1. Watching The World Go Down in History. In this episode of Banned Books, we read "False Presence of the Kingdom" by Jacques Ellul and discuss worldly Christianity, the lessons of history, the Machine, focusing on heavenly things to answer earthly questions, seeking the origin of things, and the dangers of being trapped in the present.
  2. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the “Foreign Protestants” in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
  3. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember George Matheson, the blind Scottish pastor famous for, among other things, a classic hymn.
  4. In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss travel, books, and language.
  5. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Justus Jonas, Luther’s forgotten right-hand man.
  6. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a major figure and publisher in 20th-century American Evangelicalism on his 76th birthday: Jim Wallis.
  7. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a beat poet and Dominican brother: William Everson, A.K.A. Brother Antoninus.
  8. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a curious Prince Archbishop at the end of the Holy Roman Empire and his connection to Mozart.
  9. Psalm 147 meditates on God's wondrous rule over all of His creation, and His loving care for His children.