Giants of the Faith - A Christian History Podcast

About Giants of the Faith - A Christian History Podcast

Giants of the Faith is a bite-sized podcast where we’ll explore some of the great figures in Christian history. Expect to hear episodes on Luther, Augustine, Wesley, and more. Some of the folks we talk about will be familiar to you and some will probably not be but all are noteworthy in some way.

Publisher

Robert Daniels

Category

history · religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Apr 2020

Latest episode

11 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 106 episodes have a transcript.

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   11 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 86 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Andrew Melville

   Send us feedback Today, in episode 86, we are continuing our trek through the Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals by Intervarsity Press. Today we are spending time with a figure who does not always get the attention he deserves, yet his influence on the church in Scotland and on the broader Reformed world is profound. He can be found on page 422 of the Biographical Dictionary. We are talking about Andrew Melville, a man whose courage, scholarship, and unwavering commitment to the au...

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   19 Dec 2025

   Episode 85 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Christmas 2025)

   Send us feedback This Christmas 2025 episode will focus on the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is this year's Christmas episode, of course, because Longfellow wrote the memorable poem Christmas Bells - which later became the Christmas hymn I Heard the Bells. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is one of America's most cherished poets, a writer whose moral vision, gentle piety, and lyrical craft helped shape the cultural and spiritual imagination of a nation. His life, marked by both liter...

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   2 Dec 2025

   Episode 84 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Jacobus Arminius - Part 03

   Send us feedback This episode concludes our three part look at Jacobus Arminius as part of the larger series of episodes taken from Inter-Varsity Press' Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals. In this episode we're discussing Arminianism today. If you haven't listened to the preceding two episodes you should go do that now.

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Episode 86 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Andrew Melville

Published 11 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] His commitment to a biblical church governance helped preserve the purity of the church in Scotland during a time when political forces were trying to reshape it according to their own interests. His scholarship also produced lasting contributions. Melville was a poet, a linguist, and a theologian, and he wrote Latin poetry that was admired across Europe. He trained generations of ministers who carried the Reformed faith into every corner of Scotland. He strengthened the universities of Glasgow and St. Andrews, ensuring that future pastors would be well equipped to preach the word faithfully, and his influence on education alone would have secured his legacy, but he gave far more than that. […]

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