1. Dr. Paulson and Caleb discuss Philip Melanchthon and the 1521 Loci Communes.
  2. Absalom becomes a populous politician.
  3. Today on the Almanac, we go to the Mailbag to answer a question about Church History.
  4. בשׂר - The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people. 1 SAMUEL 31:8–9
  5. בעלת־אוב - And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.” 1 SAMUEL 28:6–7
  6. Today on the Almanac, we remember Friar John of Plano Carpini and his Medieval Mission to the Mongols.
  7. חנית - So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him. 1 SAMUEL 26:7
  8. Today on the Almanac, we remember the Notorious DLC (De Las Casas).
  9. . . . to which Jesus answers, "Why? What have you heard?" Jesus challenges all the doubts about Himself and demands we believe in who He truly is.
  10. לשׁון - Then the king [Saul] said to Doeg, “You turn and strike the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod. And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword. 1 SAMUEL 22:18–19
  11. Today on the Almanac, we talk about Pennsylvania, Quaker Oats, and Pennsylvania.