1. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we recount a story requested by a listener of a great 20th c. Martyr.
  2. Was It Only A Dream? We conclude our reading and discussion of "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathanial Hawthorne. What happens when sin, death, and Satan are unaddressed by Christians, and especially the churches? What kind of damage does hypocrisy do to a community, congregation, and our Christian relationships?
  3. Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of the first Protestant church service in America.
  4. Today on the Almanac, we remember the Japanese missionary, author, and professor Kosuke Koyama.
  5. Today on the Almanac, we learn a bit about the feast of Timothy and Titus.
  6. Today on the Almanac, we tell the curious story of Lester Roloff.
  7. Today on the Almanac, we remember William Jennings Bryan’s famous “Cross of Gold” speech at the Democratic National Convention.
  8. The year was 1400. We remember the poet, servant, and pilgrim Geoffrey Chaucer. The reading comes from another English storyteller and Christian, John Bunyan, his "He Who Would Valiant Be" from the Pilgrim's Progress.
  9. On this day, we remember Charles I, who died on this day 1649, and Francis Schaeffer, born in 1912. The reading is "Prayer" by George Herbert.
  10. On this episode, the Fellows talk about the importance of friendship and its long lasting effects.