5 Minutes in Church History with Stephen Nichols

About 5 Minutes in Church History with Stephen Nichols

This weekly podcast provides an informal and informative look at church history. Join us each week as we take a brief break from the present to go exploring the past. Travel back in time as we look at the people, events, and even the places that have shaped the story of Christianity. Each episode offers an easily digestible glimpse of how the eternal, unchangeable God has worked in the church over prior generations and how this can encourage us today. This is our story—our family history.

Publisher

Ligonier Ministries

Category

history · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Aug 2013

Latest episode

18 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

91 of 673 episodes have a transcript.

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   18 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   5 Things Everyone Should Know About John Cotton: A Committed Congregationalist

   How did Puritan pastor John Cotton end up on England's most wanted list? Today, Stephen Nichols continues his conversation with Stephen Yuille, exploring Cotton's flight to New England and the convictions that shaped his ministry. Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/5-minutes-in-church-history-with-stephen-nichols/5-things-everyone-should-know-about-john-cotton-a-committed-congregationalist/ A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Donate: https://donate.ligonier.org/ (https://donate.ligonier.org/) Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

2. 

   11 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   5 Things Everyone Should Know About John Cotton: A Pastor's Heart

   Stephen Nichols interviews Stephen Yuille, exploring five essential facts about Puritan pastor John Cotton's life, ministry, and enduring legacy.

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   4 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   To Burma

   Stephen Nichols recounts the total dedication of Adoniram Judson, detailing how God sustained him through hardship to bring the gospel to Burma in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

5 Things Everyone Should Know About John Cotton: A Committed Congregationalist

Published 18 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so he objected to certain practices within the Church of England. And the Archbishop, he was very much in favor of what we call conformity among all ministers. And so he issued an arrest warrant for John Cotton and other Puritans. And Cotton, with the permission of his church, he went into hiding in the city of London, where he could, you know, escape in that sea of humanity and remain hidden. And the plan was eventually to travel to the Netherlands. But a friend of his named Thomas Hooker suggested the new world, New England. And John Cotton knew some people who had traveled to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. […]

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