Hear The Voice And Prayer

Kyle Robinson Ph.D.
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Hear the Voice and Prayer explores the world of religious belief and practice in the tumultuous years of Christian change between Martin Luther to John Wesley. It is produced by and features the work of faculty and students at Olivet Nazarene University.

  1. Jun 24

    Season 3 Episode 8: The Glare of the Sun King: Louis XIV and the 1685 Edict of Fontainebleau

    This podcast episode explores the 1685 French Edict of Fontainebleau and the history behind the persecution of Protestants in Louis XIV's France. The episode covers the origins of Protestantism in France, the French Wars of Religion, and the subsequent persecution of French Huguenots under the reign of King Louis XIV. Special focus is put on the character of Louis XIV and the reasons behind why the Catholic French king decided to openly persecute French Protestants in 1685.

  2. Jun 17

    Season 3 Episode 7: Bloody Mary, Quite Contrary: Reassessing the Reign of Mary I

    History popularly paints Queen Mary I as a poor ruler, almost tyrannical, heavy-handed, and murderous. The origin of her famous moniker of “Bloody Mary”. However, this view is unfair. Instead, she must be examined in her context as a CatholicQueen pragmatically ruling a Protestantized England  thinking through the best methods to restore the old faith. Though often misunderstood and characterized by Protestanthistoriography as “Bloody Mary,” this episode argues that Mary Tudor was in fact a responsible and sober-minded Catholic monarch.

  3. Jun 10

    Season 3 Episode 6: Praying on the Enemy: Cromwell and the Soldiers’ Catechism

    In this episode, Grant and Dr. Robinson explore the Biblicalfoundations of the Parliamentarian and Roundhead cause in their overthrow of Charles I's "tyrannical" reign over the Kingdom of England. Using Oliver Cromwell's own Soldiers' Catechism, Grant and Dr. Robinson dive into the Puritan background of the Roundhead cause, and where thegovernment and the soul of the English people intertwined.

  4. Jun 3

    Season 3 Episode 5: Exemplary Erasmian Education: the Education of a Christian Prince

    This episode explores the ideologies of Erasmus on the cuspof the religious and political upheaval of European Reformation. Through his 1516 work The Education of a Christian Prince, Erasmus used a unique tactic for internal reform by dedicating his work to the future Emperor Charles V, forthcoming leader of the Habsburg dynasty, and the most powerful leader of Europe. Throughout his argument, Erasmus defined what a good Christina Prince was through his Humanistic exposition which include being educated, seekinginternal integrity, and the guidance of God.

  5. May 27

    Season 3 Episode 4: God Wills It!: Luther, Erasmus and the Debate over Free Will

    The bulk of Vincent's episode discusses the intense back andforth theological debates between the 16th century theologians Martin Luther and Desiderius Erasmus. The two disagreed on many Christian theological principles, and Vincent describes in depth the two's differing views of Free Will based on a series of letters between the two men. Lutherfirmly believed that human will is bound by sin, while Erasmus argued that Free Will does exist, allowing humans to choose to accept or reject divine grace.

  6. May 20

    Season 3 Episode 3: Here She Stands, and Can Do No Other: Argula von Grumbach, the Most Protestant of Women

    In this episode, the heroic actions of the first published Protestant woman, Argula von Grumbach are examined. Argula grew up in the noble class in Bavaria, under the Holy Roman Empire. She received large amounts of education as a young woman. In her later years, her brave, historic actions pushed her into the spotlight. After being inspired by Martin Luther's writings, Argula published her letter "To the University of Ingolstadt" which was revolutionary notonly because it supported Lutheranism, but also because it was publicly written and published by a woman in the sixteenth century.

  7. May 13

    Season 3 Episode 2: Confessions of a Lutheran: Philip Melanchthon and the theology and politics of the Augsburg Confession

    After the Protestant Reformation, German Lutherans had tolearn how to interpret and approach civil authority that did not match their beliefs. The Holy Roman Empire, headed by the Catholic Habsburgs and inhabited by many states that still adhered to Rome, was fertile for potential violence between Lutheranism and Catholicism, and Lutheran leaders attempted to address the purpose and limitations of civil obedience. Martin Luther's successor and mouthpiece, Philip Melanchthon presented a political philosophy within theAugsburg Confession that exhorted Lutherans to obey magistrates for personal survival and disobey when laws contradicted scriptural truths - a tolerance of mutual existence.

  8. May 6

    Season 3 Episode 1: Tried for a Sermon: Henry Sacheverell and the Perils of False Brethren

    In this opening episode of season 3, Asher Kenney and host Kyle Robinson examine a case in the records of early eighteenth century England. Dr. Sacheverell’s 1709 Sermon on the perils of False Brethren and the ensuing trial and public controversy that occurred as a result. This particular historical episode reveals several key long-term consequences that are arguably derived from England’s political experience of the Reformation. An experience that was being reshaped by new forces of party politics at the dawn of the eighteenth century.

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Hear the Voice and Prayer explores the world of religious belief and practice in the tumultuous years of Christian change between Martin Luther to John Wesley. It is produced by and features the work of faculty and students at Olivet Nazarene University.

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  • Creator
    Kyle Robinson Ph.D.
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Kyle Robinson Ph.D.
  • Show Website
    Hear The Voice And Prayer