Here We Stand

One Lord, one faith, one stake. The story of two great Reformers burned at the same stake.

Guillaume Farel had faults — and they were real and known — but this French firebrand loved the gospel and devoted his life to sharing its riches.

Thomas Cranmer led England from Roman Catholicism, and shaped England’s theology perhaps more than any other Reformer.

When Johannes Oecolampadius returned to Basel in 1522, the people sung Latin in Mass. Ten years later, the Mass was gone and the songs were German.

When Johannes Oecolampadius returned to Basel in 1522, the people sung Latin in Mass. Ten years later, the Mass was gone and the songs were German.

What Marie Dentière lacked in feminine modesty or humility for her day, she made up for with unrivaled zeal for the gospel.

He was the German glue of the Protestant movement — the unifier between the diverse strands of Reformation.

William Tyndale gave his life so British commoners could know the Bible — not in Latin, but in their own mother tongue.

Thomas Becon brought the Reformation from the churches to the kitchens, courts, shipyards, and battlefields. All of life is a stage for worshiping God.

After fifteen years of preaching Catholic doctrine, Peter Martyr awoke to the gospel, fled his home, and championed the Reformation across Europe.

While searching for the doctrine of transubstantiation in Scripture, he discovered the gospel instead.

He sought to win his opponents not with violence, coercion, or insults, but with endless gentleness.

She was wife to four husbands, mother to eleven children, and disciple to one Lord who never left her side.

While Luther was brash, impulsive, and forceful, his brilliant young disciple was a timid, sober-minded unifier.

Girolamo Savonarola condemned the pope’s abuses and elevated the authority of Scripture — all while Luther was only a child.