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Christian Nationalism

What is Christian Nationalism? What has it meant historically and how should we consider it today? Listen in as Drs. Haykin and Pohlman are joined by Dr. John Wilsey for a conversation about Christian Nationalism past and present. 

 

Articles and books of note: 

 

Progressive Nationalism (John Wilsey)

 

One Nation Under God? An Evangelical Critique of Christian America (John Wilsey) 

 

American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea (John Wilsey) 

 

John Gill

Some people consider John Gill the greatest Baptist pastor-theologian of the eighteenth century. And, yet, Gill remains relatively unknown compared to other Christians of the era. Why is this? And why is Gill important for our time? Join Drs. Michael Haykin and Mike Pohlman as they discuss. 

The Weekly Historian

On their first episode of the New Year, Drs. Haykin and Pohlman discuss Michael’s new book The Weekly Historian: 52 Reflections on Church History. Join the conversation as they encourage Christians to “know their family tree” as they consider, among other things, what friendship has to do with protecting orthodoxy and what coffee has to do with church planting. 

George Whitefield (part 2)

Join Drs. Haykin and Pohlman as they continue their conversation about George Whitefield as they take up “little” issues like his debates with Wesley over election and his stance on slavery. 

George Whitefield (part 1)

Join Drs. Haykin and Pohlman as they take up George Whitefield, the eighteenth century revivalist some have called "The greatest evangelist since the apostle Paul."

Charles Wesley

In this week’s episode, Drs. Haykin and Pohlman take up the other famous Wesley…Charles, who’s over 7,000 hymns may be the greatest legacy of the eighteenth century evangelical awakening. 

Anne Steele

If you were to consider the outstanding hymn writers of eighteenth-century England would the name Anne Steele come to mind? To help ensure that it does, we welcome Dr. Esther Crookshank to the podcast to talk about hymns and Anne Steele’s under-appreciated contribution to the history of church music.

Brilliana Harley

Join Drs. Michael Haykin and Mike Pohlman as they discuss the remarkable Puritan wife and mother, Brilliana Harley.

The American Puritans

The Puritan movement of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as a transatlantic reform movement within the Protestant church, has much to teach the evangelical church today. To discuss the Puritans in general and the American Puritans in particular, Drs. Haykin and Pohlman are joined by Dr. Dustin Benge, co-author of The American Puritans. 

 

Books mentioned: 

 

The American Puritans (Dustin Benge and Nate Pickowicz) 

Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America (Michael P. Winship) 

The Puritans: A Transatlantic History (David D. Hall) 

First Founders: American Puritans and Puritanism in an Atlantic World (Francis Bremer) 

Thomas Scott and John Newton (part 2)

Join Drs. Michael Haykin and Tim Scott as they discuss the eighteenth-century Bible commentator, Thomas Scott, and his relationship to John Newton.