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  1. 432: Ælfric - Homily for Midlent Sunday

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    03/14/26
    12 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Went to a Garden Party. In this episode, we read a homily by St. Aelfric of York for Midlent Sunday. Aelfric sermonizes about the earthly and heavenly meaning of Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand — its symbolism, historical import, and how loaves and fishes exegete the Old Testament books themselves. This and many, many wilderness wanderings in this episode of the podcast.
    432: Ælfric - Homily for Midlent Sunday

  2. 431: Kleinig - The Mystery of Christ and Cosmic Restoration

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    03/06/26
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Cosmic Debris. In this episode, we read Dr. John Kleinig on Christ and cosmic restoration. We then discuss how and why Christians confuse mysteries with secrets, what happened to the mystagogues, and why the mystery of the Christian faith has to do with the hidden presence of Christ with us here on earth and our restoration by his restoration of all creation. This episode, as Kleinig himself writes, is about how we can best commend the Christian faith to post-modern people, which is when we ourselves are captivated imaginatively by the wonder of it and live in the mystery of it.
    431: Kleinig - The Mystery of Christ and Cosmic Restoration

  3. Acts 19:1-20 (Episode 429)

    book
    02/24/26
    3 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Have You Heard of the Holy Spirit?
    Acts 19:1-20 (Episode 429)

  4. Acts 18-1-28 (Episode 428)

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    02/16/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    The Accurate Way of God in Baptism
    Acts 18-1-28 (Episode 428)

  5. Acts 17:22-34 (Episode 427)

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    02/09/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    A God Who Gives and Loves
    Acts 17:22-34 (Episode 427)

  6. Acts 17:1-21 (Episode 426)

    book
    01/29/26
    4 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Noble Bereans and the City of Philosophers
    Acts 17:1-21 (Episode 426)

  7. Acts 16:11-40 (Episode 425)

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    01/24/26
    3 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Paul Plants a Church in Prison
    Acts 16:11-40 (Episode 425)

  8. 424: Kleinig - The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Divine Service

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    01/16/26
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    In this episode, we learn about the Holy Spirit and the Divine Service from Dr. John Kleinig. In particular, we discuss how Christ gives the Spirit to the church through his word, how Christ institutes the divine service and empowers it with God’s Spirit, and how the church receives the Holy Spirit by faith in God’s word as it is proclaimed and enacted in the divine service. The conversation revolves around the central question: How then can we be sure that the Spirit is at work in our worship?
    424: Kleinig - The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Divine Service

  9. Acts 15:36-16:10 (Episode 424)

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    01/16/26
    3 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Paul, Barnabas, and Sharp Disagreement
    Acts 15:36-16:10 (Episode 424)

  10. Acts 15:6-35 (Episode 423)

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    01/08/26
    3 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Jesus Only For Everyone
    Acts 15:6-35 (Episode 423)

  11. Monday, January 5, 2026

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    01/05/26
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Eastern Orthodoxy and the Bible.
    Monday, January 5, 2026

  12. Acts 14:8-15:5 (Episode 422)

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    12/30/25
    3 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Acts 14:8-15:5 (Episode 422)