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  1. Saturday, July 3, 2021

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    07/03/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag again to answer a question about the Church Fathers.
    Saturday, July 3, 2021

  2. Friday, July 2, 2021

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    07/02/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about Dan’s favorite story in church history.
    Friday, July 2, 2021

  3. Thursday, July 1, 2021

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    07/01/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about the End Times.
    Thursday, July 1, 2021

  4. 210b: Hitchens - Eschatology is inseparable from religious faith

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    06/30/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    “Religion is predicated on the idea that our time here is short and should be shorter, that our job is to bring on the end of days. This is just a veil of tears and guilt and shame. This, the only life we have—the only life we have that contains music and art and literature and solidarity and sex and love—all of this should be swept away. We can’t wait for the end times to come. That’s what they all have to believe.”
    210b: Hitchens - Eschatology is inseparable from religious faith

  5. Wednesday, June 30, 2021

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    06/30/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of Pope Marcellinus, the Pope that Apostatized! Maybe. Well, probably not.
    Wednesday, June 30, 2021

  6. Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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    06/29/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Miguel De Molinos and his contribution to the development of “Quietism.”
    Tuesday, June 29, 2021

  7. Monday, June 28, 2021

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    06/28/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go back to the mailbag to get a follow-up question about Polygamy in the church and Martin Luther.
    Monday, June 28, 2021

  8. Sunday, June 27, 2021

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    06/27/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the daring escape of the “Siberian Seven,” a group of Soviet Pentecostals in 1983.
    Sunday, June 27, 2021

  9. Saturday, June 26, 2021

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    06/26/21
    6 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we add another member to the Dr. Gene Scott All-Stars: Founder of the Pillar of Fire Church, Alma B. White.
    Saturday, June 26, 2021

  10. Friday, June 25, 2021

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    06/25/21
    7 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Ingwer Ludwig Nommensen, the German Dane in a Dutch Mission on the Island of Sumatra.
    Friday, June 25, 2021

  11. Thursday, June 24, 2021

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    06/24/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember a man who in the late 19th century was both a pastor and “the most famous man in America.”
    Thursday, June 24, 2021

  12. 210a: Hitchens - Religion is the first chance to explain human nature and the natural order

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    06/23/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    “We were baffled by climatic and cataclysmic events: earthquakes, tidal waves, storms, lightning. All of this was to us terrifying. Religion works as an attempt, then, to make sense of things. We are pattern-seeking mammals, after all. It’s a good thing that we are, because if we weren’t pattern-seeking mammals, our curiosity would have no outlet and we wouldn’t be capable of the great innovations that have liberated us from so many things, including religion.”
    210a: Hitchens - Religion is the first chance to explain human nature and the natural order