1517 Podcasts

What’s Love Got to do With It? In this episode, we read Berthold von Schenk’s The Presence, discussing sacrifice, sacrament, human will, anthropology, the cross, Lent, Easter, Love, and the consequences of the crucifixion for worship, faith, and Christian living. Why does our focus determine how we view these things? What is the “telos” of the Lord’s Supper, and where does it lead us? How does it change us?

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the First Council held in the West.

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a different saint remembered on “St. Patrick’s Day”.

The Covenant is a Person

Kelsi chats with author, Laurie Krieg, about her newest book (coauthored with her husband Matt), ⁠Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World⁠, to answer how we keep the gospel as our foundation as we teach and guide our children through increasingly complex sexual issues today.

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer another communion question!

It Is More Blessed for God to Give than Receive

Pastor Sheek Teaches On John 4:5-30

Weekend Edition for March 14-15, 2026

Went to a Garden Party. In this episode, we read a homily by St. Aelfric of York for Midlent Sunday. Aelfric sermonizes about the earthly and heavenly meaning of Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand — its symbolism, historical import, and how loaves and fishes exegete the Old Testament books themselves. This and many, many wilderness wanderings in this episode of the podcast.

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of James W. Alexander and his most famous Lenten hymn.