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  1. Friday, June 20, 2025

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    06/20/25
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 with five things you may not have known.
    Friday, June 20, 2025

  2. Thursday, June 19, 2025

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    06/19/25
    15 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the Council of Nicaea in 325 and what did, and didn’t, happen there.
    Thursday, June 19, 2025

  3. Wednesday, June 18, 2025

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    06/18/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the author of a Puritan manifesto and a man who really didn’t like church vestments.
    Wednesday, June 18, 2025

  4. Church without God

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    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

  5. Tuesday, June 17, 2025

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    06/17/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the arrest and martyrdom of Pope Martin I.
    Tuesday, June 17, 2025

  6. Monday, June 16, 2025

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    06/16/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about titles in church.
    Monday, June 16, 2025

  7. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Famous Fictional Clergy Part II

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    06/14/25
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for June 14-15, 2025
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Famous Fictional Clergy Part II

  8. Friday, June 13, 2025

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    06/13/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of the most famous weddings in all of [church] history.
    Friday, June 13, 2025

  9. Thursday, June 12, 2025

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    06/12/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we ask a few questions about the real “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
    Thursday, June 12, 2025

  10. Wednesday, June 11, 2025

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    06/11/25
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the feast of St. Barnabus and his cameo in the book of Acts.
    Wednesday, June 11, 2025

  11. 2 Finnish and 2 Italian/American Lutheran Pastors go into Rome . . .

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    06/11/25
    4 mins
    By Craig Donofrio | Troy Neujahr
    . . . and Rome looks at them and says, "What is this, a joke?" Far from it! Pastors Craig Donofrio, John Bombaro, Sebastian Grunbaum sit down with Bishop Juhana Pohjola as they prepare to participate in the ordinations of the first two pastors of the newly founded Confessional Lutheran Church of Italy.
    2 Finnish and 2 Italian/American Lutheran Pastors go into Rome . . .

  12. Tuesday, June 10, 2025

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    06/10/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a date synonymous with church unification in North America in the 20th century.
    Tuesday, June 10, 2025