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  1. Sunday, April 5, 2020

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    04/05/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Thomas Hobbes b. 1588 and Pandita Ramabai d. 1922. The reading is "Good Friday: No Way Out but Straight Through, Jack” by Vicki Hearn.
    Sunday, April 5, 2020

  2. Judges 11:12-40 (Episode 210)

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    04/04/20
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Daniel Emery Price
    Jephthah makes an ill-advised vow to God before going into battle and then tragically fulfills it.
    Judges 11:12-40 (Episode 210)

  3. Saturday, April 4, 2020

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    04/04/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember the Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 and William White, b. 1748. The reading is "For a Person in Trouble or Bereavement" from the Book of Common of Prayer.
    Saturday, April 4, 2020

  4. 126: Martin Luther - Let’s Hear It for Self-Righteousness and Its Fifty Select Virtues Resulting from Works!

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    04/03/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Oh, he’s very popular... they all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Martin Luther's Galatians commentary. This episode, self-righteousness, false virtue, and human works.
    126: Martin Luther - Let’s Hear It for Self-Righteousness and Its Fifty Select Virtues Resulting from Works!

  5. Friday, April 3, 2020

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    04/03/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Agape, Chionia and Irene who died in 304, and George Herbert, born on 1593. The reading is "Easter Wings" by George Herbert.
    Friday, April 3, 2020

  6. Thursday, April 2, 2020

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    04/02/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Theodosia of Tyre and the founding of The Assemblies of God in 1914. The reading is "The Altar" by George Herbert.
    Thursday, April 2, 2020

  7. Luke 16:1-18 (Episode 156)

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    04/01/20
    1 min
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Jesus tells a parable that is one of the toughest parts of the New Testament to interpret.
    Luke 16:1-18 (Episode 156)

  8. Wednesday, April 1, 2020

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    04/01/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Augustine Tolston, b. 1854, and F.D. Maurice, d. 1872. The reading is "Old Song, Re Sung" by Katherine Tynan.
    Wednesday, April 1, 2020

  9. Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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    03/31/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Rene Descartes, b. 1596, and Joseph Haydn b. 1732. The reading is "Golgotha" by John Heath-Stubbs.
    Tuesday, March 31, 2020

  10. Monday, March 30, 2020

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    03/30/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Roland Bainton, b. 1894, and Karl Rahner, d. 1984. The reading is "Sabbath II, 1985" by Wendell Berry.
    Monday, March 30, 2020

  11. Sunday, March 29, 2020

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    03/29/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Jiří Třanovský, d. 1637, and Hans Nielson Hauge, d. 1824. The reading is "Let Our Gladness Banish Sadness" by Jiří Třanovský.
    Sunday, March 29, 2020

  12. Judges 10:6-11:11 (Episode 209)

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    03/29/20
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Daniel Emery Price
    Once again Israel ramps up its idolatry and God is not pleased and says He will not save them again and then does. How does law and gospel help us understand texts like this? When is God’s impatience a comfort to us? And we meet a warrior son of a prostitute named Jephthah.
    Judges 10:6-11:11 (Episode 209)