What is the Reformation?

This year, 2017, is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation – that glorious moment in history when the gospel was rediscovered. Thanks to God’s sovereign plan, countless men and women during the 1500s and 1600s were reawakened to the beauty and power of the gospel as revealed in God’s Word. The Reformation has shaped more of how you worship today than you know. To join us in helping explain the impact and story of the Reformation is Dr. Michael Haykin from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he serves as professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality. This is part 3 of a 4 part series on a general “church history” timeline from the Patristic Era to the Modern Period. Listen to The Patristic Era and The Medieval Period if you’re interested. Next week, we finish our series. It’s been such a privilege in learning church history from one of the world’s best!

 

Who’s Our Guest?

Dr. Michael Haykin (ThD University of Toronto) is professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Haykin also serves as the director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. He’s authored and/or edited over twenty-five books, including 8 Women of Faith and Rediscovering the Church Fathers.

Episode Links

Check out The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (where Dr. Michael Haykin teaches).

Also, check out The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies (where Dr. Haykin serves as director).

And here’s the book I was referring to at the end of the show called 8 Women of Faith.

Read It

*Below is an edited transcription of the audio conversation.

Introduction

Well it’s our third of four sessions going through Church history. It’s not as if Church history can be explained in simply four 20-25 minute sessions, but here with me to do his best (and he’s been doing a great job at it) is Dr. Michael Haykin. He’s a professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Thanks for being here with us!

Great to be with you again.

As I said, this is our third episode in our series. And since it’s history – it’s obvious, things morph, they build, they change on top of one another, so it’s important that we know what happens in the past. So I say that to encourage you if this is the first of the four you’re listening to, then pause this, go back to the first in the series, and start from there, and then come to where we are now.

The Patristic Era with Dr. Michael Haykin

The Medieval Era with Dr. Michael Haykin

Anyways, we’re going to learn from Michael today about the Reformation – about the reforming and the reviving of the church.

So tell us about this time.

The Basics of the Reformation

Yeah, this is a time in which after a long period, and really that period stretches from around 800-14...