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  1. Thursday, June 22, 2023

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    06/22/23
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we remember St. Paulinus of Nola, possibly the inspiration behind a Christian classic.
    Thursday, June 22, 2023

  2. Thursday, January 19, 2023

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    01/19/23
    15 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the show, we remember the mysterious murder of Albert Glock.
    Thursday, January 19, 2023

  3. Friday, January 28, 2022

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    01/28/22
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we reconsider a Renaissance and Christendom in honor of Charlemagne.
    Friday, January 28, 2022

  4. September 8 - Miserable Comforters

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    09/08/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    עמל - Then Job answered and said: “I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all." JOB 16:1–2
    September 8 - Miserable Comforters

  5. Sunday, April 11, 2021

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    04/11/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1816. Today we remember the ordination of the first Black Bishop in America, Richard Allen. The reading is from Phyllis Wheatley.
    Sunday, April 11, 2021

  6. February 18 - The Coat of Many Colors

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    02/18/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    כתנת פסים - Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him. GENESIS 37:3–4
    February 18 - The Coat of Many Colors

  7. Thursday, September 24, 2020

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    09/24/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1734, and Pastor George Weiss led the first service of the Schwenkfelders in America. The reading is "The Magdalene's Mistake" by Angela Alaimo O'Donnell.
    Thursday, September 24, 2020

  8. Friday, February 28, 2020

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    02/28/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Michel de Montaigne, b. 1533, and Samuel Simon Schmucker, b. 1799. The reading is from T.S. Eliot, "Ash Wednesday."
    Friday, February 28, 2020

  9. Judges 2:1-23 (Episode 199)

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    01/17/20
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Daniel Emery Price
    The children of Israel are on the fast-track to bondage. What is so tempting about foreign gods and why do the people turn to them so quickly?
    Judges 2:1-23 (Episode 199)

  10. Episode 177 (Deuteronomy 26:1-19)

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    08/09/19
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Daniel Emery Price
    Why are Israelites told to say, “my father was a wandering Aramean” and why is it significant?
    Episode 177 (Deuteronomy 26:1-19)

  11. Saturday, July 13, 2019

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    07/13/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember John Dee, an aspiring magician born on this day in 1527. We also remember the vision of Fatima purportedly on this day in 1917. Our reading is "Anthem" by W.H. Auden.
    Saturday, July 13, 2019

  12. Christianity in America: The Colonies

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    04/30/19
    2 mins
    By Adam Francisco | Dan van Voorhis | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Rod Rosenbladt
    Dr. Dan van Voorhis leads a discussion on the history of Christianity in America. This episode focuses on the religious practices of American colonies and their lasting impact.
    Christianity in America: The Colonies