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  1. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents—Christianity on the Airwaves: A Brief History of Christian Radio in America

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    03/07/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for March 7-8, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents—Christianity on the Airwaves: A Brief History of Christian Radio in America

  2. 429: Lewis - "'Nature gives most of her evidence in answer to the questions we ask her"

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    02/20/26
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    A Church as Big as the Cosmos! In this episode, we enter into Lent with a reading from C.S. Lewis’ The Discarded Image. We discuss the medieval understanding of life, the universe, and everything— how it can help the churches today deepen their “vision” of how God orders the universe, the church, and the human being. We converse about the Grail legend, how God’s Word encounters and changes people, being lost in the Garden, how Christ ministers through others, and being annoyed by death. This and much, much more on this week’s episode of Banned Books.
    429: Lewis -

  3. The True Myth of the Gospel with Louis Markos

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    02/03/26
    4 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Louis Markos
    Kelsi talks with English professor and Christian apologist, Louis Markos, about the importance of myth, storytelling, and imagination within Christian apologetics.
    The True Myth of the Gospel with Louis Markos

  4. 426: Thielicke - The Alluring Miracle of Display

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    01/31/26
    12 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Fight the Power! In this episode, we learn from pastor and theologian Helmut Thielecke about the gods we worship, the God that encounters us, and what technology actually does to us. What do Satan’s temptations teach us about Jesus, God’s Word, piety, and making sense of mystery? Is Christianity supposed to be a sensible religion? What kind of “opium” does the evil one offer us to lead us away from the Truth? What is distinctive about the worshippers of the God of power? What happens when technology becomes a means of power rather than merely a tool? What does God’s fight for the world look like, and how does it conclude?
    426: Thielicke - The Alluring Miracle of Display

  5. 425: Lewis - Myth Became Fact

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    01/23/26
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Hangman’s Nous. In this episode, we read an excerpt from The Maniac, by G.K. Chesterton, followed by Myth Became Fact, from C.S. Lewis’ book of essays, “God in the Dock.” The primary question we discuss, then, is whether men and women can live a healthy and sane life with mystery, without myth, and without higher truth. What has happened to modern churches that exorcised mystery from preaching, teaching, evangelism, and worship? What anchors the Body of Christ when it’s unmoored from Church history and tradition? What have been the consequences for churches that treat the Christian story as more fantasy than fact? What does Lewis mean that God is “mythopoeic”? What does it mean that Christianity is, according to Lewis, “perfect myth and perfect fact”?
    425: Lewis - Myth Became Fact

  6. 422: Post-Christmas and Post-New Year Debrief

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    01/03/26
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? In this episode, we gather for a post-Christmas, post-New Year pastoral debrief. We talk about symbols and meaning, Christmas and holidays, signs and seasons, and how modern churches quietly cleared the path for culture to push Christ out of Christmas without much resistance. We explore the strange and largely arbitrary ways the world measures time, along with the old Adam’s never-ending pyramid project. That is, his need to build meaning upward by effort, progress, and control rather than receive it as a gift. From there, we return to symbol and meaning. We ask why ancient liturgy’s nostalgia or ornamentation, but the distilled shape of reality itself, why the Lord’s Supper isn’t a side practice, but the beating heart of the Church, of worship, and of the Christian life. And why stories’ decorations for faith, but the way truth takes on flesh and finds us where we actually live. This is a conversation about time, worship, memory, and why the Church invents meaning but receives it again and again at the table.
    422: Post-Christmas and Post-New Year Debrief

  7. Friday, December 26, 2025

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    12/26/25
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we look at a curious hymn/carol made famous by the date.
    Friday, December 26, 2025

  8. Thursday, December 25, 2025

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    12/25/25
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we celebrate the feast of the Nativity with a special reading.
    Thursday, December 25, 2025

  9. Wednesday, December 24, 2025

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    12/24/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we examine the history of Christianity and the place of trees, Christmas, or otherwise.
    Wednesday, December 24, 2025

  10. Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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    12/23/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we look into a common Christmas question about dates.
    Tuesday, December 23, 2025

  11. A Review of David (Angel Studios 2025)

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    12/23/25
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Scott Keith
    Scott and Caleb review the new animated David movie. More than just another David and Goliath retelling, the film attempts to capture David’s full transformation from shepherd to king.
    A Review of David (Angel Studios 2025)

  12. Monday, December 22, 2025

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    12/22/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we investigate the story of Santa slapping Arius at the Council of Nicaea.
    Monday, December 22, 2025