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The CHA Weekend Edition Presents the Greatest Lenten Story Ever Told: Dante’s Inferno

03/29/25

5 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Weekend Edition for March 29-30, 2025
- Christian History
- Literature
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

03/05/25

13 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we pause to remember the beginning of the “Lenten” season (and this year, with the East and the West together!)
Episode 312: Formalism (Ritualism)

02/24/25

7 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode THREE HUNDRED AND TWELVE, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss the Protestant fear of formalism, or ritualism?
378: Giertz - The Essential Firm Kernels

01/25/25

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Leper Messiah. In this episode, we read Bo Giertz’s commentary on Jesus’ healing of a leper and Cornelius’ servant… boy… slave boy. Giertz addresses textual criticism, catechesis, miracles, and the liturgy of the Church, and we delve into the effect of disbelief in Jesus’ power to heal and make whole affects modern Christians and non-believers alike.
A Novel of the Reformation with Amy Mantravadi

12/10/24

10 mins

By Amy Mantravadi | Kelsi Klembara

In this episode, Kelsi talks with author, Amy Mantravadi, about her new historical novel Broken Bonds: A Novel of the Reformation, released by 1517 Publishing last month.
David and Adam were joined by Dr. Erik Ankerberg, President of Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor, in a conversation about the literature of Flannery O'Connor

09/25/24

4 mins

By David Andersen | Adam Francisco

David and Adam were joined by Dr. Erik Ankerberg, President of Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor, in a conversation about the literature of Flannery O'Connor.
- Literature
- Education
363: Olson - Liturgy as "Action"

08/30/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Runnin’ Down A Dream. In this episode, we dig deeper into liturgy and “action”—who’s doing what and why in Christian worship? How did the ancient pagans worship their gods, and why? What did the 16th-century Reformers teach about worship? Why should we moderns care? Mimesis, anamnesis, liturgical action, ritual, myth, sacrifices, and sacraments—we’ve got it all this week.
Episode 271: Sola Scriptura

05/02/24

7 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, Jason and Wade discuss sola scriptura, Scripture alone.
Episode 270: Liturgical Time

04/25/24

7 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, Mike and Wade discuss Christianity and time. In a world with so many calendars and seasons, how do Christians ground themselves?
345: Peterson - We Live in a World Filtered Through the Imagination

03/23/24

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Just My Imagination. In this episode, we read Eugene Peterson’s book, Under the Unpredictable Plant, and discuss theological imagination at length. What are the consequences when the church takes its cues from a culture with no imagination? Can Christians tell biblical stories without a theological imagination? What happens when the earthly and heavenly are divided by a lack of imagination into merely rationalized explanations?
- Art
- Literature
- Music
- Visual Arts
- Image of God
Episode 264: Does Technology Make Us More or Less Human?

03/13/24

4 mins

By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR, Jason, Mike and Wade discuss technology and whether it makes us more human or less.
- Postmodernism
- The Christian Life
Story and Theology

02/29/24

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

In this episode, Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin talk about the impact of story on our theological understanding, and the use of story in the life of Christians.