Growing up in a small town in southeast Scotland, John Knox could never have imagined that he would play a significant role in a powerful movement that transformed his country. From tutor to bodyguard to slave on a French galley, he was involved in some of the most crucial events of Scottish history before he turned 35. After a brief time in England, where he served as a preacher and pastor and met his wife, he moved to Germany and Geneva, only to be called back to Scotland to inspire a powerful reformation. Find out more about this enthralling story as Lucas, Linus, and Emma talk to Dr. Ewen Cameron, the Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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In 1536, an English priest and scholar was led from his cell to a place of execution, where he was burned to death on a pile of dry wood. His crime? He translated the Bible into English. His name is William Tyndale. Why would an esteemed scholar put himself in such danger just to see the Bible placed in the hands of all English people? And why would the government hunt him down and kill him? Find out more as Lucas, Linus, and Grace chat with Emily Lucas, tutor in Church History at Union School of Theology in London.

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Article by Simonetta Carr about William Tyndale:

https://www.placefortruth.org/blog/william-tyndale-and-sola-scriptura

Did the message of the Protestant Reformation reach Spain? If so, why was it completely repressed while other countries embraced it? Why don't we know more about the thousands of Spanish people who followed the Reformation? Find out all this and more as our hosts, Lucas, Linus, and Grace, interview Dr. Andrew Messmer, professor at the International Faculty of Theology in Barcelona, and hear the exciting stories of the brave men and women of the Spanish Reformation.

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The most widely used version of the Bible in Spain today is the Reina-Valera. For more information: https://www.museumofthebible.org/book-minute/the-reinavalera-bible

Article by Simonetta Carr about Juan Pérez de Pineda and other Spanish Reformers:

https://www.placefortruth.org/blog/juan-p%C3%A9rez-de-pineda-and-other-spanish-reformers