Christian Theologians Through Church History: Ranked

Series: Reformers vs Radicals

Church History

Christian Theologians Through Church History: Ranked

42 min

Series: Reformers vs Radicals

Church History

Christian Theologians Through Church History: Ranked

42 min

Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller play a fun game ranking theologians through church history.


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Bob Hiller is the Senior Pastor of Community Lutheran Church in Escondido/San Marcos, California. He is the author of Finding Christ in the Straw and the content editor for The Craft of Preaching (1517).

Justin S. Holcomb, PhD, is an Episcopal minister and professor of theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has authored, coauthored, or edited more than twenty books on numerous topics, including abuse, biblical studies, and theology. Justin and his wife, Lindsey, coauthored the award-winning children’s book God Made All of Me, God Made Me in His Image, and God Made Babies. You can read more from Justin at justinholcomb.com and connect with him on Twitter @JustinHolcomb.

Michael Horton (Ph.D., Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Coventry University) is the J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California and Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Sola Media.

Walter R. Strickland II (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is teaching pastor at Imago Dei Church. He is Associate Professor of Systematic and Contextual Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and he cofounded Aptree Learning. He and his wife live in the Raleigh area in North Carolina, and they have two daughters and a son, and a daughter named Hope who is waiting to meet them in glory.

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Reformers vs Radicals

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Pietism: The Movement That Co-opted the Reformation

Pietism: The Movement That Co-opted the Reformation

Pietism promised renewal but redefined the teachings of the Reformation. Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller trace how Pietism’s focus on heartfelt devotion replaced the Reformation’s core doctrines, paved the way for the Enlightenment, and continues to shape modern evangelicalism. check out this month’s offers Become a Sola Partner to support the […]

Schleiermacher: The Theologian Behind Protestant Liberalism

Schleiermacher: The Theologian Behind Protestant Liberalism

Meet Friedrich Schleiermacher, the “Father of Modern Liberal Theology.” Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller explain how Romanticism, culture, and personal doubt shaped Schleiermacher’s theology and how he transformed faith and doctrine into feeling as he reimagined Christianity for the modern age. check out this month’s offers Become a Sola Partner to […]

The Theologians Who Resisted Liberalism: How Orthodox Theology Survived the 20th Century

The Theologians Who Resisted Liberalism: How Orthodox Theology Survived the 20th Century

Neo-Orthodoxy, fundamentalism, and evangelicalism. Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller explore the important figures who—though different from the Reformers—resisted the onslaught of theological liberalism in the early 20th century. check out this month’s offers Become a Sola Partner to support the work of White Horse Inn as we apply the riches of […]

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