Luther believed that music has the power to teach Christian doctrine. He put this belief into practice with his catechism hymns.

Protestant reformer Martin Luther planted the seed that grew into a rich musical tradition culminating in Bach.

What is the role of the government? Can we build a Christian society in this world? Protestant Reformers Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, Martin Bucer, and John Calvin all grappled with those questions—and came up with different answers.

Calvinism is making a comeback—and shaking up the church.

A brief summary of Calvinism.

Studying Geneva's sexual reformation has lessons for today.

The spiritual father of so many English Reformers died at the hands of the church he refused to leave.

Reformation scholar Timothy George discusses Pope John Paul II's historical significance and this 'momentous' era of Catholic-evangelical dialogue.

How America's plain people first arose in Europe as a discipleship movement repressed by the state church.

At Marburg, the last hope of a united Protestantism ran aground on the Last Supper.

When we seek answers to churchly and societal issues in the Bible alone, citing the Reformation principle of sola scriptura, we are actually contradicting the Reformers.

What we can learn from the church fathers that will enrich our own Bible study.

The rapidity of Africa's twentieth-century baptism was stunning. There's no better place to see the future of the global church.

Some defenders of secular science say they did. What's the real story?

Historian David Lindberg shows that Christianity and science are not at war - and may never have been.

Evangelicals can embrace a rich inheritance from Aquinas.

Father of American church history