Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/history-alive From The Gospel Briefing comes a 5-minute daily history podcast told through a biblical worldview. Every weekday, host Carlos Reyes tells a story from church history, American history, or world history — and shows what God was doing in it. Every story has a Sovereign. Part of The Gospel Briefing family of podcasts. For the flagship daily news briefing on the issues shaping the church and culture, search "The Gospel Briefing" wherever you listen. 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Proudly sponsored by Bible Copilot — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bible-copilot-ai-bible-study/id6758913373 From The Gospel Briefing comes a 5-minute daily history podcast told through a biblical worldview. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast Republic Publishing No No May 29, 1660: The King Comes Home full 3963a7a4-3406-4e5f-8dec-c7a73db576d1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6b49cc72 Fri, 29 May 2026 06:13:26 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 245 On his thirtieth birthday, Charles II rode into a London drunk on flowers and bonfires — while in Bedford, a tinker named John Bunyan was about to be arrested for preaching. Which throne mattered? | A Gospel Briefing production. On his thirtieth birthday, Charles II rode into a London drunk on flowers and bonfires — while in Bedford, a tinker named John Bunyan was about to be arrested for preaching. Which throne mattered? | A Gospel Briefing production. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 28, 1453: The Last Service at Hagia Sophia full f15534e7-c58a-47b8-9f93-d91e3fb50565 https://share.transistor.fm/s/30262aea Thu, 28 May 2026 06:16:08 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 259 On the night of May 28, 1453, every soul left in Constantinople crowded into Hagia Sophia for the city's final Christian service as Sultan Mehmed II prepared his last assault. The empire would fall by dawn — but the Greek manuscripts carried west would help ignite the Renaissance and the Reformation. | A Gospel Briefing production. On the night of May 28, 1453, every soul left in Constantinople crowded into Hagia Sophia for the city's final Christian service as Sultan Mehmed II prepared his last assault. The empire would fall by dawn — but the Greek manuscripts carried west would he gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 27, 1564: The Death of John Calvin full 408fa208-7ff1-43db-98fe-3e162f8bed57 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4715c315 Wed, 27 May 2026 08:18:39 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 226 On the night he died in Geneva, John Calvin asked to be buried in an unmarked grave — no stone, no monument, no shrine. The story of a reluctant scholar seized by God, and what his life reveals about the One who establishes our steps. | A Gospel Briefing production. On the night he died in Geneva, John Calvin asked to be buried in an unmarked grave — no stone, no monument, no shrine. The story of a reluctant scholar seized by God, and what his life reveals about the One who establishes our steps. | A Gospel Briefing gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 26, 451: The Battle of Avarayr full 4c653d96-a665-48e5-98af-ce56e4e09b6d https://share.transistor.fm/s/800998c7 Tue, 26 May 2026 12:40:33 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 261 Outnumbered and facing war elephants, Vardan Mamikonian led the Armenian Christians against Persia rather than abandon their faith. They lost the battle and died on the field — but their refusal to bow ultimately won their people religious freedom. | A Gospel Briefing production. Outnumbered and facing war elephants, Vardan Mamikonian led the Armenian Christians against Persia rather than abandon their faith. They lost the battle and died on the field — but their refusal to bow ultimately won their people religious freedom. | A Go gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 15, 1984: The Death of Francis Schaeffer full 80727386-b8a6-4056-a017-0313d7618ec5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d446a3e5 Fri, 15 May 2026 06:09:07 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 252 On May 15, 1984, Francis Schaeffer — the bearded apologist of L'Abri — closed his eyes for the last time and stepped into the presence of the God he had spent his life telling everyone was really there. We trace his unlikely ministry from a Swiss chalet to the conscience of evangelicalism. | A Gospel Briefing production. On May 15, 1984, Francis Schaeffer — the bearded apologist of L'Abri — closed his eyes for the last time and stepped into the presence of the God he had spent his life telling everyone was really there. We trace his unlikely ministry from a Swiss chalet t gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 14, 1796: The Country Doctor Who Saved 200 Million Lives full 5d9c227f-8176-4add-a448-ea357e31aa32 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ecd3e9c4 Thu, 14 May 2026 06:09:51 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 253 On May 14, 1796, a parish physician named Edward Jenner scratched cowpox into the arm of an eight-year-old boy and launched the most successful disease-eradication campaign in human history. We trace the story of the milkmaids, the gardener's son, and the principle hidden in Numbers 21 long before any vaccine existed. | A Gospel Briefing production. On May 14, 1796, a parish physician named Edward Jenner scratched cowpox into the arm of an eight-year-old boy and launched the most successful disease-eradication campaign in human history. We trace the story of the milkmaids, the gardener's son, and the gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 13, 1607: The Rotten Sail at Jamestown full a77b6a9f-9fbf-42b4-8515-714d8fdc3c7e https://share.transistor.fm/s/7d616fe7 Wed, 13 May 2026 06:10:50 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 246 Three small ships push up the muddy James River, and a country parson named Robert Hunt nails an old, rotten sail between two trees to make a church — and unwittingly plants a Bible beachhead that would outlast the colony, the company, and the king who chartered it. A Gospel Briefing production. Three small ships push up the muddy James River, and a country parson named Robert Hunt nails an old, rotten sail between two trees to make a church — and unwittingly plants a Bible beachhead that would outlast the colony, the company, and the king who ch gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 12, 1780: The Fall of Charleston and the Hand of Providence full 1c64e0a4-3f43-448b-8d0c-b421f0d9c645 https://share.transistor.fm/s/928d2c9d Tue, 12 May 2026 06:08:32 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 253 On May 12, 1780, American forces surrendered Charleston in the worst defeat of the Revolution — and yet within sixteen months, the British surrendered at Yorktown. How God uses apparent disaster to script unexpected deliverance. | A Gospel Briefing production. On May 12, 1780, American forces surrendered Charleston in the worst defeat of the Revolution — and yet within sixteen months, the British surrendered at Yorktown. How God uses apparent disaster to script unexpected deliverance. | A Gospel Briefing produc gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 11, 330: The Birth of Constantinople full 245e5429-708a-4542-8bc9-a0e648920ae2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e677448b Mon, 11 May 2026 06:10:47 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 235 On May 11, 330, Emperor Constantine dedicated a brand-new Christian capital on the Bosphorus — a city that would shape church history for over a thousand years. A Gospel Briefing production. On May 11, 330, Emperor Constantine dedicated a brand-new Christian capital on the Bosphorus — a city that would shape church history for over a thousand years. A Gospel Briefing production. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 8, 1945: V-E Day and the End of the Reich full 3687a871-21cb-466f-9cc8-a11dd0493ee9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fbe1c4c5 Fri, 08 May 2026 06:11:08 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 241 At 2:41 a.m. in a Reims schoolhouse, a German general signed the surrender that ended the deadliest war in human history. The regime that swore the church would die was buried — and the gospel was not. | A Gospel Briefing production. At 2:41 a.m. in a Reims schoolhouse, a German general signed the surrender that ended the deadliest war in human history. The regime that swore the church would die was buried — and the gospel was not. | A Gospel Briefing production. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 7, 1824: The Deaf Composer's Symphony of Joy full 7a9171b9-3b96-4729-a35d-f22bb5ba938c https://share.transistor.fm/s/7e93c136 Thu, 07 May 2026 06:10:34 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 294 On May 7, 1824, a stone-deaf Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony in Vienna and could not hear the standing ovation behind him until a soloist gently turned him around. A meditation on God's strength made perfect in weakness. | A Gospel Briefing production. On May 7, 1824, a stone-deaf Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony in Vienna and could not hear the standing ovation behind him until a soloist gently turned him around. A meditation on God's strength made perfect in weakness. | A Gospel Briefing product gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 6, 1527: The Sack of Rome and the Hand of Providence full d21c358c-b56f-47ee-8bfa-bdcbdfffb8f9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/60df5347 Wed, 06 May 2026 06:12:07 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 259 At dawn on May 6, 1527, twenty thousand unpaid mercenaries — many of them Lutheran — breach the walls of Rome, send Pope Clement VII fleeing through a hidden corridor, and shatter the political power of the papacy in a single week. A Gospel Briefing production. At dawn on May 6, 1527, twenty thousand unpaid mercenaries — many of them Lutheran — breach the walls of Rome, send Pope Clement VII fleeing through a hidden corridor, and shatter the political power of the papacy in a single week. A Gospel Briefing produ gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 5, 1821: The Death of Napoleon on Saint Helena full fb6a81c0-91ce-44d4-aadd-25fca69cf63c https://share.transistor.fm/s/306f9bf0 Tue, 05 May 2026 06:12:35 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 265 The man who took a crown from a Pope died on a forty-seven-square-mile rock in the Atlantic. What God was doing on Saint Helena was what He had been doing all along. | A Gospel Briefing production. The man who took a crown from a Pope died on a forty-seven-square-mile rock in the Atlantic. What God was doing on Saint Helena was what He had been doing all along. | A Gospel Briefing production. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 4, 1776: Rhode Island Breaks First full bfb538cd-8b62-4dd3-a111-4374c242fcb2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4ce2f95d Mon, 04 May 2026 06:15:27 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 271 Two months before the Declaration of Independence, Rhode Island became the first English colony in North America to renounce King George III — and the seed of soul liberty Roger Williams planted in Providence helped make it possible. | A Gospel Briefing production. Two months before the Declaration of Independence, Rhode Island became the first English colony in North America to renounce King George III — and the seed of soul liberty Roger Williams planted in Providence helped make it possible. | A Gospel Briefing p gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No May 1, 1898: Manila Bay and the Sovereign Who Topples Empires full 23413687-e8ca-46e1-84b6-11c5107c689c https://share.transistor.fm/s/9e99519b Fri, 01 May 2026 06:11:11 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 260 At dawn on May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey sailed into Manila Bay and ended a 333-year Spanish empire in a single morning. A meditation on Daniel 2:21 and the God who removes kings and sets up kings. | A Gospel Briefing production. At dawn on May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey sailed into Manila Bay and ended a 333-year Spanish empire in a single morning. A meditation on Daniel 2:21 and the God who removes kings and sets up kings. | A Gospel Briefing production. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No April 30, 311: The Persecutor's Last Edict full c33927f6-de9d-4172-b1f4-8f1e34343a03 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6cad18ea Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:14:12 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 269 On his deathbed in Nicomedia, the dying emperor Galerius — architect of Rome's bloodiest persecution of Christians — signed the Edict of Toleration, the first official end to Christian persecution in the Roman Empire. The story of how God turns the heart of kings. | A Gospel Briefing production. On his deathbed in Nicomedia, the dying emperor Galerius — architect of Rome's bloodiest persecution of Christians — signed the Edict of Toleration, the first official end to Christian persecution in the Roman Empire. The story of how God turns the heart gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No April 29, 1854: The First HBCU Is Chartered full fc477554-9e3c-4931-a89f-9eabe1185dba https://share.transistor.fm/s/e390d9d4 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:11:12 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 256 A Presbyterian minister, a kidnapping in Chester County, and a small school in Oxford, Pennsylvania that would one day train Thurgood Marshall, Langston Hughes, and Kwame Nkrumah. The story of Lincoln University and the providence of God. | A Gospel Briefing production. A Presbyterian minister, a kidnapping in Chester County, and a small school in Oxford, Pennsylvania that would one day train Thurgood Marshall, Langston Hughes, and Kwame Nkrumah. The story of Lincoln University and the providence of God. | A Gospel Brief gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No April 28, 1789: The Mutiny on the Bounty and the Bible That Saved Pitcairn full 6f853fa3-c4ad-463d-80c7-9a5364a968c9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/75e290a7 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:12:01 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 270 On April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian led the most famous mutiny in seafaring history — and unwittingly set the stage for one of the most remarkable Bible-driven revivals on record. Twenty years later, a forgotten ship's Bible would transform Pitcairn Island. | A Gospel Briefing production. On April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian led the most famous mutiny in seafaring history — and unwittingly set the stage for one of the most remarkable Bible-driven revivals on record. Twenty years later, a forgotten ship's Bible would transform Pitcairn Isl gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No April 27, 1521: The Day Magellan Died in Three Feet of Water full 2ddf4a80-c44c-487f-b53c-c8c1907844ae https://share.transistor.fm/s/db06e259 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:10:53 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 236 On a coral reef in the Philippines, the man who named the Pacific Ocean was killed by a chief who refused to bow. Why God didn't need Magellan's sword to plant the gospel in Asia. | A Gospel Briefing production. On a coral reef in the Philippines, the man who named the Pacific Ocean was killed by a chief who refused to bow. Why God didn't need Magellan's sword to plant the gospel in Asia. | A Gospel Briefing production. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No April 26, 1564: William Shakespeare's Baptism and the Reformation That Made Him full fb6d850c-c0ec-4c0e-981d-4981c423bf50 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8664c51d Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:34:49 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 295 On April 26, 1564, a glove-maker's son was carried into Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptized — the only reason we know when William Shakespeare was born. The story of how a Reformation that put the Bible into English shaped the man who would shape English forever. A Gospel Briefing production. On April 26, 1564, a glove-maker's son was carried into Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptized — the only reason we know when William Shakespeare was born. The story of how a Reformation that put the Bible into English shaped the man who gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No April 24, 387: Augustine's Baptism and Monica's 33 Years of Prayer full aae40a5d-9cc0-4b24-9481-2bce51996015 https://share.transistor.fm/s/00de43b9 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:10:40 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 289 On Easter Vigil 387, Augustine of Hippo was baptized by Ambrose in Milan, ending thirty-three years of his mother Monica's prayers and beginning a life that would shape sixteen centuries of the Christian church. A Gospel Briefing production. On Easter Vigil 387, Augustine of Hippo was baptized by Ambrose in Milan, ending thirty-three years of his mother Monica's prayers and beginning a life that would shape sixteen centuries of the Christian church. A Gospel Briefing production. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No April 23, 1586: The Pastor Who Buried 4,000 and Wrote a Hymn of Thanks full 300b90f2-cad2-47ab-920a-1cfc010c613b https://share.transistor.fm/s/76df93c8 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:12:28 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 275 When plague and the Thirty Years' War emptied the town of Eilenburg, Martin Rinkart was the only pastor left — burying as many as fifty a day, including his own wife. And in that same year, he wrote Now Thank We All Our God. | A Gospel Briefing production. When plague and the Thirty Years' War emptied the town of Eilenburg, Martin Rinkart was the only pastor left — burying as many as fifty a day, including his own wife. And in that same year, he wrote Now Thank We All Our God. | A Gospel Briefing production gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No April 22, 1538: Calvin and Farel Banished from Geneva full 07e5df2d-2d1d-41a7-aba4-f8ef448ac6e5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8d3b8d29 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:12:08 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 247 On April 22, 1538, Geneva's Council of Two Hundred voted to expel John Calvin and William Farel for refusing to serve communion — a three-year exile God used to quietly forge the Reformer who would return. A Gospel Briefing production. On April 22, 1538, Geneva's Council of Two Hundred voted to expel John Calvin and William Farel for refusing to serve communion — a three-year exile God used to quietly forge the Reformer who would return. A Gospel Briefing production. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No The Road to Emmaus: A Seven-Mile Walk with the Risen Christ full d7d450fc-d78f-484c-a287-a27e3c8d22e9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bf1a21b5 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:10:24 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 280 Sixteen days after Easter, we walk the Emmaus road with two crushed disciples and a stranger who opens the whole Old Testament. The scene where Jesus himself brought biblical history to life. | A Gospel Briefing production. Sixteen days after Easter, we walk the Emmaus road with two crushed disciples and a stranger who opens the whole Old Testament. The scene where Jesus himself brought biblical history to life. | A Gospel Briefing production. gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No David Brainerd: The Diary That Changed the World full cc8d83cc-192a-427d-8911-ba2c5801685e https://share.transistor.fm/s/0e68252a Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:05:53 -0400 Republic Publishing Republic Publishing 188 He died at 29, his body wrecked by tuberculosis. Two hundred and seventy-nine years later, the journal he left behind is still sending people to the ends of the earth. The story of David Brainerd, the patron saint of modern missions. | A Gospel Briefing production. He died at 29, his body wrecked by tuberculosis. Two hundred and seventy-nine years later, the journal he left behind is still sending people to the ends of the earth. The story of David Brainerd, the patron saint of modern missions. | A Gospel Briefing p gospel briefing, biblical history, christian history, church history, american history, reformed, biblical worldview, homeschool, providence, christian podcast, daily history, classical christian, history podcast No