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  1. Tuesday, July 29, 2025

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    07/29/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the Scottish Minister and Natural Philosopher whose life went from controversy to near universal praise.
    Tuesday, July 29, 2025

  2. Wednesday, July 9, 2025

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    07/09/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the Heretic Patriot: Jonathan Mayhew.
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025

  3. Wicked and the Gift of Limitations with Ken Sundet Jones

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    06/03/25
    10 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Ken Sundet Jones
    In this first episode of Outside Ourselves Summer Break series, Kelsi chats with Reformation Theology professor (and Broadway Musical Buff), Ken Sundet Jones, about the connections between Wicked and a theology of glory/theology of the cross.
    Wicked and the Gift of Limitations with Ken Sundet Jones

  4. Wednesday, May 21, 2025

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    05/21/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the memorable story behind one of Ira Sankey’s most popular hymns.
    Wednesday, May 21, 2025

  5. Thursday, May 15, 2025

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    05/15/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the tragic ending of the Battle of Frankenhausen and its impact on the Radical Reformation.
    Thursday, May 15, 2025

  6. Friday, April 18, 2025

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    04/18/25
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of the more important, but often overlooked, Church Fathers: St. Cyprian.
    Friday, April 18, 2025

  7. Tuesday, April 15, 2025

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    04/15/25
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a partially (?) apocryphal story about a Scottish minister and the world’s most famous ocean liner (and metaphor come to life).
    Tuesday, April 15, 2025

  8. Tuesday, Feburary 25, 2025

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    02/25/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the man behind one of the 19th century’s most famous exorcisms: Johann Blumhardt.
    Tuesday, Feburary 25, 2025

  9. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man 4

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    01/22/25
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam talk through chapters 3 and 4 of Chesterton's Everlasting Man.
    Chesterton, The Everlasting Man 4

  10. Thursday, January 2, 2024

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    01/02/25
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a curious date linking English hymn writers through the years.
    Thursday, January 2, 2024

  11. 1 Samuel 18:6-9 Song of David's Victories. Chris Lizotte and Marvelle Figueroa sing "My Jealous Fear"

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    10/25/24
    8 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Saul's pride begins to unravel him. Hard to imagine that are biggest enemy is often our own fearful heart.
    1 Samuel 18:6-9 Song of David's Victories. Chris Lizotte and Marvelle Figueroa sing

  12. Athanasius and the incarnation

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    08/28/24
    4 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    David and Adam discuss the life and times of St. Athanasius (d. 373), especially his classic work On the Incarnation.
    Athanasius and the incarnation