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  1. Wednesday, September 11, 2019

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    09/11/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Scottish poet Joanna Baillie, born 1762, and author William X. Kienzle, born 1928. The reading is "Death Shall Have No Dominion" by Dylan Thomas.
    Wednesday, September 11, 2019

  2. 75: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - Life

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    09/11/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Life... say this out loud with an aspirational sigh. Gillespie and Riley continue their series on Pilgrim's Progress. This episode, the cross, present-tense Jesus, and getting the direction right.
    75: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - Life

  3. For You Radio episode 14: Romans 8 and 9

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    09/10/19
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    We’d like to say that Craig and Troy wrestle with the teaching of election, but actually, it’s no struggle at all. The promises of God are freely given to all in Christ, and the elect are those who are in Him. He alone is our security.
    For You Radio episode 14: Romans 8 and 9

  4. Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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    09/10/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Wolfgang Musculus, born 1497, and Jean Vanier, born 1928. The reading is from Wilfred Owen, "At A calvary Near the Ancre."
    Tuesday, September 10, 2019

  5. Monday, September 9, 2019

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    09/09/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two Russians, Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk, d. 1515, and Alexander Men, d. 1990. The reading is from "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
    Monday, September 9, 2019

  6. 74: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Interpreter's House

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    09/09/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    So I exist in this wasteland. A man reduced to a single instinct: get to Mount Zion. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress." This week, chapter one and two, The City of Destruction and Interpreter's House. We talk more about our need for a present tense Jesus, the limits of allegory, and why Jesus isn't a good example for us to follow.
    74: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Interpreter's House

  7. Sunday, September 8, 2019

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    09/08/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the founding of Harvard in 1636, and the birthday of Peter Martyr Vermigli, who began teaching in Strassbourg and ended in Zurich. The reading is from "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.
    Sunday, September 8, 2019

  8. Saturday, September 7, 2019

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    09/07/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today we celebrate the birthday of Jacobus Acontius, author of Satanae Stratagemata, and Thomas Erastus, author of Explicatio gravissimae quaestionis. The reading is a bit better known, a poem from Chad Bird, "Were You There?"
    Saturday, September 7, 2019

  9. Friday, September 6, 2019

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    09/06/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, the "Pilgrims" set sail on Mayflower in 1620. The notable patriarch of American Lutheranism, Henry Melchior Muehlenberg, was born on this day in 1711. The reading is from "The Ragamuffin Gospel" by Brennan Manning.
    Friday, September 6, 2019

  10. 73: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The City of Destruction

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    09/05/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Once I was a pilgrim, a road warrior searching for a righteous end. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress." This week, chapter one, The City of Destruction. We talk about apocalyptic literature, our old friend Plato, the necessity of a real present tense Jesus, and why Riley's version of The Pilgrim's Progress would be a pamphlet.
    73: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The City of Destruction

  11. Thursday, September 5, 2019

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    09/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birthday of Tommasso Campanella, utopian and astrologer, and also, Gottfried Arnold, theologian and historian. The reading is the hymn, "Thou Who Breakest Every Chain," by Gottfried Arnold.
    Thursday, September 5, 2019

  12. Baptism Episode 5: Safe and Secure

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    09/04/19
    1 min
    By Cindy Koch
    In this episode we talk about the gifts God gives His church, even in the midst of an unbelieving world.
    Baptism Episode 5: Safe and Secure