Reformation Celebration!

  Every year in October, New Covenant Church sponsors a theme study based on the principle of ecclesia semper reformans, semper reformanda – that the Church always be Reformed and always be reforming – always calling itself and the world back to the touchstone of truth, the Word of God.  Therefore, we do not focus merely on 17th century European history every year, but focus, instead, on ways in which the Chruch of Christ needs to be reminded and challenged to return to its Reformation heritage and theology and to project that into the world.

Subjects studied in previous years: The Inerrancy of the Bible, The Virgin Birth of Christ, Christ’s Authentic Miracles, Christ’s Substitutionary Atonement, The Truth, Power, Glory, Hope and Promise of the Resurrection

Reformation, 2017 – 500 Years –

  2017 – Martin Luther – Reformation Answers to Medieval Questions

“By Whose Authority”
Luther’s Use of the Media – PowerPoint Presentation

95 Theses   Disputation Against  Scholastic Theology

“How is One to be Forgiven” 
The Marburg Colloquy (Mr. Kurt Scharping) – Handout
 “What Must I Do to be Saved?” 
 “That Dear, Brave Woman!” PowerPoint Presentation Handout
“What is a true Holy Life?”
 “How Do I Understand the Mysteries?”
Was Luther Anti-Semitic? PowerPoint Presentation
 “Who is Doing the Worshipping?”  
How Music Affects Worship PowerPoint Presentation
A Pictorial Tour of Luther’s Life PowerPoint Presentation

  2018 – John Calvin – A Gospel Burning the Soul, A Mind Changing the World

The Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man
Calvin, The Influence Printable Handout
 The God-Breathed Scriptures 
Calvin, The Enigma Printable Handout
Catastrophism vs.   Uniformity in Man
Calvin, Pastor, Professor & Theologian Printable Handout
The Gifts of Law & Grace  
Calvin & Worship Printable Handout
Life with the Holy Spirit
Calvin, Integrity  & Reputation Printable Handout
 Such a Divine Providence: From Calvin to Calvinism
The Church & the State 

  2019 – John Knox – The Revolutionary Reformer

That Idolatrous Mass!
The Times of John Knox – PowerPoint Presentation Printable Handout

  2020 – Scotland’s Second Reformation

The Documents of the Reformation
Charles II and “the Killing Times”
American Covenanting
The American Covenanters of Ohio and the Underground Railroad

  2021 – The Puritans

Introduction to Puritanism – a Christian Education Class

        The American Puritans – October lecture series

 A Necessary Overview of New World Colonization: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” … but not the Myth!
“The New England Way”
Spiritual Warfare
Puritans and Education
A Heart for the Indigenous Peoples
The Great Awakening

2022 – John Witherspoon

“Infidelity Reduced to a System”
The Scot

 Click to download: Excerpts from Ecclesiastical Characteristics, 1753

The American
 The Patriot

2023 – William Wilberforce

 Review: The Historical Background of Slavery (from 2021)
 The Gin Age
The Great Change
The First Great Object: The Slave Trade
The Second Great Object: The Reformation of Manners