1. On this day, we remember how Empress Theodora restored the icons of Hagia Sophia in 842. We remember Melchior Klesl, b. 1552. The reading is a quote Jacques Ellul, "Holy Troublemakers."
  2. Welcome to Christianity on Trial, where the claims of Christianity are examined and judged by the rules of evidence as used in the court of law. Your host, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, is a lawyer, a theologian, an author, and an accomplished defender of biblical Christianity. He is no stranger to the rules of evidence or the courtroom. So with our skeptical world for the prosecution and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery for the defense, stay with us as we listen in on Christianity on Trial.
  3. The episode ends with a conversation about how vocation and the service of neighbor works toward apologetics.
  4. On this day Germantown Quaker petition against slavery was published in 1688. And it is the birthday of Nikos Kazantzakis, b. 1883. The reading is from Francis Daniel Pastorius, his "Epitaph."
  5. On this day, we remember Mesrop Mashtots, d. 440, and Giordano Bruno, d. 1600. The reading is "Atonement" by Sofia M. Starnes.
  6. On this day, we remember Philip Melanchthon, b. 1497, and Gaspard de Coligny, b. 1519. The reading is "The Spirit searches everything" by Tania Runyon.
  7. On this day, we remember Lutheran musician Michael Praetorius and American Baptist preacher William Miller. The reading is a quote from "Surprised by Hope" by NT Wright.
  8. On this day, we remember St. Valentine and Frederick Douglass. The reading is "Jesus Praying" by Hartley Coleridge.
  9. On this day, we remember Sister Julia McGroarty and Bruce Metzger. The reading is "Arbor Vitae" by Siegfried Sassoon.
  10. On this day, we remember St. Julian the Hospitaller and Cotton Mather, b. 1663. The reading is "Eternal God, How They’ve Increased" by Mather.
  11. Welcome to Christianity on Trial, where the claims of Christianity are examined and judged by the rules of evidence as used in the court of law. Your host, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, is a lawyer, a theologian, an author, and an accomplished defender of biblical Christianity. He is no stranger to the rules of evidence or the courtroom. So with our skeptical world for the prosecution and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery for the defense, stay with us as we listen in on Christianity on Trial.
  12. On this episode of the Thinking Fellows, Scott, Adam, and Caleb talk about objections to Christ’s divinity and how they deal with the empty tomb.