Why I hate Ash Wednesday, the illegality of death in Irvine, and the comfort of Psalm 23.
My Only Comfort (Sermon) – Ash Wednesday 2012
Category: Podcast
Church Hist. (Modern), Part 2: From Europe to the New World
The Reformation gave birth not to a solitary Protestantism, but to a wide variety of Protestantisms. (The Reformers came to quick agreement that the Bible – and not the traditions or authorities of the Catholic Church – was the ultimate arbiter of truth. What they could not agree upon was what the Bible intended to communicate.)
In this episode we examine the early Protestant denominations (Lutheranism, Anglicanism, the Reformed and Anabaptist traditions…) and how each was shaped by a particular theological interpretation. We then go on to look with detail at English Puritanism and the conflicts within British Christianity that would eventually lead some across the Atlantic to new colonies in North America. We’ll look not only at the Pilgrims of Plymouth, but also the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the subsequent formation of other religious communities along the Atlantic seaboard.
As we explore, we’ll see just how profound an impact these early settlers – and the theologies from which they were born – continue to have on American Christianity today.
Church Hist. (Modern), Part 1: From Protest to ‘ism
When Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses outside the door of the campus church in Wittenberg, he had no intention of dividing the Catholic Church. But within a decade of that event, such acts of protest had gained irreversible momentum, and “Protestantism” was officially born.
Throughout the 16th century new church governments were formed, new theologies written along with new liturgies to accompany them. Church and state battled – often violently – for power as the religious freedom gave rise to calls for political freedom as well.
In this first of 5 lectures on the modern church, we explore the world of the 16th century and the formation of new denominations formed in reaction to the perceived corruptions of Roman Catholicism.