1. The Augsburg Confession is clear; the aim or purpose of repentance is the application of Christ to the sinner.
  2. Dr. Paulson introduces chapter six of Outlaw God Volume One. Here Paulson uncovers an important assertion from Luther, and we do not want God to be God.
  3. Today on the Almanac, we look at the Reichskonkordat signed between the Catholic Church and the Nazis in 1933.
  4. קרית יערים - And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord and brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to have charge of the ark of the Lord. From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. 1 SAMUEL 7:1–2
  5. Today on the Almanac, we look at the Reichskonkordat signed between the Catholic Church and the Nazis in 1933.
  6. עפל - The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory. And when the men of Ashdod saw how things were, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for his hand is hard against us and against Dagon our god.” 1 SAMUEL 5:6–7
  7. Today on the Almanac, we head back to 2001 to remember an important statement made by the Catholic Church regarding the Mormons.
  8. אי־כבוד - And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.” 1 SAMUEL 4:21–22
  9. Today on the Almanac, we remember the Italian painter Caravaggio, who died on this day in 1610.
  10. חזון - Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. 1 SAMUEL 3:1