In our final article where we look at the church buildings envisioned by man we look at how from first gathering in temples, public places and ordinary private homes to study God’s Word, people came to design special buildings for the gatherings of Christ’s followers to take place. We look at the evolution from early […]
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Appendix A: Merle’s Inspiration for Writing His History From Merle’s journal, November 23, 1817: “I should like to write a history of the Reformation. I should wish this history to be a work of learning, and to set forth facts at present unknown. It should be profound, and should distinctly assign the causes and […]
Continuation from The Reformation as revival: The Historical vision of Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigné #1 The Swiss historian Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigné Merle’s Historical Work After his study and ministry in Germany, Merle went to Brussels to serve a French-speaking congregation (1823–31). He also served as a court preacher to the king of the Netherlands. […]
by Mark Sidwell {Dr. Sidwell serves as Professor, Division of History, Government, and Social Science, Bob Jones University. An earlier version of this article was presented at the Bob Jones University Theological Research Symposium, October 20, 2020. The author would like to thank Dr. John Matzko for reading this work and offering numerous helpful comments} […]
Looking at what became the course of Lutheranism and the stand to religion in the Soviet Union
Academic journals form the lifeblood of scholarly debate and discourse. Theologies and textbooks, even grammars and lexicons, rarely give you the fuller, deeper picture into the larger debate on a topic. For example we can find Richard Cervin and Wayne Grudem discussing the role of women in church and their conversation concerning κεφαλή (“head”) in biblical literature.
Al over the world bible scholars are looking for treasures in the archives concerning religious events. An American scholar came all the way down to Great Britain to find what many hot see at the archive at the University of Cambridge. In an unassuming notebook, which dates from 1604 to 1608, Jeffrey Alan Miller, an assistant professor […]
Bijbelvorser = Bible Researcher 