A Loyalist major swore God Almighty could not drive him from his hilltop; nine hundred Presbyterian frontiersmen proved otherwise at Kings Mountain. | A Gospel Briefing production.
The most famous preacher of the eighteenth century preached his final sermon on a barrel in a field, then died hours later asking whether his hearers had truly examined their own faith. A Gospel Briefing production.
Too weak to speak, the most famous preacher in the English-speaking world climbed a barrel by candlelight for one final sermon before he died. | A Gospel Briefing production.
When Vikings captured Canterbury and its archbishop, Aelfheah forbade his own people from paying the ransom that would keep him alive -- choosing martyrdom over funding the next raid. | A Gospel Briefing production.
As British ships bombard Fort McHenry through the night, a lawyer aboard a truce ship watches for a flag he cannot see, and writes what becomes The Star-Spangled Banner. | A Gospel Briefing production.
Exiled and marched to death by an empire he tried to call back to righteousness, John Chrysostom's final words were not a complaint but a doxology. | A Gospel Briefing production.
A vastly outnumbered Scottish force led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray annihilates an English royal army at Stirling Bridge, a lopsided victory that echoes Proverbs 21:31. | A Gospel Briefing production.
When Puritan colonists nearly perished from foul water and fever, a reclusive hermit priest showed them a spring — and Governor Winthrop's shipboard sermon about a city on a hill took on new weight. | A Gospel Briefing production.
Puritan settlers found Boston, staking a whole colony on the belief that God was watching how they lived together. A look at covenant, providence, and the cost of building a testimony. | A Gospel Briefing production.
The celebrated theologian and organist who traded Europe's concert halls for a jungle hospital in Gabon, and died there still treating patients at ninety. A Gospel Briefing production.
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About The Gospel Briefing Presents: Bringing Biblical History to Life
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From The Gospel Briefing comes a 5-minute daily history podcast told through a biblical worldview. Every weekday, host Carlos Reyes tells a story from church history, American history, or world history — and shows what God was doing in it. Every story has a Sovereign.
Part of The Gospel Briefing family of podcasts. For the flagship daily news briefing on the issues shaping the church and culture, search "The Gospel Briefing" wherever you listen.
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