Author

  1. Saturday, August 31, 2019

    book
    08/31/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two Biblical figures, Nicodemus & Joseph of Arimethea. On this day in 1688 John Bunyan died, the Puritan author of "Pilgrim's Progress." The reading is from William Blake, "And Did Those Feet."
    Saturday, August 31, 2019

  2. Friday, August 30, 2019

    book
    08/30/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the siege and sack of Jerusalem in AD 70. Also on this day in 1637, Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony. The reading is "My Body Is a Broken Toy" by Maurice Baring.
    Friday, August 30, 2019

  3. Thursday, August 29, 2019

    book
    08/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the beheading of St. John the Baptist, one of the oldest feast days in the church. We also remember German humanist Ulrich von Hutten, who later joined the Reformation. The reading is an excerpt from "The Meaning of the City" by Jacques Ellul.
    Thursday, August 29, 2019

  4. (Episode 22) "Theological Existentialism: Kierkegaard and Co."

    book
    08/29/19
    1 min
    By John Warwick Montgomery
    Welcome to Christianity on Trial, where the claims of Christianity are examined and judged by the rules of evidence as used in the court of law. Your host, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, is a lawyer, a theologian, an author, and an accomplished defender of biblical Christianity. He is no stranger to the rules of evidence or the courtroom. So with our skeptical world for the prosecution and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery for the defense, stay with us as we listen in on Christianity on Trial.
    (Episode 22)

  5. Wednesday, August 28, 2019

    book
    08/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    It is the feast day of St. Augustine, who died on this day 430. And we remember Hugo Grotius, Dutch theologian, who also died on this day in 1645. The reading is an excerpt from "The conversion of Saint Augustine" by Eleanor Donnelly.
    Wednesday, August 28, 2019

  6. Apologetics for Comfort and Other Questions for Dr. Francisco

    book
    08/27/19
    2 mins
    By Adam Francisco | Caleb Keith
    On a rare episode featuring only Caleb Keith and Dr. Adam Francisco, the Thinking Fellows ask the questions: Is Islam a Christian heresy and can apologetics be comforting?
    Apologetics for Comfort and Other Questions for Dr. Francisco

  7. Tuesday, August 27, 2019

    book
    08/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine, and the order to burn Puritan John Milton's works in 1660. The reading is from John Milton, "On Blindness."
    Tuesday, August 27, 2019

  8. Monday, August 26, 2019

    book
    08/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Petrus Ramus, a French reformer who died in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. We also remember the American Standard Version translation of the Bible from 1901, the predecessor to the Revised and New Revised Standard Versions. The reading is from Scott Cairns, "Another Idiot Psalm."
    Monday, August 26, 2019

  9. Sunday, August 25, 2019

    book
    08/25/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember a few different men named Genesius and 18th-century German theologian Karl Barhdt. The reading is from Madame Guyon, "I Love My God."
    Sunday, August 25, 2019

  10. Saturday, August 24, 2019

    book
    08/24/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is St. Bartholomew's day, not a feast for the squeamish. We remember the birthday in 1759 of William Wilberforce. The reading is "Agony" by George Herbert.
    Saturday, August 24, 2019

  11. Friday, August 23, 2019

    book
    08/23/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Francois Hotman, born 1524, and the St. Bartholomew's Eve Massacre of 1572. The reading is from Sir Phillip Sydney, "Leave me, O Love."
    Friday, August 23, 2019

  12. Thursday, August 22, 2019

    book
    08/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, the Alcasian contemporary of the first Reformers, Beatus Rhenanus, was born in 1485. We also remember one of the most unlikely to beatified, St. Guinefort. The reading is from George MacDonald, "Obedience."
    Thursday, August 22, 2019