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A Snapshot of Christians in Colonial America with Will Cornell
This is the final episode in our Snapshots in church history series. In this show we have our Pastor and friend Will Cornell on to teach us about the followers of Christ in the Colonies before the revolution. The atmosphere of early America was Christian in flavor, and it was embraced by the general public and even confessed in the various charters of the Colonies. The time leading up to the revolution had faithful Christians on opposite sides of the debate, with both quoting scripture and appealing to the stories of the Bible. Join us as we summarize the story God told in the great American experiment.
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A Snapshot of the Church in Pre-Christian Rome
In this episode we continue our series of Snapshots in Church History. For this episode we are focusing on the era immediately following the time of the completion of the New Testament. Christianity didn't become popular in Roman society until the early 4th Century when Emperor Constantine rose to power. His conversion marks one of the major shifts in Church History. Before that, however, Christians found themselves in the throes of Pagan Rome. In this ep we attempt to paint the picture of what life was like for some of the very first followers of Jesus, and the hardships the church faced as the Christian faith spread. There's a surprising amount of cross over between then and now.
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A Snapshot of Christianity in Nazi Germany
On today's episode of Shadowcast Radio we discuss what Christianity was like during the time of Nazi occupied Germany. In simple terms, there was good, and there was much bad. There was some faithfulness, but a lot of compromise. From the bold few like Bonhoeffer, to the multitudes of Christians singing hymns to drown out the noises of trains carrying Jews to concentration camps, the time of the rise of the Third Reich is a humble tale in Church history, and it's one we cannot ignore. History is doomed to repeat itself when we fail to learn from the past. Join us as we discuss the landscape of Christianity under one of the harshest regimes in world history, Hitler's Germany.
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Snapshots of the Reformation
This is the start of a new series that we're calling Snapshots in Church History. Each episode will detail out specific qualities about a certain era of church history. The goal is to gleam the wisdom of the era, an find encouragement in how the saints of the past walked through their respective challenges. We may have more in common with the past than we realize. For this episode, the specific era in view is the time of the protestant reformation.
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Martyrs Part 5: Modern Day Martyrs
This is part 5 in our series covering Christian Martyrs. This episode features our friend and creative contributor Andrew Kneeland, who has chosen to report on some modern day martyrs from around the world. Join us as we discuss their stories, mostly from young believers, and gleam some wisdom as we observe their childlike faith and boldness.
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Martyrs Part 4: Maeyken Wens
This is part 4 in our series covering Christian Martyrs. This episode features our friend and pastor William Cornell, who has chosen to report on the Anabaptist martyr Maeyken Wens. For many martyrs in history, their stories are framed by observers from the outside, however letters from Maeyken to her husband and son have been preserved, and we get the luxury of observing this particular martyr through the lens of her own pen. Join us as we discuss Maeyken's story and draw encouragement from her life of faithful devotion to Jesus Christ.
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