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Thursday, August 14, 2025

08/14/25

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the story behind one of the most popular hymns in the English language.
- Christian History
Christian Identity and Vocation in Belfast

07/25/25

9 mins

By Kelsi Klembara

In the final Summer Break episode, Kelsi chats with Caleb and Nathan from ⁠ @theologyontherise ⁠ the 2021 movie, Belfast, and what it means to be given and identity rather than create one.
John 17:20-26 – Easter 7 (C)

05/26/25

5 mins

By Steven Paulson | John W. Hoyum

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson continue their discussion of Christ's preaching in John during Holy Week.
Isaiah 4:5-5:30 (Episode 446)

12/23/24

3 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Chad Bird

Recreation… but first destruction.
- Old Testament
369: Thielicke - Pathology of the Young Theologian's Conceit

11/09/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

That’s the Power of Love. In this episode, we discuss the shock of infatuation with theological concepts and young theologians' conceit while reading Helmut Thielcke’s A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. We converse about laity and clergy’s relationship to theology, piety, and polity. What is the purpose of theology, its study, teaching, and conversations? How can theology become deadly? What happens when the truth is detached from love? All this and more on a new episode of the podcast!
Sammy, Sammy, Sammy . . . sigh

07/19/24

4 mins

By Craig Donofrio | Troy Neujahr

You know what the most amazing thing about the story of Samson is?
Episode 280: Protestant, Evangelical, catholic, orthodox: What Are We?

07/04/24

6 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, Mike and Wade (has anyone seen Jason anywhere lately?) discuss the history of the terms “protestant,” “evangelical,” “catholic,” and “orthodox.”
- Christianity in America
- Christian History
345: Peterson - We Live in a World Filtered Through the Imagination

03/23/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Just My Imagination. In this episode, we read Eugene Peterson’s book, Under the Unpredictable Plant, and discuss theological imagination at length. What are the consequences when the church takes its cues from a culture with no imagination? Can Christians tell biblical stories without a theological imagination? What happens when the earthly and heavenly are divided by a lack of imagination into merely rationalized explanations?
- Art
- Literature
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Image of God
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

12/20/23

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we have a question about the faith of Charles Dickens.
July 13 - Sheol

07/13/21

3 mins

By Chad Bird

שׁאול - "The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.” 1 SAMUEL 2:6–7
- Hebrew
88: Martin Luther, The Two Kingdoms from "The Bondage of the Will"

11/08/19

1 min

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Look: You’ve Got Two Choices, Well, Maybe One... Or None. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s work on The Bondage of The Will. This week, the discussion focuses on where there’s room for choice [as regards to our salvation] when right and left-hand kingdoms are already ruled by Christ and Satan.
70: Robert Capon - The Mystery of Christ, and why we don’t get it... pt. 2

08/14/19

2 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

It’s inconceivable! Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Robert Capon’s “The Mystery of Christ... and why we don’t get it.” Faith, works, and more Christian absurdity.