A Tale of Two Paths
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
American church history is a tale of two diverging paths: the way of biblical conviction and the road to cultural compromise. Today, Stephen Nichols surveys this history to help Christians keep on the right path in the present moment.
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| 0:00.0 | Philosophy for Edmund Burke famously said, |
| 0:02.5 | those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. |
| 0:06.0 | And that's equally true when it comes to church history. |
| 0:09.0 | It helps us be faithful disciples now in the here and now |
| 0:15.0 | where God has placed us. |
| 0:16.5 | So we learn from the examples of the past. |
| 0:19.5 | Both the steps and the missteps, |
| 0:22.5 | so that what's the goal? |
| 0:25.0 | We are more faithful disciples. |
| 0:27.5 | We are a more faithful church. |
| 0:30.0 | And by faithful, of course, we mean faithful to God's Word. |
| 0:33.0 | And that's precisely why we take the time to study |
| 0:41.5 | church history here on renewing your mind. |
| 0:44.0 | And this work we're bringing you a new series |
| 0:46.0 | by Ligonier Teaching Fellow Dr. Stephen Nichols. |
| 0:49.0 | His focus is on Christianity in America. |
| 0:52.0 | But in order to understand how the church developed in this country, |
| 0:56.0 | we need to go back further than its founding. |
| 0:58.5 | What I'd like to welcome you all to this teaching series |
| 1:03.5 | on Christianity in America. |
| 1:05.5 | This is a fascinating story. |
| 1:07.5 | It really is. |
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