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  1. Thursday, June 15, 2023

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    06/15/23
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we remember a key figure in German Methodism in America: Wilhelm Nast.
    Thursday, June 15, 2023

  2. Episode # 291 Feauring Pastor Edward Killian "No Other Gods"

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    11/06/22
    1 min
    By Edward Killian
    Pastor Killian Teaches On Isaiah 6:1-7
    Episode # 291 Feauring Pastor Edward Killian

  3. Wednesday, March 16, 2022

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    03/16/22
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Clemens August von Galen (with a shoutout to St. Urho).
    Wednesday, March 16, 2022

  4. Friday, August 20, 2021

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    08/20/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the notorious J. Frank Norris, popular pastor, and not-very-nice guy.
    Friday, August 20, 2021

  5. 214: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance

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    08/14/21
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Enemy at The Gates. In this episode, we read and discuss David Mark Whitford’s book, "Tyranny and Resistance." What are Christians to do when state and church unite to enforce laws that are in opposition to God’s Word and Christian freedom?
    214: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance

  6. Confession is for Absolution

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    07/20/21
    1 min
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith
    The Augsburg Confession is clear; the aim or purpose of repentance is the application of Christ to the sinner.
    Confession is for Absolution

  7. Friday, May 21, 2021

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    05/21/21
    7 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the day the world was supposed to end according to Harold Camping. #OTD #1517 #churchhistory
    Friday, May 21, 2021

  8. April 20 - Unclean Doesn’t Mean Dirty

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    04/20/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    טמא - This is the law about beast and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms on the ground, to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten. LEVITICUS 11:46–47
    April 20 - Unclean Doesn’t Mean Dirty

  9. Sunday, October 4, 2020

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    10/04/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1965, and Pope Paul VI became the first Pope to travel to the Western Hemisphere. The reading is from Karol Jozef Wojtyla, his “Meditations on the Book of Genesis: at the Threshold of the Sistine Chapel."
    Sunday, October 4, 2020

  10. Thursday, September 5, 2019

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    09/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birthday of Tommasso Campanella, utopian and astrologer, and also, Gottfried Arnold, theologian and historian. The reading is the hymn, "Thou Who Breakest Every Chain," by Gottfried Arnold.
    Thursday, September 5, 2019

  11. Thursday, August 1, 2019

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    08/01/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the death of Queen Anne in 1714, known as the Protestant Passover. We also remember Andrew Melville, born in 1545. Our reading is "His Metrical Prayer" by James Graham.
    Thursday, August 1, 2019

  12. Melanchthon v. Flacius with Scott Keith

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    05/29/19
    7 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On this episode Wade and Dr. Keith square off over two influential characters in the early Reformation: Philip Melanchthon and Matthias Flacius Illyricus.
    Melanchthon v. Flacius with Scott Keith