Strength to Strength welcomed a group of four panelists to answer your hardest questions on church history. This Q&A is not limited to specific topics discussed in our Sacred Roots series, but is limited to questions of church history in the first 1500 years. During this Talk, David Anderson was asked for recommended reading for non-scholars…
Strength to Strength welcomed David Anderson for a discussion of what monasticism contributes to a holistic and healthy life. In its best form, monasticism was a form of resistance: not just against compromise in the church, but against hurry, distraction, and disordered desire in the soul. This episode explores the history of monasticism and what it…
Strength to Strength welcomed David Anderson to discuss the nature of the church. What kind of community did Jesus intend the church to be? Is it a place for the pure or the penitent – a gathering of the saints or a hospital for sinners? These questions are just as much alive for us today…
Strength to Strength welcomed David Anderson to discuss the church's development in understanding who Jesus is. Is the Trinity just an abstract doctrine? Why did early Christians fight so hard to define who Jesus is? In this two-part episode, David Anderson breaks down the Trinity and Christology in simple terms showing how they are not…
Strength to Strength welcomed David Anderson to discuss the church's development in understanding who Jesus is. Is the Trinity just an abstract doctrine? Why did early Christians fight so hard to define who Jesus is? In this two-part episode, David Anderson breaks down the Trinity and Christology in simple terms showing how they are not…
Strength to Strength welcomed David Anderson to discuss the uniqueness of the Early Church. The early church “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6) through their lives, teaching, and witness. This talk explores the practical distinctives of the early church from the New Testament era to the fourth century with a special focus on the nature…
Strength to Strength welcomed David Anderson to discuss the value church history is to our lives today. We are the product of, not only our reading of scripture, but two millenia of church history that has shaped our culture and experience. Only by knowing the past can we be informed to chart a way forward. Skeptics…
Strength to Strength welcomed Zack Johnson to discuss how those politically uninvolved are to remain active in effecting change in the world. Given voting is an abdication of responsibility, then how should Christ followers be reclaiming responsibility? This talk explores Christianity's burden in global poverty and world change. Together with David Anderson, the two introduce…