the value of church history

I came across this recently:

" ...a knowlege of the history of doctrine ( teaching) supports the Bible's witness to the triumph of the church. Through times of duress and trial, the people of God have been preserved and have steadfastly proclaimed the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The devil has employed every strategy to destroy the church; armies have marched against it; unbelieving scholarship has relentlessly assaulted it; internal bickering has torn it; and martyrdom has depleted its ranks from time to time. Yet the church marches forward in triumphal anticipation of the great consummation when the kingdoms of the world will be put under Christ's feet and when the bride, without spot or blemish, will be given to the Bridegroom. "

This thought encourages me especially through all the discussions of church models that I have read about.



Page 13 Our Legacy John Hannah

I am often outside during the summer and the heat in south Texas can be stifling. I came across this verse in Psalm 74 and it was reminder to me of how God is still in control of the weather.

Psalm 74:16-17 " Yours is the day, Yours also is the night... You have made summer and winter."


For some reason, this assurance helped me realize that God has made both heat and cold and it was a reminder to be thankful even when the humidity and the temperature are about the same.

the creativity of God

"What the church has been used to, is not a rule by which we are to judge; because there may be new and extraordinary works of God, and He has heretofore evidently wrought in an extraordinary manner. He has brought to pass new things, strange works; and has wrought in such a manner as to surprise both men and angels. And as God has done thus in times past, so we have no reason to think but that he will do so still. The prophecies of Scripture give us reason to think that God has things to accomplish which have never been seen."


Jonathan Edwards On Revival page 89