1. Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of Charles Guiteau, evangelist, and assassin.
  2. Gatekeepers & Madmen. We read and discuss two parables, by Franz Kafka and Friedrich Nietzsche. What happens when people don’t have a preacher sent by the Holy Spirit to declare forgiveness? Without the Gospel, where does the law end?
  3. Scott, Adam, and Caleb discuss The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
  4. In this bonus episode, we discuss pastoral fatigue, the difficulty in maintaining lies, hatred of what God hates, and the grief of miscarriage.
  5. אי־כבוד - And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.” 1 SAMUEL 4:21–22
  6. Wade and Mike sit down together to discuss a couple of parables from Matthew 25. And while they struggle to get past the Free-for-all and into the Main Topic, we promise that they eventually get there. If you make it there too, we hope you'll enjoy!
  7. The year was 1878. Today, we rank the top four popes of all time. The reading is from Martin Luther, "On the Freedom of the Christian."
  8. We remember the year 1780 and the Gordon Riots. The reading is "A Ballad of Trees and the Master" by Sidney Lanier.
  9. On this day, we remember John Wycliffe and Marshal McLuhan. The reading is selected stanzas from "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."
  10. This Isn’t a Good Place for a Yogurt Shop. Riley and Gillespie tackle a daily devotion from one of the OG of the Holiness Movement, Oswald Chambers.
  11. Daniel and Chad talk about Joseph's rise to power and lying to himself about forgetting his family. Famine has struck and the craziest family reunion ever is happening. "Old guilt gathers no rust."