1. Today on the show, we remember Johannes Trithemius and the intersection of theology, astrology, and the occult.
  2. Today on the show, we remember the mysterious murder of Albert Glock.
  3. Psalm 81 is another description of the errors of God’s people throughout history.
  4. Today on the Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about praying to the saints in the history of the church, Christian theology, and English literature.
  5. חיות - As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal. And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had a human likeness, but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings. EZEKIEL 1:4–6
  6. רצון - Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. PSALM 19:14
  7. דבק - [Joshua said,] "Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” JOSHUA 22:5
  8. The year was 1816. Today we remember the ordination of the first Black Bishop in America, Richard Allen. The reading is from Phyllis Wheatley.
  9. We remember John Dee, an aspiring magician born on this day in 1527. We also remember the vision of Fatima purportedly on this day in 1917. Our reading is "Anthem" by W.H. Auden.
  10. Jesus is about to go after those who sit in the seat of Moses. What does that mean and why does Jesus tell the people to listen to them but not follow them?
  11. Listen to hear the struggles apologists face as they perform the task of evangelism in their daily lives.
  12. The birth of Isaac, the resurrection of Lazarus and the life of Abraham as the history of Israel.