Church History Matters

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Church History Matters episodes

November 24, 2021 31. Origins of the Seventh-day Adventists
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Episode 19 on the Methodists https://anchor.fm/church-history-matters/episodes/19--The-Methodists-A-Partial-Conclusion-eo2pq7
Episode 15 on the history of eschatology https://anchor.fm/church-history-matters/episodes/15--History-of-Eschatology-A-Crash-Course-eo2ppl
Episode 5 on the history of church creeds https://anchor.fm/church-history-matters/episodes/5--To-Creed-or-Not-To-Creed-eo2pqb
Other resources
The Kingdom of the Cults by Walter Martin https://archive.org/details/kingdomofcults00mart (free to borrow with registration of a free account)
Website of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's official beliefs https://www.adventist.org/beliefs/
1 hr 22 min
October 29, 2021 30. The Eve of all Hallows
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37 min
October 20, 2021 29. Quiz Show: G3 Edition
Mea culpa: Joseph made a remark about Augustine being in Africa his entire life, but that way off the mark! Although he became famous as Augustine of Hippo (in modern-day Algeria) and lived much of his life there, Augustine spent considerable time in Rome and Milan before and after his conversion to Christianity.
Show notes and links
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"Cotton Mather & the Salem Witch Trials" by The Narrated Puritan (on the Man of God Network) https://anchor.fm/cbtseminary/episodes/Cotton-Mather--the-Salem-Witch-Trials--The-Narrated-Puritan-e17mgde
Website of G3 Ministries https://www.g3min.org
Previous CHM episodes mentioned:
4 "Heroes and Heretics: Martin Luther" https://anchor.fm/church-history-matters/episodes/4--Heroes-and-Heretics-Martin-Luther-eo2pq1
11 "The First Crusade" https://anchor.fm/church-history-matters/episodes/11--The-First-Crusade-eo2pq2
24 "Heroes and Heretics: Three Patron Saints of Ireland" https://anchor.fm/church-history-matters/episodes/24--Heroes-and-Heretics-Three-Patron-Saints-of-Ireland-e10gd7s
27 "Barn Raisin' Babdists" https://anchor.fm/church-history-matters/episodes/27--Barn-Raisin-Babdists-e14bn6k
1 hr 9 min
September 15, 202128. The Doctrine of Lesser Magistrates
Sources and show notes
Excerpts from the Magdeburg Confession: https://faithandheritage.com/2015/11/the-magdeburg-confession/

Website of Matt Trewhella: https://defytyrants.com/

Sermon series from Sam Waldron on the "Christian's Relationship to Civil Authority": https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=920202149176749

It's Good to be a Man podcast on the inevitability of patriarchy: https://itsgoodtobeaman.buzzsprout.com/266333/9159001-the-inevitability-of-patriarchy

Honest to Pod podcast by Gregory Baus: https://www.audible.com/pd/Honest-To-Pod-Podcast/B08K56HP45

Sources on John Ponet: https://faculty.etsu.edu/history/documents/ponet.htm and https://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/JOHN-PONET-RECORD-EXTRA-ANNE-LOVETT.pdf

Source on Jonathan Edwards the younger, by Bill Edwards: http://www.americanrealities.com/edwards-jonathan-jr.html
1 hr 12 min
July 14, 2021 27. Barn Raisin' Babdists
Sources and notes:
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Anabaptism and Contemporary Baptists Conference: http://media.swbts.edu/collection/53/anabaptism-and-contemporary-baptists-conference
Heirs of the Reformation by James McGoldrick (available from Founder Press: https://press.founders.org/shop/heirs-of-the-reformation/)
Spiritual and Anabaptist Writers, George H. Williams and Angel M. Mergal, editors (available to borrow from the Internet Archive with a free account: https://archive.org/details/spiritualanabapt0000unse_l7t6)
2,000 Years of Christ's Power Set (4 Volumes) by Nick Needham (available here: https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/2000christpower4vol?variant=9741133217839
The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Roland Bainton (available to borrow from the Internet Archive with a free account: https://archive.org/details/reformationofsix0000bain_h1z7)
1 hr 11 min
June 16, 2021 26. Early Church Odds and Ends
Previous guest appearances:
Episode 16: A Short History of the English Bible with J. Ryan Davidson
Episode 8: The Early Church with J. Ryan Davidson
Like Wildfire: The Gospel Amid the Greco-Roman 1st/2nd Century Family Context (Sunday school lesson taught by guest)
Recent episode of the Broad Oak Piety Podcast (co-hosted by guest)
English translation of the Epistle of Barnabas
English translation of the Shepherd of Hermas.
Getting the Garden Right by Richard Barcellos (guest's book recommendation).
38 min
May 26, 2021 25. Armenian Warriors and Chalcedon Revisited
What's the difference between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church?
Was the Roman Empire the first nation that made Christianity its official religion?
What's a "physis" and why does it matter?
Rueben and Joseph talk about those topics and more in this episode.
[Previous episode mentioned: To Creed or Not to Creed? Episode art: Etchmiadzin Cathedral the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city of Vagharshapat, Armenia.]
33 min
May 12, 2021 24. Heroes and Heretics: Three Patron Saints of Ireland
St. Patrick's Bad Analogies by Lutheran Satire
More information about the Book of Kells from Trinity College Dublin (pictures here)
"Ireland reports the first venomous snake bite in its history, right before St. Patrick’s Day," article from March 2020
1 hr 7 min
March 03, 202123. Dr. Tom Nettles and the Mission Board that Saved the Southern Baptist Convention
Dr. Nettles' author archive at Founders Ministries.
A selection of books by Dr. Nettles, including Baptists and the Bible which is described as "one of the most complete and oft quoted sources for reliable, incisive, and detailed information on the history of Baptist attitudes towards the doctrine of the inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible."
Dr. Nettles' book recommendations:
Whole Gospel, Whole World: The Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1845-1995 by William R. Estep (available for purchase here)

A Memoir of the Life and Labors of the Rev. Adoniram Judson, D.D. by Francis Wayland (available to read for free on the Internet Archive, vol. 1 and vol. 2)
Episode art: modern picture of Siloam Baptist Church in Marion, Alabama, where the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board was formed in 1845.
1 hr 25 min
February 10, 2021 22. Quiz Show! History's Greatest Preachers
Revived Studios website, Facebook, Instagram.
History's Greatest Preachers quiz on Sporcle.
Tulips and Honey episode with Rueben and Joseph (or watch the YouTube version).
Our episode on J. Gresham Machen.
34 min