1. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we tell the story of a real, not metaphorical, trial by fire.
  2. Today on the Almanac, we remember St. Athanasius on his feast day.
  3. The year was 1717. Today we remember the Bangorian Controversy and the questions it raised about church authority. The reading is from John Newton.
  4. The year was 1703. We remember the first Lutheran pastor ordained in the New World, Justus Falckner. The reading is from Pamela Cranston, "Poem for Christ the King."
  5. The year was 1908. Archie Bailey placed the first Gideons Bible in a hotel in Superior, Montana. The reading is from St. Augustine, a famous quote on our Lord's Incarnation.
  6. We remember the year 1788 and the death of Reverend Adam Gib. The reading is from Thomas Erskine's, “The Believer’s Principles.”
  7. Jesus sets His face toward Jerusalem as the disciples struggle with greatness.
  8. On this day, we remember John Greenleaf Whittier and Pope Francis. The reading is "It is As If Infancy were the Whole of Incarnation" by Lucy Shaw.
  9. Judge not, build your house on the rock and bear some good fruit.