S2E31: Ask Bill Federer anything about history

After weeks of traveling and teaching, Frank Turek and the Hope One show are BACK THIS WEEK with a very special guest - renowned historian and best-selling author, William Federer. They’re ready to take your questions about history, politics, our founding fathers, and George Orwell’s predictions.

Learn more about Bill's work at https://americanminute.com/

Listen to Bill Federer on the I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be An Atheist podcast with Frank Turek:
A Short History of Tyranny: https://crossexamined.org/a-short-history-of-tyranny/
A Short History of Islam: https://crossexamined.org/a-short-history-of-islam/

Timestamps/segments
0:00 – Intro
6:25 - What do we know about early church history after the book of Acts?
10:35 - How did the disciples die?
21:50 - What happened in the first three centuries of the early church?
35:30 - Hadrian and the persecution of the early church 135 AD
43:38 - Did Constantine make Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?
52:00 - When did the Marian heresies start to creep into the church?
55:47 - Did the world calendar change around 700 BC?
1:00:15 - Why did the ancient world switch from a lunar calendar to a solar calendar?
1:07:40 - Who are the first true Americans?
1:13:30 - Other than Josephus, what historical evidence do we have for the historical Jesus?
1:14:45 - Why did the church split in 1054 AD?
1:33:40 - When was the Bible canonized?
1:38:15 - Where can we learn pro-life apologetics?