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  1. Monday, July 28, 2025

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    07/28/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the Virgin Mary in Church history.
    Monday, July 28, 2025

  2. Was Peter the First Pope?

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    07/25/25
    5 mins
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Adam Francisco
    Caleb, Scott, and Adam take up the question: was Peter the first pope?
    Was Peter the First Pope?

  3. Monday, June 23, 2025

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    06/23/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the persecution of Christians, often by other Christians (!)
    Monday, June 23, 2025

  4. 395: Questions Answered

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    06/09/25
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Just Answer the Question. In this episode, we answer listener questions, specifically active and passive choices, active and passive righteousness, election and the bondage of the will, addiction, the limits of Alcoholics Anonymous, and the ultimate Good we all seek, and much, much more.
    395: Questions Answered

  5. 393: Table Talk

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    05/23/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm In this episode, we discuss how pre-modern church history, the Industrial Revolution, therapeutics, language, corporate culture, and the flight of heretics from Europe in the 17th-18th century affected contemporary Western churches.
    393: Table Talk

  6. Are Lutherans Protestant?

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    05/21/25
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Scott Keith | Bruce Hillman | Adam Francisco
    Lutherans started the Protestant Reformation. However, they shy away from the term today.
    Are Lutherans Protestant?

  7. 392: Keller - What Is the Church?

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    05/16/25
    11 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Come Together, Right Now… In this episode, we read from Tim Keller’s sermon, which asks, “What is the Church?” We discuss the relationship between churches and culture, what the church is and isn’t, where we locate faith, whether Christian faith changes one’s values, and much more.
    392: Keller - What Is the Church?

  8. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Reformation Sermon, or, A History of Talking in Church Part 2

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    05/10/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for May 10-11, 2025
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: The Reformation Sermon, or, A History of Talking in Church Part 2

  9. 391: The gracious will and good pleasure of God in Christ Jesus

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    05/08/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Burning Down The House. In this episode, we continue our discussion of election, addressing the certainty of election, how we are chosen, the human limits of perseverance in faith, why the pope is a bad example of Christian piety, and how old Adam tries to invert election by burying it in our sacrifices and pious moralism.
    391: The gracious will and good pleasure of God in Christ Jesus

  10. 390: Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Election of God

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    05/01/25
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Somebody Told Me. In this episode, we read the Book of Concord on election, and discuss why God chooses to forgive all people on the cross, why some reject the gospel, why Lutherans reject double predestination, what the consequences are to trust that we are always justified for Christ’s sake, and much, much more.
    390: Concerning the Eternal Predestination and Election of God

  11. Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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    04/30/25
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the Huguenots and their disastrous American colonies.
    Wednesday, April 30, 2025

  12. 387: Flacius - Adiaphora and Tyranny

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    04/12/25
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Can’t You See. In this episode, we read the Lutheran theologian Matthias Flacius, and discuss inter-church debates, the Lord’s Supper as ground zero for most church conflicts, the consequences of compromise in matters of faith, the limits of love, and when it’s time to push away from the table and go into prayer.
    387: Flacius - Adiaphora and Tyranny