Reformation Figures (8)
  1. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the mysterious and controversial reformer Andreas Osiander.
  2. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we consider the life and works of a multifaceted and kaleidoscopic enigma (!) Johann Gerhard.
  3. Today on the show, we tell the story of Paavo Ruotsalainen and Finnish Christianity.
  4. Today on the show, we tell the story of Guillaume Briçonnet, a man caught between stability and reform.
  5. Understanding that I am completely free in Christ allows me to read the injunction to “love my neighbor as myself” as a promise instead of a threat.
  6. Lutheranism (For the Rest of Us)
  7. What follows is a little crash course in how to read Calvin with respect, for our benefit, and with an eye to how we keep Reformation giants at a proper historical arms distance.
  8. Between the years 1550 and 1560 the giants of the Reformation are dying. The Fellows discuss the political and theological turmoil that occurred as a result of the Smalcald war.