The Pearl of Great Price

Mar 11 2025 369 ep. 8 mins 234
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A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.

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Mar 12 Bishop Berkeley, Yale and Idealism

Mar 11 2025 8 mins  
George Berkeley, a father of Empiricism, and Irish Bishop and endower of Yale University lived a fascinating life, We look at his ideas and his legacy in this podcast.

Mar 11 William Carey's Fire in Serampore, India

Mar 10 2025 7 mins  
Today we remember a fire in Serrmapore which destroyed some priceless translations from Sanskrit but brought international fame to the work of William Carey. Covering the founding of the Baptist Missionary Society and the first degree-awarding university in India

Mar 10 Rev. Martin Luther King

Mar 09 2025 8 mins  
Today we remember how James Earl Ray confessed to the murder of Rev King. Todays pod takes a brief look at Kings life, his theology and his legacy

Mar 9 In Sebaste, Roman Soldiers are Martyred

Mar 08 2025 7 mins  
A chilling story of the death of 40 Roman Soldiers in Lesser Armenia, in 320. They froze to death rather than renounce their Christian faith. WIdely celebrated in the Orthodox World as martyrs.

Mar 8 Reagan's Evil Empire

Mar 07 2025 7 mins  
We look at today's speech by President Reagan to an Evangelical Congress in Florida. It has gone down in history as the 'Evil Empire Speech' and we examine the context of this and the evangelical base to the Republican Party

Mar 7 A Revolutionary new Mass

Mar 06 2025 8 mins  
We look at the first mass in the vernacular celebrated by Paul VI today in 1965. The roots of the reform and the consequences since.

Mar 5 Roger Williams first Baptist Church in USA

Mar 06 2025 7 mins  
Today we look at the restless life of English missionary and linguist Roger Williams, and how he established the first Baptist Church in Rhodes Island

Mar 2 - The Death of John Wesley

Mar 06 2025 8 mins  
Today we look at the remarkable life of John Wesley, the beginning of Methodism and the death of 'the most loved man in Britain'

Mar 6 Michelangelo

Mar 05 2025 15 mins  
Today we remember the birth of possibly the greatest artist of all time, Michelangelo. We look at his work through four classics, the two statues of Pieta and David, the frescos of the Sistine Chapel and the Dome of St Peters in Rome. And we also look at some controversial theories about his genius.

Mar 1 Bishop Oldhams' Anglo-Chinese schools

Feb 28 2025 6 mins  
We look at the life work of Methodist William Oldham, his work in mapping India and setting up Singapore's most prestigious school