Henry VIII
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Two years after Tyndale cried, "Lord, open the King of England's eyes," Henry VIII decreed that English Bibles be placed in every church. Today, Michael Reeves recounts the story of this troubled king whom God used to further church reform.
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| 0:00.0 | After Tyndale prayed, Lord, open the King of England's eyes. |
| 0:04.8 | Two years later, the King decreed, |
| 0:08.2 | you shall discourage no man from the reading or hearing of the Bible. |
| 0:15.1 | But shall expressly provoke, stir, and exhort every person |
| 0:20.5 | to read the same as that which is the very lively word of God. |
| 0:31.0 | And so it was remarkably that the King decreed |
| 0:35.0 | that English Bibles would be placed in every church. |
| 0:39.0 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, |
| 0:40.0 | and thank you for joining us today on renewing your mind. |
| 0:43.0 | Proverbs 21 tells us that the Lord turns the King's heart wherever he wills. |
| 0:49.0 | You may have heard of King Henry the Eighth and his six wives. |
| 0:54.0 | How did the Lord use the messiness of King Henry's reign |
| 0:59.0 | to fuel Reformation in England? His doctor Michael Rees. |
| 1:05.0 | Well, to understand the Reformation in England, |
| 1:08.0 | one thing you really need in peace is you need to know about the King of England, Henry the Eighth. |
| 1:16.0 | And his dates, and dates I want to be a bit flexible on. |
| 1:20.0 | If you find dates and incumbrances, don't worry about them. |
| 1:23.0 | You'll get a flow of the story anyway, but if they're helpful, |
| 1:27.0 | his dates as King were he reigned from 1509 to 1547. |
| 1:34.0 | And what a reign. |
| 1:36.0 | Henry the Eighth, his story is an extraordinary one, |
| 1:39.0 | and there are many complicated twists and turns. |
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