

Here We Stand
Desiring God
A 31-day journey with the heroes of the Reformation.
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Oct 31, 2024 • 8min
Here He Stood: Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Luther stood not on the pronouncements of popes, or the decisions of councils, or the winds of popular opinion, but on “that word above all earthly powers.”

Oct 30, 2024 • 6min
The Runaway Nun: Katharina von Bora (1499–1552)
Katharina married Martin Luther to survive as a runaway nun, but their marriage proved to be a model in a time when “pastor’s wife” was a new role.

Oct 29, 2024 • 7min
The Administrative Pastor: Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558)
The Reformation required more than theological giants. It also demanded organizational geniuses.

Oct 28, 2024 • 5min
The Happy Professor: Zacharius Ursinus (1534–1583)
He took the lead role in writing the Heidelberg Catechism, one of the most ringing affirmations of faith in all of Christian history.

Oct 27, 2024 • 6min
The First Calvinist: Theodore Beza (1519–1605)
Theodore Beza gave form to what we now call Calvinism by explaining and defending the biblical doctrines Calvin had rediscovered.

Oct 26, 2024 • 6min
The Teenage Martyr: Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537–1554)
Lady Jane Grey was a teenage victim of social and political conspiracy, beheaded at seventeen for her faith. But her life is far from a tragedy.

Oct 25, 2024 • 7min
The Fly of Friedberg: Balthasar Hübmaier (c. 1480–1528)
German Reformer Balthasar Hübmaier had a powerful voice, a mightier pen, and a life that echoed his Reformed and Baptistic beliefs, even under torture.

Oct 24, 2024 • 7min
The Ink: Robert Estienne (1503–1559)
Robert Estienne was the premier printer of the Protestant cause. He put Reformation doctrine and the Bible itself into the hands of ordinary people.

Oct 23, 2024 • 7min
The Genius of Geneva: John Calvin (1509–1564)
The key to John Calvin’s life: he recovered and embodied a passion for the absolute reality and majesty of God.

Oct 22, 2024 • 6min
The Champion of the Kirk: John Knox (c. 1513–1572)
John Knox feared the face of no man, which equipped him to bring reform to his homeland in the Highlands.