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  1. Thursday, July 4, 2024

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    07/04/24
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the church’s “original” Martin: St. Martin of Tours.
    Thursday, July 4, 2024

  2. Episode 280: Protestant, Evangelical, catholic, orthodox: What Are We?

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    07/04/24
    6 mins
    By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg
    In episode TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, Mike and Wade (has anyone seen Jason anywhere lately?) discuss the history of the terms “protestant,” “evangelical,” “catholic,” and “orthodox.”
    Episode 280: Protestant, Evangelical, catholic, orthodox: What Are We?

  3. Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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    07/03/24
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the 2nd Council of Orange (529) and its far-reaching effect on the doctrines of Divine Grace.
    Wednesday, July 3, 2024

  4. Tuesday, July 2, 2024

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    07/02/24
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a giant of the Anglican Reformation: Thomas Cranmer.
    Tuesday, July 2, 2024

  5. Monday, July 1, 2024

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    07/01/24
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about a saint with neither a tongue nor a right hand.
    Monday, July 1, 2024

  6. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents Inside the Hermit Kingdom: Christianity in Korea

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    06/29/24
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for June 29-30, 2024
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents Inside the Hermit Kingdom: Christianity in Korea

  7. Friday, June 28, 2024

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    06/28/24
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the *first* church father: Irenaeus of Lyon.
    Friday, June 28, 2024

  8. 358: Melanchthon - Commentary on Romans 3:21ff

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    06/28/24
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Tick, Tick, Boom. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Romans 3 while reading Philip Melanchthon’s commentary on Paul’s epistle. The main topics of conversation are the limitations of the law, faith that saves, gratuitous forgiveness and the living, and the present tense power of the gospel.
    358: Melanchthon - Commentary on Romans 3:21ff

  9. Thursday, June 27, 2024

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    06/27/24
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the man remembered as, “the Pillar of Faith and the Seal of All of the Fathers”: Cyril of Alexandria.
    Thursday, June 27, 2024

  10. Justified by Christ

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    06/27/24
    5 mins
    By Caleb Keith | Scott Keith | Bruce Hillman | Adam Francisco
    Justification is famously called the article upon which the church stands or falls. It is the article upon which The Lutheran Reformation stood boldly and confessed the Scriptural truth that we are made right before God by grace through faith on account of Christ alone.
    Justified by Christ

  11. Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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    06/26/24
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the author who linked a Nobel Prize, a Pulitzer, Chinese Missions, and the Fundamentalist controversy: Pearl S. Buck.
    Wednesday, June 26, 2024

  12. Tuesday, June 25, 2024

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    06/25/24
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a red letter day in the history of the [Lutheran] Church.
    Tuesday, June 25, 2024