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  1. Friday, August 29, 2025

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    08/29/25
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a giant in English philosophy and his role in the development of the church and state in the West.
    Friday, August 29, 2025

  2. Thursday, August 28, 2025

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    08/28/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of the great and underrated attempts at Christian Unity during the 30 Years’ War.
    Thursday, August 28, 2025

  3. Wednesday, August 27, 2025

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    08/27/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the self-proclaimed “Rock and Roll Preacher” and giant of the Jesus People music scene.
    Wednesday, August 27, 2025

  4. Tuesday, August 26, 2025

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    08/26/25
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the Pope whose sudden death sparked wild conspiracies.
    Tuesday, August 26, 2025

  5. Monday, August 25, 2025

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    08/25/25
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about practices surrounding Holy Communion.
    Monday, August 25, 2025

  6. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: “Why Do We Do That”? A Liturgical Mailbag

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    08/23/25
    6 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for August 23-24, 2025
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: “Why Do We Do That”? A Liturgical Mailbag

  7. Friday, August 22, 2025

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    08/22/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of a peculiar Englishman with connections to Isaac Newton and the Church: William Whiston.
    Friday, August 22, 2025

  8. 405: Barfield - Myth is the Ghost of Concrete Meaning

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    08/22/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Little Plastic Castles. In this episode, we read the first Inkling, Owen Barfield, as he defends the use of old words, old stories, and old ways of expressing what’s good, beautiful, and true against modern proponents that argued for more modern “scientific” ways of judging language, esp., poetics and myth, as well as religion and culture.
    405: Barfield - Myth is the Ghost of Concrete Meaning

  9. Thursday, August 21, 2025

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    08/21/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the forgotten founder of Christian Scholasticism.
    Thursday, August 21, 2025

  10. Wednesday, August 20, 2025

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    08/20/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the British evangelist behind the global phenomenon that is the Salvation Army.
    Wednesday, August 20, 2025

  11. Mysticism Through Love

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    08/20/25
    5 mins
    By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith
    In this episode of the Outlaw God podcast, Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith take a look into Eastern and Western influences on mysticism.
    Mysticism Through Love

  12. Is Christianity a cleverly devised myth?

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    08/20/25
    3 mins
    By Adam Francisco | David Andersen
    David and Adam tackle the claim that Christianity was developed from mythology.
    Is Christianity a cleverly devised myth?