Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 2013. The phrase eternal generation of the Son appears in no single verse of Scripture in those exact words, and that immediately raises a fair question. Is this a doctrine the church developed to explain what Scripture teaches, or is it an addition that goes beyond what Scripture actually says? The answer matters a…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 13008 The history of the Christian church stretches across two thousand years, from the apostolic community in Jerusalem to the global faith of the present day. Understanding church history is not an optional extra for the serious believer. It provides context for the doctrines we hold, warns against errors that have been tried and…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 13000 The term “Church Fathers” is used across Christian traditions, sometimes with reverence and sometimes with suspicion. For Evangelical Protestants who hold to sola Scriptura, the question of what to do with these early Christian writers is an important one. They are not Scripture, and their writings are not inspired. Yet they represent the…