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Brian Hanson

Brian Hanson is assistant professor of history and theology at Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and an elder of The North Church. He is the author of Reformation of the Commonwealth: Thomas Becon and the Politics of Evangelical Change in Tudor England. Brian and his wife, Johanna, have five children.

‘Build Not Your Nest Here’: Learning Suffering from the Puritans

‘Build Not Your Nest Here’

Learning Suffering from the Puritans

Saints in every age have been comforted in their sufferings when they’ve realized that God works our sufferings for our greater joy.

The Sacred Call to Normal Work: How the Reformation Renewed Vocation

The Sacred Call to Normal Work

How the Reformation Renewed Vocation

If we love our Lord, the most routine job can become a place of holy work. This is one great legacy of the English Reformation.

We Believe: The Story of the Apostles’ Creed

We Believe

The Story of the Apostles’ Creed

In twelve articles of faith, the Apostles’ Creed gives Christians our common confession. In the face of heresy and ignorance, we say together, “I believe.”

The Reformed Home: Learning from Family Worship in Protestant England

The Reformed Home

Learning from Family Worship in Protestant England

The Reformation transformed not only the church and the state, but also the family. If the Reformation was going to continue, every home had to be holy.

The Monday Morning Protestant: Thomas Becon (c. 1512–1567)

The Monday Morning Protestant

Thomas Becon (c. 1512–1567)

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

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