1517 Podcasts

The year was 1926, and we remember J.I. Packer. The reading is a word about Christian hope from Packer himself.

Welcome to Christianity on Trial, where the claims of Christianity are examined and judged by the rules of evidence as used in the court of law. Your host, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, is a lawyer, a theologian, an author, and an accomplished defender of biblical Christianity. He is no stranger to the rules of evidence or the courtroom. So with our skeptical world for the prosecution and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery for the defense, stay with us as we listen in on Christianity on Trial.

Kids - you'll never know the freedom of "come home with the streetlights on". But don't worry, be nostalgic for the Gospel of Jesus!

The year was 1542 and Pope Paul III issued the Papal Bull, “Licet ab Initio.” The reading is an excerpt from Soren Kierkegaard's 1851 “Discourse on Communion.”

Dr. Paulson talks about the phrase “faith seeking understanding.” The show then focuses on the switch from the analogies of what God is, to where He is found.

God remembers Hannah and she bears a son and names him Samuel.

The year was 1969, and Buzz Aldrin became the first man to take communion in space. The reading is from Robert Campbell's hymn, "At the Lambs High Feast We Sing."

The year was 1688, and we remember Guisseppe Castiglione. The reading is the "Prayer of St Francis Xavier" by Alexander Pope.

Pastor Koch Teaches On Genesis 32:22-30

The year was 64, and we remember the great fire in Rome. The reading is from Justin Martyr, writing in 150 AD.

"If we are led by the Spirit" . . . but where does the Spirit lead? He always leads us to Christ and His cross.

The year was 1887, and we remember Dorothea Dix. The reading is a stanza from John Donne's "Annunciation."