ONE CHURCH, SO MANY DIVISIONS—WHAT HAPPENED?

Whose Church Are We Seeking

SECTION 1: FROM BISHOPS TO POPES—HOW WE GOT THERE

  1. Who Were The Elders

  2. Who Owns The Sheep

  3. Did The Apostles Warn That Church Leaders Would Become Corrupted

  4. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ELDERS AFTER THE APOSTLES DIED?

  5. FROM ONE BISHOP TO BISHOPS OVER BISHOPS

  6. What Did The Apostles Pass On

  7. WHO CONTROLLED BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER?

  8. WHAT CHANGED WHEN THE EMPEROR ENTERED CHURCH AFFAIRS?

  9. HOW DID THE BISHOP OF ROME BECOME DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER BISHOPS?

  10. HOW DID THE BISHOP OF ROME BECOME THE POPE

  11. PUTTING THE WHOLE SYSTEM BESIDE THE NEW TESTAMENT

SECTION 2 — EAST AND WEST: HOW DID THE CHURCH DIVIDE?

  1. Before East and West Divided

  2. WHO CHANGED THE CREED — AND WHY DID IT MATTER?

  3. DID THE EAST EVER ACCEPT THE POPE AS HEAD OF THE WHOLE CHURCH?

  4. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN 1054?

  5. WHAT IS THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH?

  6. EASTERN ORTHODOXY BESIDE THE NEW TESTAMENT

SECTION 3 — THE REFORMATION: WHY DID THE WESTERN CHURCH DIVIDE?

  1. What Happened in the West Before Luther?

  2. WHAT DID LUTHER ACTUALLY SAY IN THE NINETY-FIVE THESES?

  3. CAN THE POPE AND COUNCILS BE WRONG?

  4. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT THE DIET OF WORMS?

  5. WHY COULDN’T LUTHER AND ZWINGLI AGREE ABOUT THE LORD’S SUPPER?

  6. Why Did the Anabaptists Reject Infant Baptism?

  7. DID GOD CHOOSE BEFORE CREATION EXACTLY WHO WOULD BE SAVED?

  8. CALVIN OR ARMINIUS — WHAT WAS THE ARGUMENT REALLY ABOUT?

  9. DID HENRY VIII CREATE THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND JUST SO HE COULD DIVORCE HIS WIFE?

  10. WHY DID THE PURITANS WANT TO PURIFY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND?

  11. WHY DID THE SEPARATISTS LEAVE THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND?

  12. WHY DID THE FIRST ENGLISH BAPTISTS REJECT INFANT BAPTISM?

  13. WHY DID THE PRESBYTERIANS REPLACE BISHOPS WITH ASSEMBLIES OF ELDERS?

  14. WHY DID THE CONGREGATIONALISTS INSIST ON LOCAL CHURCH GOVERNMENT?

  15. WHY DID JOHN WESLEY BEGIN THE METHODIST MOVEMENT?

  16. CAN A CHRISTIAN BECOME PERFECT IN THIS LIFE?

  17. DID THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVE EVERY CHRISTIAN THE SAME GIFTS?

  18. HOW DID THE PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT BEGIN AND DIVIDE?

  19. WHY DID THE CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT SPREAD ACROSS DENOMINATIONS?

SECTION 4 NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA

  1. WHY DID JOSEPH SMITH CLAIM CHRISTIANITY NEEDED TO BE RESTORED?

  2. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WILLIAM MILLER PREDICTED CHRIST’S RETURN?

  3. HOW DID SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM GROW OUT OF THE MILLERITE MOVEMENT?

  4. HOW DID THE BIBLE STUDENT MOVEMENT BECOME JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES?

  5. HOW DID THESE MOVEMENTS DIFFER FROM HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY?

SECTION 5 WHY DID CHRISTIANS BEGIN CALLING FOR A RESTORATION OF NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY.

  1. WHY DID CHRISTIANS BEGIN CALLING FOR A RESTORATION OF NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY?

  2. WHY DID MISSIONARY SOCIETIES DIVIDE THE RESTORATION MOVEMENT?

  3. WHY DID INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC DIVIDE THE RESTORATION MOVEMENT?

  4. HOW DID A MOVEMENT FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY BECOME SEPARATE CHURCH BODIES?

  5. WHAT IS THE CHURCH CHRIST ESTABLISHED?

  6. HOW CAN WE FOLLOW SCRIPTURE WITHOUT CREATING ANOTHER HUMAN TRADITION?

  7. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BELONG TO CHRIST’S CHURCH TODAY