A Brief History of The Church

I really like how Mike has summarized 2000 years of history…I even commented:

1. Mike, I missed reading this the other day. I think it’s accurate. So much I could say. For a much longer history I recommend readers pick up a free online copy of this book. James Aitken Wylie (1808–1890) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and religious historian. He is most famous for his monumental three-volume, twenty-four book work, The History of Protestantism, originally published in 1878. I led a small men’s reading group through that book with discussion but it took a few years…
2. Paul introduced the idea of error in the church back in Ephesus:
3. Act 20:27  For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.Act 20:28  Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.Act 20:29  For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.Act 20:30  Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.Act 20:31  Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
4. I agree that the “Eras”, the last 100-150 years have accelerated. It’s also quite remarkable that your closing comments…map right into the latest surveys…
5. It does seem people are seeking something. That’s a good thing, but what they find may not be so good after all.
6. Barna, veteran researcher and author of the study, pointed to a broader drift behind the numbers. “Americans meander through life with a broad assortment of vague religious beliefs and volatile religious behaviors. That religious amnesia has produced a nation where the dominant worldview—adopted by nine out of 10 adults—is Syncretism, not biblical Christianity.
7. ”The study found that a majority of American adults rejected biblical teaching in answering 14 questions about humanity and the supernatural. In addition to a majority rejecting the biblical view of God and 90% holding Syncretism as their primary worldview, see other findings from the new AWVI 2026 report: