How to Study Church History (And Why Every Christian Should)

In this video Gavin Ortlund shares 5 reasons why Christians should care about church history and then 4 steps for how to engage it.

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00:00 Introduction
03:03 Why Study Church History?
03:54 Reason 1: Christianity
06:23 Reason 2: Humanity
07:34 Reason 3: The Church
09:04 Reason 4: Learning
12:10 Reason 5: It's Interesting
15:33 How to Study Church History
16:00 Step 1: Cultivate Curiosity
18:53 Step 2: Narrow Your Interests
25:39 Step 3: Dive Deep into Primary Resources
32:09 Step 4: Engage Secondary Literature
35:58 What is Peer Review?
36:44 Locating Scholarly Writings
39:45 Academic Publishing
43:09 Summing Up