Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 23 minutes ago
It has often been said that the only thing we learn from history is that people never learn from history. In the case of Church history there is a lot of truth in these words. How did Christianity change from people worshipping God in their homes, sharing their possessions and being led by the Holy Spirit to the hundreds of denominations and fragmentation we see today?
In this first lecture in my 20 part series we evaluate the principles for dtermining history as a foundation for the series.
00:01 Introduction
01:42 Defining history: Interpreting the data.
03:01 Recognizing our own agenda.
06:11 Shaped by societies and cultures.
09:12 Elements of history.
09:15 Scientific.
10:05 Foundation and synthesis.
11:13 Old heresies in new cloths.
12:57 Other lessons from history: Has the message changed?
14:18 Rejecting the sanitized version of Church history.
15:30 Asking and answering the difficult questions.
Dr Ali Bonner youtube.com/watch?v=bzs9HOJA6mc
It has often been said that the only thing we learn from history is that people never learn from history. In the case of Church history there is a lot of truth in these words. How did Christianity change from people worshipping God in their homes, sharing their possessions and being led by the Holy Spirit to the hundreds of denominations and fragmentation we see today?
In this first lecture in my 20 part series we evaluate the principles for dtermining history as a foundation for the series.
00:01 Introduction
01:42 Defining history: Interpreting the data.
03:01 Recognizing our own agenda.
06:11 Shaped by societies and cultures.
09:12 Elements of history.
09:15 Scientific.
10:05 Foundation and synthesis.
11:13 Old heresies in new cloths.
12:57 Other lessons from history: Has the message changed?
14:18 Rejecting the sanitized version of Church history.
15:30 Asking and answering the difficult questions.
Dr Ali Bonner youtube.com/watch?v=bzs9HOJA6mc
