Church History

Jason Vickers interprets the Protestant Reformation, of which Methodism was a part, by focusing on two of its renewal emphases: sola scriptura and sola fides.

Scott Kisker explains how several traditions recaptured the significance of a genuine faith encounter with Jesus Christ following the Protestant Reformation.

In a sea of slickly imaged Christian leaders, Maxie and Jerry Dunnam have provided a mirror of Christ. Read more from J. D. Walt as he introduces the life of his mentor, Maxie Dunnam.

Billy Graham's legacy centers on his passion for evangelism which led to his renown crusades and revivals. Read seven quick facts on our blog today.

Who was John Calvin the Reformer? In this Seven Minute Seminary video, Dr. Scott Kisker offers a helpful sketch of the influential and controversial figure John Calvin.

Watch this Seven Minute Seminary by Dr. Jackson Lashier as he explains how the lives of Christian martyrs are instructive for disciples of Jesus today.

The band meeting was a form of discipleship that helped small groups of men and women practice intense vulnerability and confession of sin together. Watch this Seven Minute Seminary video by Dr. Scott Kisker as he traces the history of this powerful spiritual discipline.

In surprising ways, what king Cyrus helped do served as a model for the Protestant Reformation, 2,000 years later.

Cranach powerfully communicated the ideas of the Reformation to those who could not read about them. Read more from Joshua Bloor as he shares about the role of images in the Protestant Reformation.

The global impact of the Protestant Reformation is difficult to overestimate. In today's Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Joseph Wood describes three important results from the Protestant movements that re-centered the church on the gospel.