Foundational Podcast

The Middle Ages (500-1400 AD) was the convergence of three powerful forces. The barbarians of the north were forming powerful armies to overthrow the Roman Empire. Islam was born in Mecca and Medina, conquering the Middle East as far as India and spreading across northern Africa and into Spain. Christianity was in the middle region. It was a dangerous time because the light of the Gospel had become very dim. Extremes were weakening the spirit of the church. Desire for political power and moral corruption filled church leadership; out of balance teaching for holy living led to monasticism. Literacy and the Holy Word was taken out of the hands of the general populace leaving them illiterate and void the truth and spiritual life. Into this twilight God sent the Waldensians of Lyon, Italy. John Wycliffe of Oxford University continued the work. John Huss in Prague spread the light further. These were the morning stars that turned up the light in these years of darkness. The light became even brighter through Savo