Lecture: The Necessity of a Biblical Perspective on Church History
Ladies and gentlemen, honoured guests from South-Korea, It is an honour for me to address you this day about the topic of church history. But first, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Alexander Treur. I am one of the Religious Instruction Teachers at the Jacobus Fruytier. I was asked to share with you some ideas about the importance of church history. I have given this lecture the title: The Necessity of a Biblical Perspective on Church History. To underline the need for a biblical perspective on church history, let me first begin by telling you what an un biblical perspective on church history is. This will help us to see what we gain by a biblical perspective on church history. So first a wrong way of looking at church history. If we, as teachers, are only interested in learning students mere facts, we are approaching church history from an unbiblical point of view. And possibly even with an unbiblical attitude. If we try to approach church history as an essentially neu...