Pietism: The Movement That Co-opted the Reformation
Michael Horton
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2 November 2025
3 November 2025
Pietism promised renewal but redefined the teachings of the Reformation. Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller trace how Pietism’s focus on heartfelt devotion replaced the Reformation’s core doctrines, paved the way for the Enlightenment, and continues to shape modern evangelicalism.
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0:00 What is Pietism?
6:56 How the Pietists veered from the Reformation
13:06 The emphasis of the Reformer's piety
18:49 The context of the Thirty Years' War
25:38 Missions and activism as a response to stale orthodoxy
32:30 The Pietists' 'inner light' and The Enlightenment
34:10 Pietism and the modern church
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