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Michael Svigel

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Michael Svigel
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Ten Reasons for Studying Church History: Reason #10 – Studying church history will correct our doctrinal and practical errors.

The history of the church is not only a tale of positive growth and development of doctrinal knowledge and practical wisdom. It’s also a dramatic account of the conflict...
by Michael Svigel
Credo House Ministries
Church History
Michael Svigel
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Why Study Church History? – Reason #9: Studying church history will clarify our interpretation of Scripture

Just get two or three believers together for a Bible study and you soon realize that not everybody interprets the Bible exactly the same way. Sometimes they come to completely...
by Michael Svigel
Credo House Ministries
Church History
Michael Svigel
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Why Study Church History? Reason #8 – Studying Church History will Cultivate Christian Growth

Cicero wisely said, “To remain ignorant of what has happened before you were born is to remain always a child.” Imagine if during every summer break a student forgot...
by Michael Svigel
Credo House Ministries
Church History
Michael Svigel
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Why Study Church History? Reason #7 – Studying church history will complete a balanced faith

When I was a kid, throwing together what experts described as a healthy meal was easy. We had it down to the four food groups: grains, meats, dairy, and fruits &...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Church History
Michael Svigel
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Why Study Church History? Reason #6 – Studying church history will capture the interest of outsiders

Several years ago, a childhood friend of mine contacted me with some questions about the history of the early church. He had read some non-Christian fiction as well as seen...
by Michael Svigel
Credo House Ministries
Church History
Michael Svigel
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Why Study Church History? Reason #5 – Studying church history will counter the claims of critics

Prior to the eruption of World War II, between 1925 and 1935 a frantic France fortified the long border it shared with Germany. The “Maginot Line”—named after the man who...
by Michael Svigel
Credo House Ministries
Church History
Michael Svigel
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Why Study Church History? Reason #4 – Studying church history will connect us to a rich legacy

Picture Christianity throughout its history as a giant tree that has continually grown for numerous generations. Some of its branches have gone one way, some another. Some are...
by Michael Svigel
Credo House Ministries
Church History
Michael Svigel
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Why Study Church History? Reason #3: Studying church history will conserve the faith for the future

The Lord’s brother, Jude, urged Christians “to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3). The Greek verb translated “delivered” refers to...
by Michael Svigel
Credo House Ministries
Church History
Michael Svigel
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Why Study Church History – Reason #2: Studying Church History Will Curb the Arrogance of Our Present

Some evangelicals could very well define “church history” as “the study of how everybody misinterpreted the Bible until we came along.” In fact, on several occasions I’ve...
by Michael Svigel
Credo House Ministries
Church History
Michael Svigel
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Ten Reasons to Reclaim the Past for the Sake of the Future

“Why would twenty-first century evangelicals—who can read the Bible for themselves and attend Bible-believing churches—need to study Church History?” I’ve heard this kind of...
by Michael Svigel
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