Nathan W. Bingham

In order to understand the influence of the Roman Catholic Church and the Papacy, we need to see it in its historical context.

Today, Ligonier's Chairman W. Robert Godfrey takes us to the Middle Ages, when the Papacy first began to rise in power.

Here's Dr. Godfrey.

That was W. Robert Godfrey, the chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and you're listening to Renewing Your Mind.

Thanks for joining us.

You know, one thing I so appreciate about Dr. Godfrey is he teaches church history always with an eye toward the gospel.

How does it relate to the gospel?

And how do we gain a better understanding and appreciation of who our God is?

Today's message is from his second volume in his monumental study series covering all of church history.

This volume considers the hopes, challenges, triumphs, and tragedies of Christianity during the Middle Ages.

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Tomorrow, we'll continue the study of church history as Dr. Godfrey explores some of the theologies that came out of the Middle Ages and gives us perspective on many of the faith traditions we see today.

That'll be Friday here on Renewing Your Mind.

There's a tendency to refer to the Middle Ages as the Dark Ages.

That's so true, and I think many of us in the modern church, especially Reformed churches, have the impression that things kind of kicked off in 1517 with Martin Luther, and we failed to deeply study the history of God's work from the first century to the 21st century.