This Week in Church History

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A wide-ranging exploration of the people, movements, and events that shaped Christianity over the 7 days of this week in the history of the Church.

Dr. John Mark Yeats & Dr. Michael D. McMullen


    • Dec 20, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 56 EPISODES


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    O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree: The 2021 Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 24:22


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    Challenging Ministry to Fruitful Harvest: Charles Simeon and 19th Century Evangelicalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 23:35


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    Visions of Glory: Constantine and the Making of Christendom

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 22:07


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    When Tragedy Strikes: Charles Spurgeon and the Surrey Gardens Music Hall Tragedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 19:53


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    Conquering King?: William the Conqueror and the Birth of Scholasticism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 22:33


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    Power and Transformation through Prayer: Jeremiah Lanphier and the Businessman‘s Revival

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 26:03


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    The ”Golden Mouthed” Preacher: John Chrysostom

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 31:23


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    The Spiritual Diaries of William Willberforce

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 27:13


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    The Curious Case of Charles Finney

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 24:48


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    The Old "Bloudy Tenent": The Life and Legacy of Roger Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 29:59


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    Philosophy, Science, and Theology: The Life of Roger Bacon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 18:00


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    Faith to Move Mountains: Hudson Taylor and Missions to China

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 22:06


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    Strangely Warmed: Evangelicals and Conversion in the 18th Century

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 22:26


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    "One Consistent Record:" G.W. Truett and Baptist Insistence on Religious Liberty

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 24:22


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    Missions in the 6th Century: The Story of Columba

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 15:58


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    Surprising Protection: Luther, Persecution, and Bible Translation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 27:04


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    Melancholy and the Gift of Grace - William Cowper and 18th Century Hymns

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 26:55


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    REPEAT: Bunnies, Eggs, and the Dating of Easter: Celebrating the Resurrection of Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 23:12


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    From Slave Trader to Transformed - The Story of Amazing Grace and John Newton

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 23:34


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    Luck of the Irish - St. Patrick and the cause of Missions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 19:35


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    Getting the Word Out - William Ward, Bible Printing, and Missions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 24:15


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    Theology for the Church - William Boothe and Christian Foundations

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 22:33


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    A Church in which to Belong - Bishop Richard Allen and the African Methodist Episcopal Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 25:14


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    Liberty Found in Christ: George Lisle, Slavery and the Evangelization of Jamaica

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 29:44


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    "Take My Life and Let it Be": Frances Havergal and 19th Century Hymn Writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 27:58


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    A Battle over Baptism: the Zwingli and Manz Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 32:40


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    William Laud: 17th Century Challenges to Puritanism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 23:06


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    Santa, Christmas, and Heretics: A This Week in Church History Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 24:57


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    Richard Baxter - Puritan, Pastor, and Encourager

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 22:17


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    Only One Life, 'Twill Soon Be Past - C.T. Studd and a Passion for Missions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 26:59


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    "Deus Vult!" - God's Will, the Crusades and the Medieval Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 22:37


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    Baseball, the Bible, and Jesus - Billy Sunday and early 20th century Revivalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 27:50


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    "Remember, Remember" - Guy Fawkes and Religious Liberty in the 17th Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 23:35


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    A Personal Encounter with Christ - E.Y. Mullins and Religious Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 25:27


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    A Reformation Nailed to the Door - Martin Luther and the 95 Theses

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 22:16


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    Faithful unto Death - Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer and the English Reformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2020 21:20


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    Seven Ecumenical Councils

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 22:51


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    Faith Beyond Compare - George Mueller

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020 19:07


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    Freedom and the American Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 22:30


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    Edwards and Pastoral Challenges

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 27:34


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    Charles Spurgeon and British Evangelicalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 27:23


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    Reformation and Marriage - Luther and Katharina von Bora

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2020 31:03


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    John Davenport and Puritan Spirituality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 27:27


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    Catalyst for Gospel Advance - The Legacy of Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 23:25


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    Native Americans, the Gospel, and the Word of God - The Life and Ministry of John Eliot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 22:25


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    Attempt Great Things for God - William Carey and the Birth of the Missions Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 22:19


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    The Challenge of 1845 - The Southern Baptist Convention and its origins

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 27:16


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    Was Paradise Really Lost? Milton and Christianity Through the Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 28:50


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    D.L. Moody: Innovator and Evangelist

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 31:31


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    Bunnies, Eggs, and the Dating of Easter: Celebrating the Resurrection of Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 23:12


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    Who is an Evangelical anyway?: National Association of Evangelicals and the Shifting of Culture featuring Dr. Thomas Kidd

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 22:58


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