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

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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)

COMPLETION FORM

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)

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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)

COMPLETION FORM