To me one of the fascinating things about church history that there is no new thing under the sun. The church is not just Christ's body of people living now. But it extends to the past and to the future. The universal church...

There’s Johnny again, browsing through Chapter 14 during your class discussion of Chapter 9. He is not reading the words; he is looking at the pictures. No Johnny anywhere has ever idly flipped through his textbook reading...

This student handout ties with the lesson outline to focus on the life and teaching of many of the early Anabaptist leaders in Germany and Switzerland.

This quiz focuses on some of the beliefs of religious liberals in the 19th century.

A short quiz where students are to list three characteristics of Swiss Anabaptist leaders.

A quiz on the Brethren churches in America, their history and their distinctive thought and practice.

A short quiz on the church in the middle ages, some of its vices and the push for reform.

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, explains how and why the canon of Scripture was adopted by the early church.

This student handout ties with the lesson outline following the Anabaptists in northern Europe after the defeat of the Munsterites in 1535. The last half of the lesson is given to Menno Simons' life and teachings.

A short quiz on sacramentalism and the shift in church authority after 200 BC.

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, describes the spiritual and political climate in Jesus' day and Jesus' ministry, death and resurrection.

This student handout focused on Gnosticism, a major competitor of early Christianity. Gnostics taught that spirit was good and matter was evil.

This student handout explains the beginning of monasticism, its growth, and some of its strengths and weaknesses.

Short quiz on the early Christian's response to emperor worship.

This document, converted from a Powerpoint, touches on the beginnings of Evangelicalism in the mid-1900s. With American society became increasingly secular, many mainline churches did little to combat these changes. Other more...