Here We Stand

Here We Stand

A 31-day journey with the heroes of the Reformation.

Episodes

Here He Stood: Martin Luther (1483–1546)

October 30, 2024 • 8 mins
Luther stood not on the pronouncements of popes, or the decisions of councils, or the winds of popular opinion, but on “that word above all earthly powers.”
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The Runaway Nun: Katharina von Bora (1499–1552)

October 30, 2024 • 6 mins
Katharina married Martin Luther to survive as a runaway nun, but their marriage proved to be a model in a time when “pastor’s wife” was a new role.
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The Administrative Pastor: Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558)

October 29, 2024 • 6 mins
The Reformation required more than theological giants. It also demanded organizational geniuses.
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The Happy Professor: Zacharius Ursinus (1534–1583)

October 28, 2024 • 5 mins
He took the lead role in writing the Heidelberg Catechism, one of the most ringing affirmations of faith in all of Christian history.
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The First Calvinist: Theodore Beza (1519–1605)

October 27, 2024 • 6 mins
Theodore Beza gave form to what we now call Calvinism by explaining and defending the biblical doctrines Calvin had rediscovered.
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The Teenage Martyr: Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537–1554)

October 26, 2024 • 6 mins
Lady Jane Grey was a teenage victim of social and political conspiracy, beheaded at seventeen for her faith. But her life is far from a tragedy.
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The Fly of Friedberg: Balthasar Hübmaier (c. 1480–1528)

October 25, 2024 • 7 mins
German Reformer Balthasar Hübmaier had a powerful voice, a mightier pen, and a life that echoed his Reformed and Baptistic beliefs, even under torture.
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The Ink: Robert Estienne (1503–1559)

October 24, 2024 • 6 mins
Robert Estienne was the premier printer of the Protestant cause. He put Reformation doctrine and the Bible itself into the hands of ordinary people.
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The Genius of Geneva: John Calvin (1509–1564)

October 23, 2024 • 6 mins
The key to John Calvin’s life: he recovered and embodied a passion for the absolute reality and majesty of God.
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The Champion of the Kirk: John Knox (c. 1513–1572)

October 22, 2024 • 6 mins
John Knox feared the face of no man, which equipped him to bring reform to his homeland in the Highlands.
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The Radical Reformer: Conrad Grebel (c. 1498–1526)

October 21, 2024 • 5 mins
Conrad Grebel is known as a “radical Reformer” — a leader who took the movement one step further by insisting on separating church from state.
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The Majestic Beard of Zurich: Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575)

October 20, 2024 • 6 mins
Without Zwingli, there would have been no Reformation in Zurich. Without Heinrich Bullinger, it would not have lasted.
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The Ordinary Virgin Mary: Hellen Stirke (Died 1544)

October 19, 2024 • 5 mins
Hellen Stirke did not debate theology, write a treatise, or preach to hundreds. She just staked her soul on Scripture — and paid for it with her life.
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The Accidental Reformer: Hans Gooseflesh (c. 1400–1468)

October 18, 2024 • 6 mins
He never preached a sermon and never authored a theological treatise. He was a Reformer by accident — or, better, by common grace.
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The Reformation’s Third Man: Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531)

October 17, 2024 • 7 mins
If the Reformation could be summarized in three men, then alongside Martin Luther and John Calvin would be the Swiss giant, Huldrych Zwingli.
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The British Candle: Latimer (c. 1485–1555) and Ridley (c. 1502–1555)

October 16, 2024 • 6 mins
One Lord, one faith, one stake. The story of two great Reformers burned at the same stake.
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The Apostle of the Alps: Guillaume Farel (1489–1565)

October 15, 2024 • 7 mins
Though once utterly enchanted with Catholic piety, William Farel would be used by God to liberate countless thousands from the bondage of Roman superstition.
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The Gospel Lobbyist: Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556)

October 14, 2024 • 6 mins
Thomas Cranmer led England from Roman Catholicism and shaped England’s theology perhaps more than any other Reformer.
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The Princess Protector: Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549)

October 13, 2024 • 7 mins
To some a queen, to others a heretic, Marguerite de Navarre used her royal power to win others to Reformed faith — and then protect them under persecution.
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The First Lady in France: Marie Dentière (c. 1495–1561)

October 12, 2024 • 5 mins
What Marie Dentière lacked in feminine modesty or humility for her day, she made up for with unrivaled zeal for the gospel.
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