Why Church History Matters – An Invitation to Love and Learn from Our Past

Robert F. Rea (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

233 Seiten

2014
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-2819-7 (ISBN)

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Does it matter how Christians in other times and places thought? For many contemporary Christians, questions about the role and value of church history can be difficult to tackle. Veteran teacher Bob Rea addresses these barriers, skillfully explaining not only why church history matters, but the difference it makes for life and ministry.

Does it matter how Christians in other times and places thought?
If the Bible alone is God?s revelation, why spend time studying church history?
Aren?t history and tradition more of a problem than a solution?
For many Christians who believe the Bible is the ultimate authority for faith and life, questions about the role and value of the church's traditions can be difficult to tackle. But let's be honest: even those of us who admit that church history is important are often too intimidated or busy to delve into it deeply. And for students, it is sometimes difficult to see how church history matters in practical ways for future vocations inside and outside the contemporary church.
In this wide-ranging book, veteran teacher Bob Rea tackles these barriers to understanding and embracing the significance of the faith and practice of our spiritual forefathers. In three parts he covers how Christians understand church tradition, why it is beneficial to broaden our horizons of community and how tradition helps us understand ministry. Rea not only skillfully explains why church history matters—he shows why it should matter to us.

Robert F. Rea (PhD, St. Louis University) is professor of church history at Lincoln Christian University in Lincoln, Illinois.

Foreword

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One: How We Understand the Tradition

1. What Is the Tradition?

2. How Have We Understood Tradition Historically?

3. How Do We Understand the Tradition Today?

Part Two: Expanding Circles of Inquiry

4. Who Am I? History and Christian Identity

5. A Great Cloud of Witnesses: Christian Community across the Centuries

6. Accountability Partners: Sharing Accountability with Historic Christians

7. Mentors and Friends: Historic Christians Broaden Our Horizons and Fill Gaps in Our Understanding

Part Three: Tradition Serving the Church

8. Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: Christian Exegesis across the Centuries

9. Tradition and Ministry

Celebrate the Body of Christ

Recommended Resources for Ministry

Notes

Name and Subject Index

Scripture Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.10.2014
Verlagsort	Illinois
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 227 mm
Gewicht	337 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8308-2819-2 / 0830828192
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-2819-7 / 9780830828197
Zustand	Neuware