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  1. 401: Q&A on Christian Success

    book
    07/26/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Secret of My Success. In this episode, we answer a listener's question about success and the Christian life. How does one measure success? What about when we fail? Is that God’s will? How does the cross inform the Christian definition of success? This and much, much more on today’s Christian podcast!
    401: Q&A on Christian Success

  2. Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity

    book
    07/23/25
    3 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    This episode dives into Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's approach to theology in a secular and, at the same time, spiritual age.
    Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity

  3. 400: Paulson - The Hidden Life of Christians

    book
    07/17/25
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley | Christopher Gillespie
    You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away. In this episode, we read the Outlaw God and discuss the hidden life of a Christian. How are Christians to understand the living Word, or Christ crucified before Adam and Eve, or being called into vocations that serve the kingdom of life rather than a culture of death?
    400: Paulson - The Hidden Life of Christians

  4. Is Modern Man a Moral Idiot?

    book
    07/16/25
    3 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam go through the introduction of Richard Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences and discuss the intellectual roots of modern Western culture.
    Is Modern Man a Moral Idiot?

  5. Medieval apologetics

    book
    07/09/25
    3 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam explore medieval apologetics--esp. the work of Anselm and Thomas Aquinas.
    Medieval apologetics

  6. Friday, July 4, 2025

    book
    07/04/25
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of a popular and (slightly) peculiar hymn/anthem.
    Friday, July 4, 2025

  7. The early apologists, part 2

    book
    07/02/25
    3 mins
    By David Andersen | Adam Francisco
    David and Adam dig deeper into the work of Justin Martyr.
    The early apologists, part 2

  8. Housing together

    book
    06/29/25
    4 mins
    By Craig Donofrio | Troy Neujahr
    Well, we're back to talking about submission and wives again . . . but Peter brings a decidedly new and radical twist to the Christian home.
    Housing together

  9. 398: Paulson - A Preacher like Jonah

    book
    06/28/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Little Willy Plays in Duty. In this episode, we read Steven Paulson’s Outlaw God, discussing the appeal of the Law (in the abstract), why old Adam loves pretending he has free will, the Ninevite Conundrum, Jonah’s wormy preacher, and our obsession with placing therapy alongside Christ as a means of grace.
    398: Paulson - A Preacher like Jonah

  10. The first apologists

    book
    06/25/25
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam begin their series on the history of Christian apologetics by discussing the Epistle to Diognetus and the work of Justin Martyr.
    The first apologists

  11. 397: Q&A Episode - Civil Disobedience

    book
    06/21/25
    7 mins
    By Donavon Riley | Christopher Gillespie
    The Long and Winding Road. In this episode, we answer another listener's question about civil disobedience, understanding the tension for old Adam that’s inherent within the two kingdoms doctrine, and we go down a bunch of alleyways picking through conspiracies, immigration, war, colonialism, and ice cream coveting.
    397: Q&A Episode - Civil Disobedience

  12. Church without God

    book
    06/18/25
    4 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam discuss a recent CBS show from its State of Spirituality series, which examines how atheists and agnostics are creating communities with their own set of rituals that often mimic Christian ones. You can find the show here.
    Church without God