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  1. Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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    11/24/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1703. We remember the first Lutheran pastor ordained in the New World, Justus Falckner. The reading is from Pamela Cranston, "Poem for Christ the King."
    Tuesday, November 24, 2020

  2. 183: Sasse - The secular and the spiritual are indeed to be dearly distinguished

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    11/23/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    A shelter from pigs on the wing... In this episode, how do Christians interface with a godless state, love our neighbors without being complicit in promoting sin, and maintain the tension between the two kingdoms?
    183: Sasse - The secular and the spiritual are indeed to be dearly distinguished

  3. Monday, November 23, 2020

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    11/23/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1846. We remember the Missionary linguist James Evans. The reading is from E.H. Dewart and his "Out on Life's Dark Heaving Ocean."
    Monday, November 23, 2020

  4. Sunday, November 22, 2020

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    11/22/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was about 300. We remember St. George—the myth, national symbol, dragon-slayer, and picture of Christ. The reading is from C.S. Lewis from his "Past Watchful Dragons."
    Sunday, November 22, 2020

  5. Saturday, November 21, 2020

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    11/21/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1526. We remember the French Reformer Louis De Berquin. The reading is an excerpt from a poem by Antoine de Chandieu.
    Saturday, November 21, 2020

  6. 182: Sasse - The office of the governing authority belongs to God’s created order

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    11/20/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    You Know Who Else Misunderstood The Kingdom of God? Hitler! In this episode, we read Herman Sasse’s 1930 essay on The Social Doctrine of the Augsburg Confession and its Significance for the Present. We discuss the two kingdoms doctrine, peoples’ station in life, and the need for public discussions of natural law.
    182: Sasse - The office of the governing authority belongs to God’s created order

  7. Friday, November 20, 2020

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    11/20/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1175. We remember St. Edmund of Abingdon. The reading is the epic and gorgeous “Dream of the Rood.”
    Friday, November 20, 2020

  8. Thursday, November 19, 2020

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    11/19/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1921. We remember Peter Ruckman, the fundamentalist preacher. The reading is an excerpt from Robert Farrar Capon's "Kingdom, Grace, and Judgment."
    Thursday, November 19, 2020

  9. Wednesday, November 18, 2020

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    11/18/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1838, and 181 Saxon Lutherans set sail from Bremerhaven on board the steamship Olbers. The reading for today comes from C.F. W Walther's older brother, a pastor named Otto Walther.
    Wednesday, November 18, 2020

  10. 181: Chesterton - Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God

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    11/17/20
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Chairman Mao Loves Ice Cream. In this episode, G.K. Chesterton on what happens when we abolish God, and the government becomes the god. We discuss “unalienable rights endowed by the Creator.” The language of freedom and rights belongs to the law. And we finish with Chesterton’s prompt to consider fraud.
    181: Chesterton - Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God

  11. Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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    11/17/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 680. We remember St. Hilda of Whitby. The reading is an excerpt from Caedmon's Hymn, the oldest poem in English.
    Tuesday, November 17, 2020

  12. Monday, November 16, 2020

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    11/16/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 2002. President Lukashenko of Belarus enacted a new and sweeping law restricting religious freedom. The reading is an excerpt from Oscar Romero, "The Violence of Love."
    Monday, November 16, 2020