1. The year was 1863. We remember the Quaker, Rufus Matthew Jones. The last word for today, a word about peace, comes straight from the Prince of Peace's mouth in the Gospel of John.
  2. The year was 1076. Emperor Henry IV convened a synod at Worms to deal with the power-hungry pope. The reading is from John Newton, his poem, "A Thought on the Seas-Shore."
  3. יונה - And the dove came back to [Noah] in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. (GENESIS 8:11)
  4. The year was 1549. We remember Transylvanian Lutheran Johannes Honterus. The last word for today comes from a Hungarian poet, János Pilinsky, “On the Third Day.”
  5. זכר - But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. (GENESIS 8:1)
  6. Satan had so much success in deceiving the first Adam he figures he can do the same with the Second Adam. But Jesus won't play Satan's game according to Satan's rules.
  7. תבה - Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. (GENESIS 6:14)
  8. The year was 1561. We remember Francis Bacon. The last word for the day comes from another Christian philosopher, Blaise Pascal.
  9. Faith alone in Christ alone or a curse.
  10. יצר - The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (GENESIS 6:5)
  11. The year was 1059. We remember Michael Kerullarios. The reading is a prayer by Søren Kierkegaard.