Three Streams

Restoration, Revival and Reformation

Entries Tagged ‘Church History’

Puritanism, nonconformity, ‘justification by faith’ and the present day church of Christ

I have experienced an ever deepening and an ever increasing richness in my faith over the last week or so. I have been reading through John MacArthur’s daily bible, Calvin’s Institutes and a book by Martyn Lloyd Jones called From Puritanism to Nonconformity.
 Martyn Lloyd Jones
Martyn Lloyd jones covers the historical background leading up to the events [...]

Restoration Theology and Terry Virgo

I have just read Restoration in the church by Terry Virgo and I have almost finished his auto biography No well worn paths: Restoring the church to Christs original intention. While Restoring the church is over twenty years old now, it was insightful to read it just before No well worn paths. The first book [...]

A brief outline of Scottish church history

Introduction
“One of the main changes brought about by the Reformation was in regard to the place of the bible…Once the Bible had become an open book, people began to ask questions.” [1]

Why Three Streams? An overview of the reformation, evangelicalism and the pentecostal and charismatic movements.

Overview
Three of the most significant movements in church history have been the reformation, the evangelical movements with their associated revivals and the pentecostal and charismatic movements.
Each of these movements rediscovered significant truths which deeply impacted the church yet each of them have not been without their own cultural and theological baggage.
The reformation was probably the most significant, the reformers rediscovered [...]

  

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