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  1. 194b: Luther - Our knowledge of God is merely passive

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    03/01/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Just Sit Back and Let It Happen. In this episode, we continue our reading of Martin Luther’s Galatians lectures. This week, passive faith, internalizing virtue, and the law of the jungle.
    194b: Luther - Our knowledge of God is merely passive

  2. Monday, Mar 1, 2021

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    03/01/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the calling of the Hussite Crusades in 1420. The reading is from St. Ephrem of Edessa.
    Monday, Mar 1, 2021

  3. Sunday, February 28, 2021

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    02/28/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1870. We remember the creation of the Bulgarian Exarchate and ecclesiastical independence. The reading is a poem from Reginald Heber.
    Sunday, February 28, 2021

  4. Saturday, February 27, 2021

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    02/27/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1773. We remember the completion of Christ Church Alexandria, Virginia on this date. The reading is from “Christ is Made the Sure Foundation” by John Mason Neale.
    Saturday, February 27, 2021

  5. Friday, February 26, 2021

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    02/26/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1891. We remember the baptism of Brahmabandhav Upadhyay. The reading is from Sadhu Sundar Singh.
    Friday, February 26, 2021

  6. Thursday, February 25, 2021

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    02/25/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1591. We remember Friedrich Spee, a pastor, and hunter of witch hunters. The reading is a lenten prayer from Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
    Thursday, February 25, 2021

  7. Wednesday, February 24, 2021

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    02/24/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1915. We remember former slave and evangelist Amanda Berry Smith. The reading is “The Ballad of Mary’s Son” by Langston Hughes.
    Wednesday, February 24, 2021

  8. 194a: Luther - God’s will is to bless all nations... through Christ

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    02/23/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Free Will Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be. In this episode, more from Luther’s Galatians lectures. This week, God’s will, free will, identity, and taking the moral low ground.
    194a: Luther - God’s will is to bless all nations... through Christ

  9. Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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    02/23/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1925. We remember noted famed missions founder, Dr. Kate Waller Barrett. The reading is the Lenten hymn "Lord Who Through These 40 Days" by Claudia Frances Hernaman.
    Tuesday, February 23, 2021

  10. Monday, February 22, 2021

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    02/22/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1943. We remember Christoph Probst, Hans Scholl, and Sophie Scholl. The reading for today is a short inscription from Sophie Scholl's diary.
    Monday, February 22, 2021

  11. Sunday, February 21, 2021

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    02/21/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1869. We remember the baptism of Ranavalona II. The reading for today comes from Christopher Smart, a reflection on Abraham, "Faith."
    Sunday, February 21, 2021

  12. 193b: Luther - Christ has made us free, not civilly, not physically, but divinely

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    02/20/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Free For It All. This week on the podcast, we continue our Lenten series on Christian freedom in Martin Luther’s Galatians lectures. In this episode, Gospel, Satan, and competing freedoms.
    193b: Luther - Christ has made us free, not civilly, not physically, but divinely