Church History for Everyone

Church History for Everyone

October 16, 2026 · 50 min

Kevin DeYoung joins Camden Bucey to discuss Church History for Everyone, Volume 1: The Story of Christianity from the Fall of Jerusalem to the Dawn of the Reformation. They consider why Christianity is inseparable from history and how the story of the church testifies to Christ’s promise to build and preserve his people by his Word and Spirit.The conversation explores how Christians can remember faithful men and women without lapsing into hagiography—or reducing the past to a catalogue of failures. Camden and Kevin also discuss monasticism, the preservation of learning and liturgy, Protestant retrieval of medieval theologians such as Bernard of Clairvaux, and the figures who will appear in the forthcoming second volume.Chapters00:00 Introduction00:50 Christ the Center 1000 summit update12:55 Introducing Church History for Everyone15:51 Conversation with Kevin DeYoung17:30 From Sunday school lectures to a two-volume history20:58 Why Christianity is inseparable from history23:48 Church history as family history26:38 Beyond hagiography and “warts only” history30:57 Choosing characters and telling the church’s story35:30 What Protestants can learn from monasticism39:53 Recovering the medieval church43:59 Previewing volume 246:53 ConclusionResourcesChurch History for Everyone, Volume 1Clearly ReformedMentioned in this episode:Christ the Center 1000 Live in Austin, TXChrist the Center 1000 SummitChrist the Center 1000Christ the Center 1000 Summit

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