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  1. 125: Martin Luther - The Papists and Anabaptists are foxes tied at the tail

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    03/28/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Luther moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and read carefully once in a while, you could miss it. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Martin Luther's commentary on Galatians (1535). This episode, Jesus, jerks, COVID-19, and foxes.
    125: Martin Luther - The Papists and Anabaptists are foxes tied at the tail

  2. Saturday, March 28, 2020

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    03/28/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Theresa of Avila, b.1515, and Donald Barnhouse, b. 1895. The reading is a quote from "The Crucified God" by Jurgen Moltmann.
    Saturday, March 28, 2020

  3. Friday, March 27, 2020

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    03/27/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember the publishing of "Paradise Lost" in 1667 and Shusaku Endo, born in 1923. The reading is "On Time" by John Milton.
    Friday, March 27, 2020

  4. Thursday, March 26, 2020

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    03/26/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember St. Ludger, who died in 809, and Prokop Divis, who was born in 1698. The reading is from Alfred Tennyson, "Faith In Honest Doubt."
    Thursday, March 26, 2020

  5. Luke 14:34-15:32 (Episode 155)

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    03/26/20
    1 min
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Jesus has some words regarding saltiness before having the Pharisees complain His choice of dinner guests. Jesus has three parables to tell about the pursuing love of God and what repentance is really all about.
    Luke 14:34-15:32 (Episode 155)

  6. 124: Martin Luther - We are justified... by relief outside of us

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    03/25/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Luther’s Gospel Piñata! Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s 1535 Galatians commentary. This episode, true wisdom, Satan, and the point of Paul’s letter to the Galatian church.
    124: Martin Luther - We are justified... by relief outside of us

  7. Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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    03/25/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of the Annunciation and remember Catherine of Siena, b. 1347. The reading is "Annunciation" by John Donne.
    Wednesday, March 25, 2020

  8. Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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    03/24/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Florentius Radewijns, d. 1400, and Oscar Romero, d. 1980. The reading is "A Future Not Our Own" by Ken Untener.
    Tuesday, March 24, 2020

  9. Judges 9:30-10:5 (Episode 208)

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    03/23/20
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Daniel Emery Price
    Abimelech gets word of the drunken threats issued against him and plans an ambush. Zebul’s eyesight isn’t any better than his judgment. The wrath of Abimelech is thorough and includes a whole lot of salt. Jotham’s fable/prophecy comes full circle and Abimelech unsuccessfully tries to avoid what he sees as an embarrassing death legacy.
    Judges 9:30-10:5 (Episode 208)

  10. 123: Friedrich Nietzsche, A nation that still believes in itself holds fast to its own god

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    03/22/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    I’m Not Really A Joiner. Gillespie and Riley finish their reading and discussion of Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Antichrist.” This episode, state religion, Christian civil religion, and being your own god.
    123: Friedrich Nietzsche, A nation that still believes in itself holds fast to its own god

  11. Sunday, March 22, 2020

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    03/22/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Nicholas Owen, b. 1562, and Marion "Pat" Robertson, b. 1930. The reading is "The Absence" by R.S. Thomas.
    Sunday, March 22, 2020

  12. Saturday, March 21, 2020

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    03/21/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember St. Benedict, who died in 550, and Brother Klaus, who died in 1787. The reading is "Thee, God, I come from, to thee go" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
    Saturday, March 21, 2020