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Christopher Gillespie
Christopher Gillespie

  1. Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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    09/01/20
    8 mins
    Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1727, and we remember Jean Baptiste Joseph Gobel. The reading is from Robert Herrick, a 17th century English poet and divine, “Gods Keyes.”

  2. Monday, August 31, 2020

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    08/31/20
    8 mins
    Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1240, and we remember Raymond Nonnatus. The reading is from C.S. Lewis, his "Footnote to All Prayers."

  3. Sunday, August 30, 2020

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    08/30/20
    8 mins
    Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1938, and we remember Estefan Nehme. The reading is from St. Ephrem, an excerpt on Adam, Eve, and the cross.

  4. 162: Timothy Keller - Liberals’ insistence that religious views stay out of public discourse is hypocritical

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    08/29/20
    4 mins
    Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    You Gotta Serve Somebody, part 3. We continue our reading of Tim Keller’s critique of modern political ideologies and their possible effects on our churches.

  5. Saturday, August 29, 2020

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    08/29/20
    9 mins
    Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1749, and we remember Matthias Bel. The reading is the first stanza of Jaroslav Vajda, “Go My Children, With My Blessing.”

  6. 161: Timothy Keller - There is no need in liberal society for any consensus on moral values

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    08/28/20
    4 mins
    Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    You Gotta Serve Somebody, part 2. We continue to examine Tim Keller’s critique of modern political ideologies, and whether they study up to a biblical and theological critique of their core principles.

  7. Friday, August 28, 2020

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    08/28/20
    10 mins
    Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1828, and we remember Leo Tolstoy. The reading is from the preface to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Discipleship."

  8. 160: Timothy Keller - Biblical justice differs in significant ways from all the secular alternatives

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    08/27/20
    4 mins
    Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    You Gotta Serve Somebody. Tim Keller breaks down various political ideologies and asks, “What does God’s Word have to say about this?”

  9. Thursday, August 27, 2020

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    08/27/20
    8 mins
    Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1955, and we remember Joachim Wach. The reading is a prayer from Soren Kierkegaard.

  10. Wednesday, August 26, 2020

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    08/26/20
    9 mins
    Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1732, and we remember William Morgan. The reading is from Charles Wesley, from his “Prayers for Condemned Malefactors.”

  11. Tuesday, August 25, 2020

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    08/25/20
    9 mins
    Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1270, and we remember King Louis IX. The reading is from 18th-century poet John Byrom, his “My Spirit Longs For Thee.”

  12. Monday, August 24, 2020

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    08/24/20
    8 mins
    Dan van Voorhis Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1968. Pope Paul VI opened the Second Episcopal Conference of Latin America in Medellin, Columbia. The reading is from Martin Luther, an excerpt from his 1521 Defense written to the Pope.
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