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Friday, September 9, 2022

09/09/22

10 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

Today on the Almanac, we head to the island of Mauritius and remember its famous evangelist.
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History
Is America a Christian Nation?

06/02/22

2 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

In this episode, we bring on Dr. Dan van Voorhis, professor in the "History of Christianity in America" 1517 academy course, to talk to him about how our history affects our theology.
- Christian History
The Abolition of Man

03/08/22

1 min

By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith

The Thinking Fellows conclude their reading of The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis.
- C.S. Lewis
- Modern Theologians
Free To Be

03/08/22

1 min

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

The culmination of our episodes on ontology and time is declaring that you are free to be.
Monday, February 21, 2022

02/21/22

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about the roots of various Protestant churches.
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History
November 23 - Sealed on the Forehead

11/23/21

3 mins

By Chad Bird

תו - [God] called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his waist. And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it." EZEKIEL 9:3–4
- Hebrew
Wednesday, July 7, 2021

07/07/21

9 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

Today on the Almanac, we remember a preacher who was once called “the father of American Democracy” Thomas Hooker (spoiler: he wasn’t).
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History
July 6 - Call Me Bitter

07/06/21

3 mins

By Chad Bird

מרר - She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?” RUTH 1:20–21
- Hebrew
June 10 - Reading Aloud

06/10/21

3 mins

By Chad Bird

קרא - Afterward [Joshua] read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who lived among them. JOSHUA 8:34–35
- Hebrew
Resurrection: Seeing is Not Believing

04/06/21

1 min

By Joel Hess | Paul Koch

“Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free. He has destroyed it by enduring it. He destroyed Hell when He descended into it. He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh. Christ is Risen, and the tomb is emptied of its dead!” - Chrysostom
Friday, October 30, 2020

10/30/20

8 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

The year was 1680. We remember the mystic, adventurer, and self-proclaimed prophet, Antoinette Bourignon. The reading is from Kate Bowler, "Everything Happens for A Reason, and Other Lies I've Loved."
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History
Thursday, July 16, 2020

07/16/20

10 mins

By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie

The year is 1915, and we remember Ellen G. White. The reading is a quote from Luther’s Sermons on the Gospel of St. John.
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History