Weekly Blog

Over the next 2 years, we will be sharing our Catechism, week-by-week, through this blog. The blog has been designed to help you get the most out of it. This post explains exactly how to use our blog. We hope you find it helpful and encouraging as you work your way through our catechism.

Welcome to the Bay Ridge Christian Church Catechism blog. Over the next 2 years, we will be posting a weekly blog showing you our catechism, question by question.

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 In America in the 19th Century. Reading Chapters 33 and 36. Church History Lesson 40

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