TableTalk from Ligonier is out this month and they offer a number of articles free on-line including an interview with Carl Trueman who is a church history professor. Some of the article called “Understanding the Times” addresses why it is important for believers to understand what has already happened. Trueman shares three reasons:
You need to have some grasp of church history in order to know why the church thinks, speaks, and behaves the way she does.
You need to have some grasp of church history in order to avoid reinventing the wheel—theological and/ or ecclesiastical—every few years.
You need to have some grasp of church history in order to have an appreciation of how God has preserved and sustained the church over the generations.
Read this insightful interview and more articles here from this month’s TableTalk.
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