1. Ride On… In this episode, we engage a listener question — is Lutheran teaching double predestination within his debate with Erasmus? How are we to understand arguments for the bound will, such as: “Man’s will is like a beast standing between two riders. If God rides, it wills and goes where God wills… If Satan rides, it wills and goes where Satan wills. Nor may it choose to which rider it will run, or which it will seek; but the riders themselves fight to decide who shall have and hold it”? And so, we discuss God’s will, divine necessity, predestination versus election, the preacher's vocation, the effects of free will theology on American churches, the scandal of arguing for a bound will in relation to Christ, and much, much more on this episode of the Banned Books podcast.
  2. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember an eccentric American preacher and the remarkable story of a cult turned Evangelical church.
  3. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the revolutionary and radical priest Miguel Hidalgo y Castillo.
  4. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Alexis de Tocqueville and his particular thoughts on religion and politics in America.
  5. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the H-mao Christians in China and their suppression by the Communist Party.
  6. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Christianity, Science, and Galileo.
  7. Talk of the Town. In this episode, we discuss Christian conversation — cultural, institutional, and in our encounters with the living God. Our guide is Prof. Robert Kolb, who wrote about the ‘Art of Christian Conversation’ in his book, “Speaking the Gospel Today.” What is Christian conversation, and what is its purpose? On the other side of the table, what is a worldly conversation, and what is its ultimate purpose? Is there any difference between pre-modern and post-modern Christian conversations and secular talks? Is there anything we can learn from “Christian conversations” that can be applied and/or help us appreciate myths, legends, folk tales, and storytelling? Is it possible for our conversations to awaken us to a greater reality than what our material generation tells us about the limits of reality?
  8. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a forgotten pioneer in Christian History and apologetics: Nathaniel Lardner.