The following is not designed to offend my Reformed brethren, nor is it designed to impugn the training I received from my parents and the churches in which I was raised. My goal, rather, is to share a perspective I have gained and have come to appreciate. Also, sometimes I get something stuck in my craw and I have to vent to get it out. Here we go. I don't know who needs to hear this, but Church history did not begin with John Wycliffe. Church history did not begin with Martin Luther. Church history did not begin with the Westminster Assembly or with the Synod of Dordrecht. The history of the Christian Church history began with Jesus Christ and His Apostles (I can imagine the good Presbyterians shouting "It started with Adam" at their computers right now). I was raised in a Reformed Presbyterian church. We were a little unusual, sure, but I was raised to respect and follow the confessions of the Reformed tradition. Studying Church history, wh...