{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65db573c7e8f760017c44c3e/69e913f1289eeb2c7b806255?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"BONUS SERIES: Shifting Saints part 5 - The Masses","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65db573c7e8f760017c44c3e/1776882617131-bd85c1a0-e903-435a-8450-0da53ccc50a7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This special Church history series is a culminating project for a seminary class, so these episodes won’t follow our usual model for Scripture meditation. Rather, I’d like to take you on a journey through time, tracing the thread of what it looked like to live a life of complete devotion to God. For better or for worse, how has consecration been defined? And who were the ones held up as heroes of the faith?</p><p><br></p><p>Sources consulted for this episode:</p><ul><li>Manna Software. <em>My Daily Office.</em> Version 2027.7. Mobile app. iOS. Apple App Store. https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/pray-with-my-daily-office/id1215675361.</li><li>Maxwell, Melody. “Protestant Reformation.” Prezi presentation, CHUR 5013 Intro to Christian History, Acadia Divinity College.</li><li>Shelley, Bruce L. <em>Church History in Plain Language.</em> Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2021.</li><li>Vischer, Phil and Skye Jethani, hosts. “A Rabbi and a Priest Walk into a Podcast with Father James Martin.” <em>The Holy Post</em>. February 25, 2026. Podcast, 01:28:00. https://www.holypost.com/post/709-a-rabbi-and-a-priest-walk-into-a-podcast-with-father-james-martin.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Ambient Piano Meditation Prayer Nature Contemplation Worship Music by&nbsp;<a href=\"https://pixabay.com/users/denis-pavlov-music-35636692/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;utm_content=223373\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Denis Pavlov</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=music&amp;utm_content=223373\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pixabay</a></p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to ChatGPT for helping me come up with the catchy series title…its succinct suggestion for “the changing perception of Christian heroes throughout Church history.” The subtitle? That’s all mine. I have no trouble with wordy descriptions! 😉</p>","author_name":"Erin Heather Evans"}