Church History in 4 minutes

Mark Brewer took 21 weeks to cover church history -- 1 week per century. But I thought he could have done it all in 4 minutes. We made a video to show him how.

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PERFECT!

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[jsbatchler]

LYRIC POST 7:

CHORUS: We didn’t start the fire

It’s been always burning

Since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

And when we are gone

It will still burn on and on and on and on.....

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LYRIC POST 6:

King James Bible, John Locke, Galileo, J.S. Bachj

Anabaptist, Guy Fawkes, Blaise Pascal, John Knox

Puritans preach denial, Salem witches go on trial

Enlightenment or transcendance, we declare our independence

Whitfield makes us all Awaken, Pentecostals get us shakin’

Darwin teaches evolution, Marx preaches revolution

Jesus freaks, immigration, nuclear annihilation

Overwhelmed by information, who will save this generation?

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LYRIC POST 5:

Competing popes, not much hope, Joan of Arc makes her mark

John Wycliff, Thomas Kempis, Canterbury Tales

Michelangelo, Siena, Leonardo and Vienna

Reformation, printing press, Guttenberg prevails

John Calvin, Erlich Zwingle, indulgences for the kingly

Martin Luther pounds the door, Here I stand, I’ll do no more

(CHORUS)

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LYRIC POST 4:

Cluny, bubonic plague, Vikings, Saracens invade

William conquers, priests & monks, and Jerusalem gets sacked

Flying buttress, St. Claire, célibacy, worship Mary

Knights Templar, stained glass, Sultan Saladin gets whacked

Mendicants, Avignon, Albértus Magnus, Genghis Khan

Aquinas, Maimonides, Gentle Francis óf Assisi

Summa bono, Faith & reason, say God bless you when you’re sneezin’

Just War, Crusades galore, but who are we fighting for?

(CHORUS)

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LYRIC POST 3:

St. Patrick, Monastery, Visigoths are pretty scary

Pope Leo, St. Jerome, forgetting how to read

Mohammed writes the Koran, Convert or die to Islam

Where’s the Pope, church brings hope, the Venerable Bede

Dark ages, knights and pages, east & west will split in stages

Monks’ skuills, cathedrals, Charlemagne starts to reign,

Methodias, Constantinople, Peasants, clergy, serfs & nobles

Augustine, Irene, everything goes Byzantine

(CHORUS)

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LYRIC POST 2:

CHORUS: We didn’t start the fire

It’s been always burning

Since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

Though we didn’t light it

And we cannot fight it

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LYRIC POST 1:

Pentecost, Palestine, Barbarians, Paul gets a sign

Neglected widows, martyred Stephen, Gentile vs. Jew

New Téstament, getting tribal, Gnostic gospels, Holy Bible

Jamnia, Revelation, word of God is true

Martyrs, Di-ocletian, Polycarp, Domitian

Church learns, Nero burns, Christians underground

Chi-Rho, basilica, Vita Evangelica

Nicea, Who was Jesus, Christians start to rebound

[jsbatchler]

Finally(!).... I am posting the lyrics. It will take a few posts. I'm sort of amazed that people are still watching this!.... In response to the "why didn't you include this" questions that pop up: Our senior pastor, Mark Brewer, did a 21-week series on the history of the church, 1 week per century. This is a response to his series and what he chose to cover, not a categorical statement on church history.... Thanks to all who are still clicking in, and apologies to Billy Joel.