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  1. Wednesday, August 28, 2019

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    08/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    It is the feast day of St. Augustine, who died on this day 430. And we remember Hugo Grotius, Dutch theologian, who also died on this day in 1645. The reading is an excerpt from "The conversion of Saint Augustine" by Eleanor Donnelly.
    Wednesday, August 28, 2019

  2. Tuesday, August 27, 2019

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    08/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine, and the order to burn Puritan John Milton's works in 1660. The reading is from John Milton, "On Blindness."
    Tuesday, August 27, 2019

  3. Monday, August 26, 2019

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    08/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Petrus Ramus, a French reformer who died in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. We also remember the American Standard Version translation of the Bible from 1901, the predecessor to the Revised and New Revised Standard Versions. The reading is from Scott Cairns, "Another Idiot Psalm."
    Monday, August 26, 2019

  4. Sunday, August 25, 2019

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    08/25/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember a few different men named Genesius and 18th-century German theologian Karl Barhdt. The reading is from Madame Guyon, "I Love My God."
    Sunday, August 25, 2019

  5. Saturday, August 24, 2019

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    08/24/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is St. Bartholomew's day, not a feast for the squeamish. We remember the birthday in 1759 of William Wilberforce. The reading is "Agony" by George Herbert.
    Saturday, August 24, 2019

  6. For You Radio Episode 9: Romans 6:20 and moving into Romans 7

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    08/23/19
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Romans 6 and into 7: We find that God works salvation in mankind by way of gift and not by works. What does it mean to be set free from sin and being a slave to God? Is that a good thing to be a slave and what does it mean to be set free into slavery? God works salvation in us, it is not our doing for the free gift of God is salvation, for sinners. Join Craig and Troy as they talk about all of these topics and more.
    For You Radio Episode 9: Romans 6:20 and moving into Romans 7

  7. Friday, August 23, 2019

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    08/23/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Francois Hotman, born 1524, and the St. Bartholomew's Eve Massacre of 1572. The reading is from Sir Phillip Sydney, "Leave me, O Love."
    Friday, August 23, 2019

  8. Thursday, August 22, 2019

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    08/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, the Alcasian contemporary of the first Reformers, Beatus Rhenanus, was born in 1485. We also remember one of the most unlikely to beatified, St. Guinefort. The reading is from George MacDonald, "Obedience."
    Thursday, August 22, 2019

  9. Wednesday, August 21, 2019

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    08/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1741, Handel began composing his most famous work, the oratorio "Messiah." Today, we also remember Alexander Konstantin von Oettingen, Lutheran pastor and statistician, who died in 1905. The reading is from Dietrich Bonhoeffer on forgiveness from "Letters and Papers from Prison."
    Wednesday, August 21, 2019

  10. Tuesday, August 20, 2019

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    08/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two European-born theologians who changed the face of the church in America: Francis Asbury and Paul Tillich. The reading is "The Good Shepherd" by Richard Baxter.
    Tuesday, August 20, 2019

  11. Monday, August 19, 2019

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    08/19/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of Apples, also known as the Transfiguration. It is the birthday of C.I. Scofield, born on this day in 1843. The reading is from St. Augustine on the Transfiguration.
    Monday, August 19, 2019

  12. Sunday, August 18, 2019

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    08/18/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the patron saints of masons and horses, Florus and Laurus. And we remember the work of Jean Bolland, whose work collected and preserved the stories of the saints. The reading is "For All the Saints" by William How.
    Sunday, August 18, 2019