Simply stated the study of church history is the study of the lives and ministries, the strengths and weakness, of those who have run the race before us.  In our latest installment of the course, Know Your History, we look at one of the greatest churchmen of the past.  He was a man who would provide godly leadership to the Church in His day.  He was a man whose ministry would lay the groundwork for the Protestant Reformation more than 1000 years after his death.  He was a man who would leave his indelible mark upon Western Civilization as a whole.  He was a man whose name was Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo.
​Why not take the time to meet him?

"Know Your History"
Class #4:  Augustine: The First Theological Giant

I don't normally watch the news...  But I did happen to watch this interview with a Planned Parenthood Executive.

On the one hand I was startled by her willingness to evade truth rather than admit self-deception...  On the other hand, I was reminded that the penalty for living in the dark is not merely that a person cannot see, but that they go blind.

Take a quick look  
​(the relevant portion starts at 3:18):

"Since the Bible teaches that life in the womb is human life, one cannot accept abortion without denying the authority and truth of Scripture in practice."
- Francis Schaeffer 

Below is an encouraging story from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. 
​I'll always be grateful for my own time at PRTS even as I am interested to learn about the experiences of other students. 

In the early part of the 4th century the Church faced its greatest theological crisis. Vast swaths of Christians were turning from orthodoxy to Arianism, a fashionable new teaching about the nature of God.  Church leaders could clearly see that the souls of millions hinged upon the answer to this question: "who is the one true God?"  
Meet the man who provided the right answer.

"Know Your History"
Class #3:  Athanasius Against the World