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  1. The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Your Questions and Recommendations

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    12/20/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for December 20-21, 2025
    The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Your Questions and Recommendations

  2. 421: Chesterton - Mankind would have a much worse time if there were no such thing as Christmas or Christmas dinners

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    12/20/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Going Cold Turkey at Christmas? In this episode, we read G.K. Chesterton’s essay, On Christmas, wherein he discusses celebrating Christmas too early, vivisection, vegetarians versus turkeys, and what to do about the poor at Christmas. It’s another curmudgeonly Christmas episode with one of our favorite British apologists and satirists.
    421: Chesterton - Mankind would have a much worse time if there were no such thing as Christmas or Christmas dinners

  3. 420: C.S. Lewis - Christmas is unfortunately everyone's business

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    12/13/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    I’m Wasted, and I Can’t Find My Way Home. In this episode, we again invite C.S. Lewis to teach us about Christmas. We also discuss the early church fathers, worship, symbolism, mystery, Freud and Jung’s influence on modern Christians, consumerism and gift-giving, and, of course, Christmas: all this and much, much more on this episode of the podcast.
    420: C.S. Lewis - Christmas is unfortunately everyone's business

  4. The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: A Few of My Favorite Things

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    12/13/25
    6 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for December 13-14, 2025
    The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: A Few of My Favorite Things

  5. Monday, December 8, 2025

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    12/08/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about questionable Christmas carols.
    Monday, December 8, 2025

  6. The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Hark the What? Angels and the Christmas Story

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    12/06/25
    6 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for December 6-7, 2025
    The CHA Christmas History Edition Presents: Hark the What? Angels and the Christmas Story

  7. 419: C.S. Lewis - All that Christianity adds to Paganism is the cure

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    12/05/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Pagan Neart, Christian Soul. In this episode, we read C.S. Lewis’ “A Christmas Sermon for Pagans.” Why does the post-Christian person need to become pagan again to be prepared to hear the gospel? How has a mechanistic view of nature led us to kill each other? Why do we reject the good news that Jesus ended the need for guilt-offerings, sin-sacrifices, and fear about the afterlife? What happened as a consequence of moderns pushing heavenly truth out of the material world? What is the message of Christmas that offers a cure for all that ails us?
    419: C.S. Lewis - All that Christianity adds to Paganism is the cure

  8. Advent in Isaiah with Matt Popovits

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    12/02/25
    6 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Matt Popovits
    Kelsi chats with Pastor Matt Popovits about this year's 1517 Advent Resources, ⁠Coming Home for Christmas: Advent in Isaiah⁠.
    Advent in Isaiah with Matt Popovits

  9. 399: More Questions Answered - Myth and Taylor Swift

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    07/11/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    What Do You Mean, There’s More to This? In this episode, we answer a listener's question about Taylor Swift that leads us into a conversation about symbols and meaning, religious iconography, wild truth, and seeing reality through what’s occurring in the sacraments.
    399: More Questions Answered - Myth and Taylor Swift

  10. 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

  11. Are Lutherans Evangelicals?

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    05/10/25
    5 mins
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Bruce Hillman | Adam Francisco
    The Fellows continue their conversation about Lutheran identity. This time, they discuss the term "evangelical."
    Are Lutherans Evangelicals?

  12. Tuesday, May 6, 2025

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    05/06/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the unveiling of what is, perhaps, the most famous altarpiece in history.
    Tuesday, May 6, 2025