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  1. Saturday, May 1, 2021

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    05/01/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today, we begin a new season of the Almanac with a new format. We consider the history of May Day. The reading is from Martin Luther.
    Saturday, May 1, 2021

  2. 202b: Robert Farrar Capon - Be Authentic and Authoritative Proclaimers of the Gospel

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    05/01/21
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    You Know, The Next Thing. In this episode, we continue reading Robert Capon’s The Mystery of Christ, and Why We Don’t Get It. We further discuss pastoral care, exegesis, the purpose of theology, and where Christian preaching points us.
    202b: Robert Farrar Capon - Be Authentic and Authoritative Proclaimers of the Gospel

  3. Friday, April 30, 2021

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    04/30/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1602. Today we remember William Lilly, Christian Astrologist? The last word for this second season is from the final stanza to Richard Wilbur’s “A Stable Lamp is Lighted.”
    Friday, April 30, 2021

  4. Thursday, April 29, 2021

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    04/29/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1968. Today we remember Lin Zhao, a Chinese Christian Martyr.
    Thursday, April 29, 2021

  5. 202a: Robert Farrar Capon - The Mystery and Guilt

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    04/28/21
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    You Know, The Thing. In this episode, Robert Capon on The Mystery of Christ, and Why We Don’t Get It. We discuss exegesis, pastoral care, preaching, and the task of a theologian.
    202a: Robert Farrar Capon - The Mystery and Guilt

  6. Tuesday, April 27, 2021

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    04/27/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 160. Today we remember Tertullian, the renegade Church Father. The reading is from Tertullian.
    Tuesday, April 27, 2021

  7. Monday, April 26, 2021

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    04/26/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1396. Today we remember St. Stephan of Perm. The reading is from Dorothy Sayers.
    Monday, April 26, 2021

  8. 201b: Weil - The false god changes suffering into violence

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    04/25/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Turning Inward to Attack Evil. In this episode, we continue to discuss Simone Weil on Evil. The importance of Jesus’ sacrificial death as expiation and redemption and what happens when we try to make good apart from God.
    201b: Weil - The false god changes suffering into violence

  9. Sunday, April 25, 2021

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    04/25/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1502. Today we remember Georg Major, the man, and the controversies. The reading is from W.H. Auden.
    Sunday, April 25, 2021

  10. 201a: Weil - It is the innocent victim who can feel hell

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    04/24/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Am I Evil? In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Simone Weil on Evil. Violence, suffering, and justice. What part does human evil play in Jesus’ sacrificial death?
    201a: Weil - It is the innocent victim who can feel hell

  11. Saturday, April 24, 2021

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    04/24/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1915. Today we remember aspects of the Armenian genocide. The reading is from Corrie Ten Boom.
    Saturday, April 24, 2021

  12. Early Modern Christian and Islamic Polemics

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    04/23/21
    4 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    Wade and Mike welcome Dr. Andrew Schmiege making it a three Michigander episode. Dr. Schmiege teaches Spanish at Wisconsin Lutheran College. A true renaissance man, Dr. Schmiege, interests are wide as shown in his dissertation topic which dealt with Christian and Islamic polemics in early modern Spain.
    Early Modern Christian and Islamic Polemics