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  1. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: A Brief History of Singing in the Early Christian Church

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    04/18/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for April 18-19, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: A Brief History of Singing in the Early Christian Church

  2. Monday, April 13, 2026

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    04/13/26
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Psalm 23 and “Good Shepherd Sunday.”
    Monday, April 13, 2026

  3. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Best Ever “Christian” Album You’ve Never Heard—The Mountain Goats and the Life of the World to Come

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    04/11/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for April 11-12, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Best Ever “Christian” Album You’ve Never Heard—The Mountain Goats and the Life of the World to Come

  4. 434: Guite - The Music of Creation

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    03/28/26
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Where do the Children Play? In this episode, we read an Easter message from the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem. Then we read Malcom Guite’s Lenten meditation on creation, the embodiment of heavenly music, and why J.R.R. Tolkien expressed a profound, deep truth through not-so-fictional fiction stories. This and much, much more in this episode of the Banned Books podcast.
    434: Guite - The Music of Creation

  5. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents—O Sacred Head: The Curious Story Behind a Beloved Passion Hymn

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    03/21/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for March 21-22, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents—O Sacred Head: The Curious Story Behind a Beloved Passion Hymn

  6. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Lenten Mixtape

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    03/14/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for March 14-15, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Lenten Mixtape

  7. 430: Tolkien - The Journey Through the Desert: The Lenten Quest

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    02/27/26
    12 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Lent in Middle-earth. In this episode, we discuss the Lenten subtext, language, and images in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Return of the King.” What can Christians learn from fiction authors about the faith, devotional reading, understanding the world outside the churches through the view of the cross, and how all of reality is bent towards Easter at all times, in all places, by all people? This and much, much more on today’s show.
    430: Tolkien - The Journey Through the Desert: The Lenten Quest

  8. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Fast (and Not Furious)

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    02/21/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for February 21-22, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Fast (and Not Furious)

  9. The Season of Lent (and the Entire Christian Life) with Christopher Richmann

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    02/17/26
    4 mins
    By Kelsi Klembara | Christopher J. Richmann
    Christopher Richmann teaches religion and is assistant director for teaching and learning with the Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University.
    The Season of Lent (and the Entire Christian Life) with Christopher Richmann

  10. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Comfort Ye, the Story of Handel’s Messiah

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    01/24/26
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for January 24-25, 2026
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Comfort Ye, the Story of Handel’s Messiah

  11. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Reprise! Mark Heard, Poet and Prophet

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    12/27/25
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for December 27-28. 2025
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Reprise! Mark Heard, Poet and Prophet

  12. Jeremiah 20:7-18 When Emotions Collide. Chris Lizotte sings "Open the Skies"

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    09/26/25
    7 mins
    By Chad Bird
    In this passage Jeremiah is enthusiastically praising God, then cursing the day he was born, then speaking as a warrior, then speaking fearfully.
    Jeremiah 20:7-18 When Emotions Collide. Chris Lizotte sings