Christopher Gillespie

  1. Friday, September 11, 2020

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    09/11/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 2020 and we celebrate the 500th episode of the Almanac. Dan answers five questions explaining how the show is made.
    Friday, September 11, 2020

  2. Thursday, September 10, 2020

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    09/10/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1067. We remember Lady Godiva. The reading is from the Epistle to the Philippians on the humiliation of Christ.
    Thursday, September 10, 2020

  3. Wednesday, September 9, 2020

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    09/09/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1952. We remember the television program “Life Is Worth Living." The reading is from St. Augustine, a reminder of the good news of the simplicity of the Christian life.
    Wednesday, September 9, 2020

  4. Tuesday, September 8, 2020

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    09/08/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1783. We remember Nikolai Frederick Severin Grundtvig. The reading is from Grundtvig, “Holy Spirit, Still our Sorrow.”
    Tuesday, September 8, 2020

  5. Monday, September 7, 2020

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    09/07/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1892. We remember Quaker, poet, abolitionist, and defender of the Christian faith, John Greenleaf Whittier. The reading is a poem from Whittier, "My Namesake."
    Monday, September 7, 2020

  6. 165: Timothy Keller - Postmodernism: Only powerlessness and oppression brings moral high ground and true knowledge

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    09/06/20
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Now You're Playing with Power. In this episode, we discuss what happens when a society subverts the power of dominant groups in favor of the oppressed.
    165: Timothy Keller - Postmodernism: Only powerlessness and oppression brings moral high ground and true knowledge

  7. Sunday, September 6, 2020

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    09/06/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1797. We remember Saint Innocent—Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts, and Apostle to the Americas. The reading is from Kate Bowler, an excerpt from "Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved."
    Sunday, September 6, 2020

  8. Saturday, September 5, 2020

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    09/05/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1568, and we remember the curious utopian, Catholic, heretic, and freedom fighter against the Spanish, Tommasso Campanella. The reading is from Arthur Hugh Clough, “With Whom is No Variableness, Neither Shadow of Turning.”
    Saturday, September 5, 2020

  9. 164: Timothy Keller - Lots of foolish and cruel things can make us happy

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    09/04/20
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    This Hurts You More Than It Hurts Me. Further discussion and analysis of utilitarianism... What happens when we drill down into the harm principle and uncover the truth about human nature? And we jump into post-modernism.
    164: Timothy Keller - Lots of foolish and cruel things can make us happy

  10. Friday, September 4, 2020

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    09/04/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1646 and Johann Campanius Holm dedicated the first Lutheran church in the new world. The reading is "A Prayer" by Thomas Ken.
    Friday, September 4, 2020

  11. Thursday, September 3, 2020

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    09/03/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 301. We remember San Marino, the world’s oldest republic. The reading is a poem from Sarah Klassen, "Ephesus."
    Thursday, September 3, 2020

  12. 163: Timothy Keller - If you believe in human rights, you are probably not a utilitarian

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    09/02/20
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    You Gotta Pump Those Numbers, Those Are Rookie Numbers. We continue our examination of Tim Keller's Biblical Critique of Secular Justice and Critical Theory. In this episode, can a society maximize the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people by ignoring original sin?
    163: Timothy Keller - If you believe in human rights, you are probably not a utilitarian