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  1. Friday, February 14, 2020

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    02/14/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Valentine and Frederick Douglass. The reading is "Jesus Praying" by Hartley Coleridge.
    Friday, February 14, 2020

  2. 113: More Justin Marytr and Tatian on Free Will and Predestination

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    02/14/20
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Just Think of This As a Friendly Test That Could Get You Thrown into Hell, Or Not... Your Choice. Why do we demand that the choice be ours as regards our salvation or damnation? How does the doctrine of free will result in us hating God and each other? What about the influence of free will and predestination on popular culture?
    113: More Justin Marytr and Tatian on Free Will and Predestination

  3. Thursday, February 13, 2020

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    02/13/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Sister Julia McGroarty and Bruce Metzger. The reading is "Arbor Vitae" by Siegfried Sassoon.
    Thursday, February 13, 2020

  4. Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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    02/12/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    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.
    Wednesday, February 12, 2020

  5. Tuesday, February 11, 2020

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    02/11/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Hugh of St. Victor and William Carstares. The reading is “Christians, come, in sweetest measures” by Adam of St. Victor.
    Tuesday, February 11, 2020

  6. 112: Justin Martyr on Free Will and Predestination

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    02/11/20
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Only Wrong Choice Is to Not Make a Choice... Where does the belief in free will originate? Is free will a biblical doctrine? How does Justin’s teaching on free will and salvation still influence the church and western culture today?
    112: Justin Martyr on Free Will and Predestination

  7. Monday, February 10, 2020

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    02/10/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Scholastica, d. 543, and Dominique Pire, b. 1910. The reading is a quote from "The Foolishness of Preaching" by Robert Farrar Capon.
    Monday, February 10, 2020

  8. Sunday, February 9, 2020

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    02/09/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember John Hooper (b. 1555) and Garner Ted Armstrong (b. 1930). Our reading is a hymn version of Psalm 23 by Henry Baker, "The King of Love My Shepherd Is."
    Sunday, February 9, 2020

  9. Saturday, February 8, 2020

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    02/08/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the founding of the College of William and Mary in 1693 and also Josephine Bakhita, who died in 1947. The reading is "Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord" by Martin Luther.
    Saturday, February 8, 2020

  10. Friday, February 7, 2020

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    02/07/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Toader Arăpașu and Helder Camara. Our reading is an anonymous poem, "The Steadfast Cross."
    Friday, February 7, 2020

  11. Thursday, February 6, 2020

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    02/06/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this we remember, Antonie Arnauld, born in 1612, and George Tyrell, born in 1841. The reading is from A.J.M. Smith, "Beside One Dead."
    Thursday, February 6, 2020

  12. Wednesday, February 5, 2020

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    02/05/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, and theologian Martin Marty, born in 1928. The reading is from Edith Södergran, "Christian Confession."
    Wednesday, February 5, 2020