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Rejected as a child, this young boy grew up to be perhaps the greatest scientist in history.

The story of Galileo, his inventions and his fights with the Pope.

Slavery comes to New Amsterdam. We look it at the story of Manwell, a slave who came to New Amsterdam. loreleesiemens.com

Today we are talking about four puritans you should know. Thomas Hooker, the father of democracy, John Elliot who created a written version of the native language and then translated the Bible, Roger Williams who founded the First Baptist Church of America, and Anna Hutchinson, the female Bible teacher. loreleesiemens.com

We continue our look at the Puritans. Today we look at the life of one man, John Winthrop. He has been called the American Nehemiah. A special thanks to the Podcast "Revived thoughts" for allowing me to use part of their podcast in today's episode. Here is the episode from their podcast that talks about John Winthrop. https://revivedthoughts.com/john-winthrop-city-on-a-hill/ To see more of my work, visit loreleesiemens.com

Today we do an overview of who the Puritans were. We look at some English history and review some stories from a few episodes ago. loreleesiemens.com link to the book I talked about. https://www.amazon.ca/Sermons-Great-Ejection-Various/dp/1848711522/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=sermons+of+the+great+ejection&qid=1601855747&sr=8-1

Joris and Catinla are forced to move to a new island, and there they find peace for many years. Until a leader, Keith starts a war with the native people. With the help of a young lawyer named Adriaen Van Der Donck the people push for a radical idea... a land where the citizens govern themselves. The church wrestles with two questions. 1) how much tolerance is too much tolerance? 2) What does it mean for a Christian to be submissive to government authority? To learn more about my voice-over work https://loreleesiemens.com/lorelee-productions

How did Religious Freedom bring about the golden age for the Dutch? We look at this question while telling the true story of Joris and Catalina. Today over one million Americans are descendants of this Dutch Peasant couple. https://loreleesiemens.com/lorelee-productions

How did the protestant reformation end? With a 30 year war!! loreleesiemens.com

We look again at the annabaptist movement and the group called the Hutterites. loreleesiemens.com

The story of Calvin.

Who was Menno, and why did he preach non violence?

Three cages still hang from a church today. Today we look at the story of the worst church in history, and how those cages came to be hung. To see a picture of this church visit my website. https://loreleesiemens.com/podcast/church-history

During the reformation one group had the tadicle idea that the church and state should be separate. This is their story.

Here is the story of how the reformation came to Switerland, and the man who led it.

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How did the church of England start? One young boy who makes it is his mission to grow the church, and his older sister who makes it her mission to kill to the church. loreleesiemens.com

This is perhaps the crayziest story you will hear on this podcast.

In our final episode on the life of Martin Luther we look at the controversial that have surrounded his life.

In part 2 of Luther we look at what led to the famous thesis and the outcome of his idea.