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  1. Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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    07/01/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1942, and we remember the godfather of modern Gospel music, Andrae Crouch. The reading is an excerpt from C.S. Lewis' "Screwtape Letters."
    Wednesday, July 1, 2020

  2. Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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    06/30/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We consider the year 1758, and we remember the birth of abolitionist James Stephen. The reading is from Jupiter Hammon, the first African slave to have poetry published in America, a selection from his “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries."
    Tuesday, June 30, 2020

  3. Luther and Eck

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    06/29/20
    1 min
    By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson
    Dr. Paulson talks about the significance o the Leipzig Debate and the arguments of John Eck.
    Luther and Eck

  4. Monday, June 29, 2020

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    06/29/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We consider the year 1810 and the founding of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The reading is from Sir Aubrey De Vere, “Silence in the heavens."
    Monday, June 29, 2020

  5. Sunday, June 28, 2020

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    06/28/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1491 and the birth of Henry VIII of England. The reading is a quote from Gerhard Forde's, "On Being A Theologian of the Cross."
    Sunday, June 28, 2020

  6. 150: Martin Luther - On the Jews and their Lies (1543)

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    06/27/20
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Wow, I gotta be honest... I did not see that coming! Anti-semitism, public doctrine, and when it’s necessary to tear down our idols.
    150: Martin Luther - On the Jews and their Lies (1543)

  7. Saturday, June 27, 2020

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    06/27/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1906 and the birth of Christian and poet Vernon Watkins. The reading from Vernon Watkins, his poem "Infant Noah."
    Saturday, June 27, 2020

  8. Friday, June 26, 2020

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    06/26/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1988 and the death of Hans Urs Von Balthasar. The reading is from Balthasar, “Love Alone Is Credible.”
    Friday, June 26, 2020

  9. 149: An Apologetic Primer on Jehovah’s Witnesses

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    06/25/20
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    We Are Not Your Kind. Gillespie and Riley respond to a listener question: Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a part of the Christian Church?
    149: An Apologetic Primer on Jehovah’s Witnesses

  10. Thursday, June 25, 2020

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    06/25/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1530 and the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession. The reading is a quote from William Willimon.
    Thursday, June 25, 2020

  11. Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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    06/24/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1579 when the first Protestant church service in the New World. The reading is from Francis Drake, “Disturb Us O Lord.”
    Wednesday, June 24, 2020

  12. Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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    06/23/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today, we celebrate St. John's Eve. The reading is "Baptism" by George Herbert.
    Tuesday, June 23, 2020