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Is Genesis 1–2 Historical Narrative?

The Bible sometimes uses metaphorical language to communicate historical truth, as David does in Psalm 18.15 Some people have said that Genesis 1 is a kind of poetry or extended metaphor intended to communicate the truth that God created the world but not to present a historical account of how...

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History Stirs Us To Praise God

The study of church history should lead us to praise God, for history finds its significance in Him. Jesus Christ said, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last” (Rev. 22:13). Alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek...

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History acquaints us with the wisdom of other Christians

It is exhilarating to stand on the east coast of North America and watch the Atlantic surf, feel the tang of saltwater in the air, and hear the pound of the waves. But this experience is of no benefit for sailing across the Atlantic to England. For that a map...

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History liberates us from the tyranny of the present

The study of church history also liberates us from what C. S. Lewis (1898– 1963) called “the idols of our marketplace.” Note Lewis’s argument for the need to read old books: Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make...

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History has meaning under God’s direction

Men and women are historical beings, immersed in the flow of time. History, as the first-century BC Roman orator Cicero rightly observed, is “the director of life.” One cannot escape the effects of history. Even to think nonhistorically for any length of time is a difficult task. We are part...

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