Christopher Gillespie

  1. Sunday, August 30, 2020

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    08/30/20
    8 mins
    By 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.
    Sunday, August 30, 2020

  2. 162: Timothy Keller - Liberals’ insistence that religious views stay out of public discourse is hypocritical

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    08/29/20
    4 mins
    By 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.
    162: Timothy Keller - Liberals’ insistence that religious views stay out of public discourse is hypocritical

  3. Saturday, August 29, 2020

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    08/29/20
    9 mins
    By 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.”
    Saturday, August 29, 2020

  4. 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
    By 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.
    161: Timothy Keller - There is no need in liberal society for any consensus on moral values

  5. Friday, August 28, 2020

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    08/28/20
    10 mins
    By 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."
    Friday, August 28, 2020

  6. 160: Timothy Keller - Biblical justice differs in significant ways from all the secular alternatives

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    08/27/20
    4 mins
    By 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?”
    160: Timothy Keller - Biblical justice differs in significant ways from all the secular alternatives

  7. Thursday, August 27, 2020

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    08/27/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1955, and we remember Joachim Wach. The reading is a prayer from Soren Kierkegaard.
    Thursday, August 27, 2020

  8. Wednesday, August 26, 2020

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    08/26/20
    9 mins
    By 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.”
    Wednesday, August 26, 2020

  9. Tuesday, August 25, 2020

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    08/25/20
    9 mins
    By 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.”
    Tuesday, August 25, 2020

  10. Monday, August 24, 2020

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    08/24/20
    8 mins
    By 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.
    Monday, August 24, 2020

  11. Sunday, August 23, 2020

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    08/23/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1838, and we remember Gideon Blackburn. The reading is from Luci Shaw, “The Foolishness of God.”
    Sunday, August 23, 2020

  12. 159: Zempel - Churches Aren’t Avoiding Death By Keeping Their Doors Closed. They’re Ensuring It

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    08/22/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    This Little Light of Mine... When we allow feelings of fear and insecurity about our health and well-being dominate discussions about churches opening their doors, are we thereby complicit in the spiritual death of our churches?
    159: Zempel - Churches Aren’t Avoiding Death By Keeping Their Doors Closed. They’re Ensuring It