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  1. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents — the “Other” Pilgrim’s Progress: John Amos Comenius

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    01/17/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for January 17-18, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents — the “Other” Pilgrim’s Progress: John Amos Comenius

  2. 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

  3. Thursday, January 15, 2026

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    01/15/26
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember two saints connected to the Egyptian desert.
    Thursday, January 15, 2026

  4. Wednesday, January 14, 2026

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    01/14/26
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember an oft-forgotten Norwegian pastor and Nazi resistor.
    Wednesday, January 14, 2026

  5. Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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    01/13/26
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember “the Hammer of the Arians.”
    Tuesday, January 13, 2026

  6. Monday, January 12, 2026

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    01/12/26
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about radicals and Methodists.
    Monday, January 12, 2026

  7. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Coffee, Canon, and a Possible Lost Ark—The Ethiopian Orthodox Church

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    01/10/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for January 10-11, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Coffee, Canon, and a Possible Lost Ark—The Ethiopian Orthodox Church

  8. Friday, January 9, 2026

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    01/09/26
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the saint who dared to oppose Ivan the Terrible.
    Friday, January 9, 2026

  9. 423: Graff - Rationalism's war on everything "magical."

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    01/09/26
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Who Made Who. In this episode, Gillespie takes the wheel and steers us into tradition, liturgy, worship styles, and the various “-isms” that have sprung up within the churches over the centuries. What’s the purpose of the Divine Service? What is the fundamental meaning of Christian meaning? Have we jettisoned mystery for sensible explanations that find no seat pulled out for them in God’s house? Is Christian worship, polity, and piety about what we know, experience, feel, or conformity to specific doctrines? Why is the old magic not welcome amongst sensible worshippers? What’s the place of hymns, prayers, preaching, and Scripture in Christian worship? Is liturgy a delivery mechanism or a tool?
    423: Graff - Rationalism's war on everything

  10. Thursday, January 8, 2026

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    01/08/26
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the most important Catholic in American history?!
    Thursday, January 8, 2026

  11. Wednesday, January 7, 2026

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    01/07/26
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a famous letter that helped settle the Canon of the New Testament for the church.
    Wednesday, January 7, 2026

  12. Tuesday, January 6, 2026

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    01/06/26
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of, perhaps, the most popular hymn for Epiphany.
    Tuesday, January 6, 2026