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  1. Wednesday, September 9, 2020

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    09/09/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1952. We remember the television program “Life Is Worth Living." The reading is from St. Augustine, a reminder of the good news of the simplicity of the Christian life.
    Wednesday, September 9, 2020

  2. Tuesday, September 8, 2020

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    09/08/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1783. We remember Nikolai Frederick Severin Grundtvig. The reading is from Grundtvig, “Holy Spirit, Still our Sorrow.”
    Tuesday, September 8, 2020

  3. Monday, September 7, 2020

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    09/07/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1892. We remember Quaker, poet, abolitionist, and defender of the Christian faith, John Greenleaf Whittier. The reading is a poem from Whittier, "My Namesake."
    Monday, September 7, 2020

  4. Sunday, September 6, 2020

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    09/06/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1797. We remember Saint Innocent—Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts, and Apostle to the Americas. The reading is from Kate Bowler, an excerpt from "Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved."
    Sunday, September 6, 2020

  5. Saturday, September 5, 2020

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    09/05/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1568, and we remember the curious utopian, Catholic, heretic, and freedom fighter against the Spanish, Tommasso Campanella. The reading is from Arthur Hugh Clough, “With Whom is No Variableness, Neither Shadow of Turning.”
    Saturday, September 5, 2020

  6. What are you, some kind of heretic?

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    09/04/20
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    What is heresy, anyway? Why does it matter? Craig and Troy walk through the basic understandings of heresy and heterodoxy and their dangers. True Biblical teaching always leads us to who Jesus really is, and who He is for you. Email us: ForYouRadio@1517.org St. James Lutheran Church www.stjameslcms.church St. Peter's Lutheran Church www.Stpeterslc.org We're proud to be a podcast of 1517.org podcasts.
    What are you, some kind of heretic?

  7. Friday, September 4, 2020

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    09/04/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1646 and Johann Campanius Holm dedicated the first Lutheran church in the new world. The reading is "A Prayer" by Thomas Ken.
    Friday, September 4, 2020

  8. Thursday, September 3, 2020

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    09/03/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 301. We remember San Marino, the world’s oldest republic. The reading is a poem from Sarah Klassen, "Ephesus."
    Thursday, September 3, 2020

  9. Wednesday, September 2, 2020

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    09/02/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1973, and we remember John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. The reading is a bit of hope from a denizen of Middle Earth.
    Wednesday, September 2, 2020

  10. Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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    09/01/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1727, and we remember Jean Baptiste Joseph Gobel. The reading is from Robert Herrick, a 17th century English poet and divine, “Gods Keyes.”
    Tuesday, September 1, 2020

  11. Monday, August 31, 2020

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    08/31/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1240, and we remember Raymond Nonnatus. The reading is from C.S. Lewis, his "Footnote to All Prayers."
    Monday, August 31, 2020

  12. Sunday, August 30, 2020

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    08/30/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1938, and we remember Estefan Nehme. The reading is from St. Ephrem, an excerpt on Adam, Eve, and the cross.
    Sunday, August 30, 2020