Giants of the Faith - A Christian History Podcast
by Robert Daniels
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Bonus Episode 20 - The Eighty Years War
Mar 21, 2026
11m 40s
Episode 86 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Andrew Melville
Mar 11, 2026
13m 43s
Episode 85 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Christmas 2025)
Dec 19, 2025
14m 10s
Episode 84 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Jacobus Arminius - Part 03
Dec 2, 2025
10m 21s
Episode 83 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Jacobus Arminius - Part 02
Sep 11, 2025
11m 28s
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| 3/21/26 |  Bonus Episode 20 - The Eighty Years War | Send us feedback I mentioned in the first Arminius episode that we might cover the Eighty Years' War at some point in a bonus episode. That point is today. I hope you enjoy this brief diversion from our typical subjects. | 11m 40s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 | Episode 86 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Andrew Melville | Send us feedback Today, in episode 86, we are continuing our trek through the Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals by Intervarsity Press. Today we are spending time with a figure who does not always get the attention he deserves, yet his influence on the church in Scotland and on the broader Reformed world is profound. He can be found on page 422 of the Biographical Dictionary. We are talking about Andrew Melville, a man whose courage, scholarship, and unwavering commitment to the au... | 13m 43s | ||||||
| 12/19/25 |  Episode 85 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Christmas 2025) | Send us feedback This Christmas 2025 episode will focus on the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is this year's Christmas episode, of course, because Longfellow wrote the memorable poem Christmas Bells - which later became the Christmas hymn I Heard the Bells. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is one of America's most cherished poets, a writer whose moral vision, gentle piety, and lyrical craft helped shape the cultural and spiritual imagination of a nation. His life, marked by both liter... | 14m 10s | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | Episode 84 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Jacobus Arminius - Part 03 | Send us feedback This episode concludes our three part look at Jacobus Arminius as part of the larger series of episodes taken from Inter-Varsity Press' Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals. In this episode we're discussing Arminianism today. If you haven't listened to the preceding two episodes you should go do that now. | 10m 21s | ||||||
| 9/11/25 | Episode 83 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Jacobus Arminius - Part 02 | Send us feedback Today we're continuing our look at Arminius and the storms that followed his death. He died of tuberculosis in 1609 but, of course, his impact continued, and continues, long after his death. Specifically, we're going to focus on the Synod of Dort, one of the most important, and perhaps least understood, events in the history of Christian doctrine. We'll look at what Dort was, why it happened, and why Christians today — often unknowingly — are still living in the shadow of its... | 11m 28s | ||||||
| 5/15/25 | Episode 82 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Jacobus Arminius - Part 01 | Send us feedback Today we are continuing our random march through Inter-Varsity Press' Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals. My son pulled random number 18, which lead us to page 18 in the book. Page 18 takes us to Jacobus Arminius - the founder of the Remonstrant Movement and the arch-enemy of Calvinists everywhere. That's a bit of a joke but he is the founder of one of the two primary (sorry Molinists) views on the Doctrines of Grace. He was also a pastor, a scholar, a peacemaker, and ul... | 11m 17s | ||||||
| 4/24/25 | Episode 81 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: Lyman Beecher | Send us feedback This is Episode 81 and the second in out series of episodes based on the Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals from Inter-Varsity Press. If you remember from the last episode I'm using a random number generator to choose a number from three to 763 and that determines what page to check to find the subject of the episode. It's kind of like a modern casting of the lots. My son Zach chose random number 42 and that has led today's episode to focus on someone wholly unknown to m... | 13m 14s | ||||||
| 3/11/25 | Episode 80 - Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals: John Angell James | Send us feedback This season we're doing something a little different. This season will consist of mostly shorter episodes with inspiration drawn from the Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals by Mark Noll and published by Intervarsity Press. BDE features brief biographies, ordered chronologically, of over 400 evangelicals from John Wycliff to the modern day spread across 816 pages. My plan for each episode is to use a random number generator to select a page and then deliver a brief biogra... | 10m 52s | ||||||
| 11/29/24 |  Bonus Episode 19 - The Man That Invented Christmas (Christmas 2024) | Send us feedback This is a special Christmas bonus episode featuring Charles Dickens. Dickens is in many ways responsible for the modern celebration of Christmas - for good or ill. I hope you enjoy this look at this life. | 10m 31s | ||||||
| 11/23/24 | Episode 79 - John Duns Scotus | Send us feedback Today's show is about one of the titans of medieval thought - John Duns Scotus. Scotus was one of the most influential scholastics - right behind Thomas Aquinas. In this episode I'm going to go off into the weeds a bit to explain some of the details of the medieval school of thought known as Scholasticism and other topics. Hopefully you find the side-trips helpful. https://whytheology.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/church-history-minute-john-duns-scotus/ https://iep.utm.edu/john-d... | 20m 40s | ||||||
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| 7/3/24 | Episode 78 - Cornelius Van Til | Send us feedback Cornelius Van Til is one of the foremost apologists of the 20th Century. He developed the strand of apologetics known as presuppositional apologetics. His influence on modern Christianity is undeniable. RESOURCES New Netherlands Institute: https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/cornelius-van-til Banner of Truth: https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/articles/2001/cornelius-van-til/ Got Questions? https://www.gotquestions.org/presuppositi... | 14m 04s | ||||||
| 5/1/24 | Episode 77 - John G Paton | Send us feedback Hello and welcome to episode 77 of the Giants of the Faith podcast. My name is Robert Daniels and I am the host of this show where we look back at Christians from the past that have made an impact for the kingdom of God. Today we're looking at the life of Scottish missionary John Paton. RESOURCES Ligonier: https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/missionary-john-paton All Nations Interational: https://allnations.international/blog/the-story-of-john-paton-whose-god-made-rain-c... | 9m 58s | ||||||
| 4/17/24 |  Bonus Episode 18 - Karl Barth, Sad Trombone | Send us feedback In today's episode we're looking at influential modern theologian Karl Barth. This is my third try at writing this episode because I've struggled to be able to present Barth in a way that both appreciates his impact on the 20th century church while dealing with the problems in his personal life. So, to avoid rubber-stamping Barth's status as a Giant of the Faith but to also cover such an influential figure, I'm bumping him to bonus episode status. This might limit the reach o... | 15m 53s | ||||||
| 4/7/24 | Episode 76 - Chrysostom | Send us feedback Hello, and welcome to episode 76 of the Giants of the Faith podcast. This is the podcast where we look at the lives of Christians from history and examine the impact that they have had for the Kingdom of Christ. I'm your host, Robert Daniels, and in today's episode we're focused on one of the Church Fathers, John Chrysostom. RESOURCES Orthodox Christianity: https://orthochristian.com/43102.html Got Questions: https://www.gotquestions.org/John-Chrysostom.html Christian Histo... | 9m 13s | ||||||
| 3/12/24 | Episode 75 - JC Ryle | Send us feedback This is the podcast where we profile Christians from throughout the age of the church and look at their impact on the world and our shared faith. In this episode we're profiling the Anglican Bishop J.C. Ryle, who's commentaries and works are still in print and in wide use today. | 9m 18s | ||||||
| 2/22/24 | Episode 74 - Dionysius Exiguus | Send us feedback Dionysius Exiguus, whose name would be translated today as "Dennis the Humble," was a 6th-century monk, scholar, and mathematician. While he may not be as well-known as some other figures from antiquity, his contributions to the world are profound and enduring. | 5m 08s | ||||||
| 2/3/24 | Episode 73 - Mark Buntain | Send us feedback Welcome to Giants of the Faith, a podcast where we explore some of the great figures in Christian history. I'm your host, Robert Daniels, and today we're going to talk about Mark Buntain, a Canadian evangelist and missionary who founded a hospital and a feeding program in Calcutta, India. This episode is for Tim Svoboda, who won the graphic novel contest from a few months ago by suggesting Buntain. | 4m 41s | ||||||
| 12/11/23 |  Episode 72 - John Mason Neale (Christmas 2023) | Send us feedback Today, we will focus on the life and work of John Mason Neale, an Anglican priest, scholar, and hymnwriter who translated and adapted many ancient and medieval hymns into English. My initial thought was to relegate Neale to a bonus episode hitched to Episode 71 and Wenceslaus. But when I saw that he was also responsible for the popular English translations of "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" and "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" I had to give him the full episode treatment. Those... | 7m 26s | ||||||
| 12/6/23 |  Episode 71 - Boniface and Wenceslaus (Christmas 2023) | Send us feedback Merry Christmas! I'm recording this episode in December 2023 and Christmas is fast approaching. So, in honor of this festive season, today's episode will focus on the history and stories surrounding two men that have become part of our Christmas traditions in the West. One, Boniface, is most famous as the bringer of the Christmas tree. The other, Wenceslaus, for his noble act of kindness. RESOURCES BONIFACE SOURCES Franciscan Media: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/sa... | 14m 03s | ||||||
| 11/30/23 | Episode 70 - Chain, Chain, Chain: Billy Graham (Part 2) | Send us feedback This is part two of two of a look at the life of famed evangelist Billy Graham. In part one we looked at Graham's early life through his first major evangelistic campaign in Los Angeles. Today we'll look at the rest of his life. I feel like I should say that I'm not covering everything that Graham did in his life. He was a busy guy. There are plenty of biographies out there if you are interested in learning more about him. RESOURCES The Billy Graham Library: https://... | 13m 12s | ||||||
| 10/19/23 | Episode 69 - Chain, Chain, Chain: Billy Graham (Part 1) | Send us feedback We've been following the chain of faith from Edward Kimball to DL Moody, then from Moody to Wilbur Chapman and on through Billy Sunday and Mordecai Ham until we've finally reach the man himself, William Franklin Graham. Graham needs little introduction so we'll just jump right into the story. RESOURCES The Billy Graham Library: https://billygrahamlibrary.org/blog-billy-graham-and-the-florida-bible-institute/ iDisciple: https://www.idisciple.org/post/the-impact-of-one Christi... | 9m 26s | ||||||
| 9/22/23 | Episode 68 - Chain, Chain, Chain: Mordecai Ham | Send us feedback This is a bit of a bonus because I didn't intend to give today's subject the full episode treatment. But after a last-minute change of mind here we are with a short episode focusing on Mordecai Ham, the Kentuckian evangelist who will be the penultimate link in our chain of faith leading up to Billy Graham. Ham was a fundamentalist Baptist - not the kind of guy I would normally want to feature. He was, perhaps, anti-Semitic, certainly racist, anti-Catholic, and prone to all of... | 8m 24s | ||||||
| 9/13/23 | Episode 67 - Chain, Chain, Chain: Billy Sunday | Send us feedback Over the last few episodes we've been building up the chain of faith that leads to Billy Graham. We've seen how the devotion and life of Sunday school teacher Edward Kimball led to the conversion of a young DL Moody. Then how Moody inspired Wilbur Chapman to go into full-time evangelism which led to Chapman giving Billy Sunday his start as an evangelist. And that's where we pick up the chain today as we take a deeper dive into the life of Billy Sunday. RESOURCES Christianity... | 11m 11s | ||||||
| 8/28/23 | Episode 66 - Chain, Chain, Chain: Wilbur Chapman | Send us feedback In today's episode we're continuing the faith march toward Billy Graham. We started this journey by profiling the travelling salesman Edward Kimball, then the world renowned evangelist DL Moody. Today it's the lesser-known John Wilbur Chapman, a Presbyterian evangelist and pastor who was one of the most influential leaders of the revival movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. RESOURCES Wholesome Words: https://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/bchapman4.html Cant... | 8m 48s | ||||||
| 7/25/23 | Episode 65 - Chain, Chain, Chain: DL Moody | Send us feedback In today's episode we're continuing the faith march toward Billy Graham. In the last episode we looked at Edward Kimball, the humble Sunday School teacher who led DL Moody to the Lord, and today we're focused on Moody himself. Moody was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Bible Institute, the Moody Church, and several other ministries that still impact millions of people today. RESOURCES Inspirational Christians: https://www.inspirationalchristia... | 13m 42s | ||||||
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