.
- 50 People Every Christian Should Know by Warren Wiersbe (Amazon)
BIOGRAPHICAL SERIES
- Brothers, We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering: Meditations on the Life of Charles Simeon
- Charles Spurgeon: Preaching Through Adversity
- Contending for Our All: The Life and Ministry of Athanasius
- The Divine Majesty of the Word: John Calvin: The Man and His Preaching
- George Mueller’s Strategy for Showing God
- Lessons from an Inconsolable Soul: Learning from the Mind and Heart of C.S. Lewis
- Martin Luther: Lessons from His Life and Labor
Church History II – EARLY CHURCH TO REFORMATION
REQUIREMENTS: Read Justo Gonzalez’s book The Story of Christianity, Vol 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation.
- The Story of Christianity, Vol 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of Reformation by Justo Gonzalez (Amazon)
Church History III – REFORMATION TO PRESENT DAY
REQUIREMENTS: Read Justo Gonzalez’s book The Story of Christianity, Vol 2, The Reformation to the Present Day.
- The Story of Christianity, Vol 2, The Reformation to the Present Day by Justo Gonzalez (Amazon)
Church History IV – BRAY LECTURES
REQUIREMENTS: Listen to the following 11 lectures on church history by Gerald Bray.
- The World of the First Christians
- The Spread of the Church
- The Latin Church: Tertullian
- The Eastern Tradition: Origen
- The Legalization of the Church
- Church Doctrine from Nicea to Constantine
- Christology
- The Theological Refinement of the Early Church
- Church History: Lesson 1 (Luther)
- Church History: Lesson 2
- Church History: Lesson 20 (Denominational pattern of Protestantism)






