Hope in the Face of Darkness Back in 2012, a friend of mine who was a pastor in Hartford, Connecticut, asked me to preach at his church. I was preparing to go on a five-week mission trip to Asia, and this would give his congregation a chance to meet me and perhaps to...
Fasting is a spiritual discipline that was practiced by Jesus and early Christians and that today is practiced in many places around the world today where the Gospel is growing most rapidly. Yet in the Western church, it is largely ignored. Our culture, which is built...
This video discusses the dual nature of the church as both the Body of Christ and an institution and incubator of institutions in society.
“History is a vast early warning system.” —Norman Cousins A Bit of History Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century was a mess. On the continent, a system known as the Ancien Régime (roughly, the Old Order) governed political and social life. Particularly...
The Situation in Britain English society may have moved beyond the medievalism of the Ancien Régime in France, but in many ways the situation in Britain was just as dire for the lower classes. England was in the middle of the Enclosure Movement, a major disruption of...
Should Christians participate in Halloween? Glenn Sunshine comes back on the podcast to discuss the history of Halloween. We investigate its origins and how it changed over time. He also informs us how Halloween is...
What better way to celebrate our nation's independence than to look into the beliefs that made it possible. This week Bryan sits down with Christian Political Theology expert and historian, Glenn Sunshine, to discuss exactly what it is that our founders believed about...
“Social acceleration” is a term used by sociologists to describe the tremendous pace at which the culture now moves. A prominent example would be the ideology of transgenderism, which has quickly swept the nation,...
Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming back historian and professor Glenn Sunshine, who specializes in the Reformation era and has authored several books on Christianity and culture. He's here to talk to us about his latest book, 32 Christians Who Changed Their...