Jan 30 - Oliver Cromwell and two executions

Today we remember the journalist Morgan Stanleys success in finding the lost explorer Dr Livingstone.   And why did he become so famous after his death? 

Today a college in Massachusetts was established by vote and named after its largest benefactor the Rev John Harvard, we explore his life and how the college has grown into one of the most famous universities in the world. 

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. 

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

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

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. 

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

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. 

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. 

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