Our Christian Heritage
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Interviews with historians, authors, pastors, professors and more about the people who God has used in our heritage.
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A lawyer in Communist Romania - representing the most heinous crime imaginable: Bible smuggling. The Communist dictator sends an assassin to eliminate her. And then?
Dr. Erwin Lutzer, a Canadian by birth, shares his perspective on the 250th Birthday of America
At Munich's Feldherrnhalle, Pastor Lutzer recalls Hitler's oath-bound followers, Bonhoeffer's warning, and the church's compromise, urging us to learn from history and pledge ultimate allegiance to Christ alone.
Pastor Lutzer stands near Hitler's Eagle's Nest, reflecting on Nazi history. His video series explores why it happened, whether it could recur, and encourages viewers to remember and learn from the past.
The Munich Agreement illustrates appeasement's failure: Hitler exploited weakness, promises without character proved empty, and Churchill showed that truth often requires standing alone against the majority. Lessons in courage, integrity, vigilance.
The tour revealed enduring lessons: the church's imperfection, the power of economics and law, the danger of ideology, and above all, the necessity of personal repentance and transformation through Christ.
At Wannsee, Nazi leaders planned the Holocaust's logistics, coordinating mass murder across Europe. Pastor Lutzer warns that beauty can mask evil, and conformity over conscience enables atrocities—history's lessons must prevent repetition.
In Potsdam, Pastor Lutzer reflects on the 1945 conference where world leaders reshaped Europe, reminding us that leadership decisions carry lasting consequences—affecting millions for good or for evil.
At Berlin University, Pastor Lutzer reflects on Karl Marx's enduring influence, contrasts it with Christ's truth, and introduces his book The Eclipse of God on philosophy's impact and living amid God's eclipse.
Pastor Lutzer in Berlin honors Stauffenberg and Bonhoeffer, highlighting faith-driven courage, resistance to evil, and sacrifice for justice, showing that true faith sometimes demands moral action over personal safety.
On July 20, 1944, Stauffenberg and others risked everything to oppose Hitler, sacrificing their lives for justice and moral principle, reminding us that some values surpass life itself.
Pastor Lutzer reflects in Berlin's book-burning square, warning how censorship and misuse of freedom can destroy liberty. From Nazi Germany to today, he urges Christians to learn from history and guard freedom wisely.
A stop on the Underground Railroad, Wheaton College is prominent in church history. Join Professor Greg Quiggle as we delve into Wheaton, Moody, and greater Chicago's Christian Heritage.
Germany's three Reichs show cycles of empire and nationalism. Bonhoeffer warned against Christian nationalism, reminding believers to prioritize the gospel above pride, politics, or flags, a lesson still vital today.
Randy Melchert and Dr. James Spencer continue the conversation regarding D.L. Moody.
Ordinary people can commit extraordinary evil when culture or state overrides conscience. History warns us to guard our hearts, remain morally vigilant, and learn from past horrors to prevent repetition.
Randy sits with Jim Koehler and Myron Lloyd to discuss the legacy of Williams Jennings Bryan, who lead the Prohibition Movement and prosecuted the Scopes Trial.
The Berlin Wall showed that true freedom is reflected in a society's barriers: walls built to keep people in reveal control, not protection, exposing the gap between claims of democracy and reality.
Three-time Democrat Nominee for President, William Jennings Bryan, was born in the small town of Salem, Illinois. Myron Lloyd and Jim Koehler from the William Jennings Bryan Boyhood Home discuss his life on Our Christian Heritage.
Pastor Lutzer describes Berlin's Cold War division, the Berlin Wall's construction to stop East Germans fleeing, the political manipulation used to justify it, and emphasizes learning from history to prevent communism's dangers today.
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