In Lesson 41 the class looks at the major rift that developed in the early 20th century around – issues raised by modernity. This is often referred to as the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy, in reference to the two major groups and their responses to modernity.
The class also looks at the distinction between fundamentalism and evangelicalism which developed in the wake of this controversy.

The Church and Modernity

Chapters 31 – 32

Church History Lesson 39

The American and French Revolutions and the Second Great Awakening

Chapters 26 – 28

Church History Lesson 38

The teachings and impact of Jonathan Edwards

Church History Lesson 37

How the Colonial Expansion and the Great Awakening affected the Church

Reading Chapters 23 – 25

Church History – Lesson 36

Intellectual and Spiritual Developments in the 17th and 18th Centuries

Chapters 19-22

Lesson 35 of Church History

The 17th Century, Chapters 15 – 18.

Lesson 34 of Church History

Chapter 12 in Gonzales – “The Catholic Reformation”

Lesson 33 of Church History

Reading: This was a special session so we stepped away from our usual material and had guest speaker Mark Holmes.

The Reformation in Great Britain

Reading: Chapter 8 – The Reformation in Great Britain

Date: October 28, 2017 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

John Calvin

Reading: Chapter 7 – John Calvin

Date: September 23

Church History, Lesson 31

The Radical Reformation

Reading: Chapter 6 – The Radical Reformation

Date: July 22

Luther’s Later Life – From the Wartburg Castle Until His Death

Reading: Chapter 2 – Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation; Luther’s 95 Theses

Optional Reading: Roland Bainton “Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther”

Date: April 22

Church History – Lesson 28

Erasmus and Luther to the Diet of Worms

Reading: Chapter 1 (The Call for Reformation – especially section on Erasmus); Chapter 2 – Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation; Luther’s 95 Theses
Optional Reading: Roland Bainton “Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther”

Church History – Lesson 27

Reading: Chapter 33 (In Quest of Reformation)

Church History – Lesson 26

Reading: Chapter 31 (The Golden Age of Medieval Christianity – especially the section ‘Theological Activity: Scholasticism”)

Reading: Chapter 31 (The Golden Age of Medieval Christianity) and Chapter 32 (The Collapse)

Reading: Chapter 30 (The Offensive Against Islam)

Reading: Chapter 28 (Imperial Restoration and Continuing Decay) and Chapter 29 (Movements of Renewal)


This lesson focuses on the situation in the East after the fall of Rome.

Reading: Chapter 27 – Eastern Christianity (and also the last few pages of Chapter 26 – “The Arab Conquests”)

This lesson focuses on “Christianity in the British Isles.” This material is a small part of Chapter 26. It will be supplemented with a lot of other material as well. We will look to see how Christianity spread (and then came back again after it was almost lost!) to the British Isles.

Reading: Chapter 26 – The New Order (Part of Section 1)

This lesson focuses on “Major Forces In the West – Monasticism and the Papacy.” This material is a small part of Chapter 26.

This lesson focuses on “The Situation In the West After the Fall of Rome.” This material is a small part of Chapter 26.