Dan van Voorhis

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Dan van Voorhis

Dan van Voorhis is an author, historian, professor, and speaker at 1517. After receiving his Ph.D. in History from the University of St. Andrews, Dr. van Voorhis spent 11 years teaching history and political thought at Concordia University, Irvine. He is now the 1517 Academy Dean. He also spends his time writing for 1517 and hosting/producing podcasts including the Soul of Christianity and the Christian History Almanac. Dan is married to Beth Anne, and they have two sons, Coert and Raymond.

Dan van Voorhis

Christmas in Psalm 98: Singing Rocks and other Strange Christmas Lyrics

12/24/22

13 mins

Dan van Voorhis

Psalm 98, with its promise of a sea and mountains singing, takes these imposing natural features and turns them into a praise choir.
Church Fathers: Origen, the Humble Teacher

07/26/22

11 mins

Dan van Voorhis

Origen is wrong about stuff, but he had the foresight to say that if he was wrong, he was open to correction.
Juneteenth and the Proclamation of Freedom

06/19/21

7 mins

Dan van Voorhis

The story of Juneteenth is one of living between proclamation and emancipation, and the story of the Christian faith is one of living in that same tension.
God is not Dead nor does He Sleep: Christmas Bells in 2020

12/25/20

8 mins

Dan van Voorhis

This story of despair met with the hope of the gospel is rightly told by many during the holiday season.
Christian Freedom, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Neighbor

10/09/20

10 mins

Dan van Voorhis

Understanding that I am completely free in Christ allows me to read the injunction to “love my neighbor as myself” as a promise instead of a threat.
Redeeming St. Valentine

02/14/20

16 mins

Dan van Voorhis

How did we get love and romance associated with Valentine and his likely mid-February death?
- Church Tradition
- Christian History
The Curious Tale of the Three Kings and their Belated Christmas Carol

12/27/19

13 mins

Dan van Voorhis

It is that Christmas carol, the curious “We Three Kings” that we are looking at today in our examination of the origin and meaning of Christmas carols.
Like A Kid On Christmas

12/25/19

14 mins

Dan van Voorhis

As Christians, we are not cold ascetics, depriving ourselves in the here and hereafter. We are given good things from our heavenly Father in heaven, and even a foretaste of the things to come.
The Faith We Share: How C.S. Lewis and the Apostles’ Creed Can Help Us Understand Christianity

09/25/19

11 mins

Dan van Voorhis

Who is God? What did God do in the person of Jesus, and how are we connected to the benefits of the Resurrection?
A Look at 1 Peter 4: Suffering for the Sake of Jesus

09/19/19

12 mins

Dan van Voorhis

In the suffering of Jesus, we have an example of trusting in the promises of the Father.
Christmas in August and Handel's Messiah

08/21/19

14 mins

Dan van Voorhis

On this Day Handel Begins Composing Messiah, and 5 Things We Can Learn From It
Is America A Christian Nation?

08/14/19

14 mins

Dan van Voorhis

A person, not a nation, can be a Christian because only a person can be saved by grace through faith in the work of Christ.

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