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  1. Thursday, October 8, 2020

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    10/08/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1927. We remember missionary and martyr Phillip James, or “Jim” Elliot. The reading is an excerpt from chapter 11 of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
    Thursday, October 8, 2020

  2. Bill Brimer - Songwriter

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    10/07/20
    1 min
    By Blake Flattley
    In this episode, Blake sits down with songwriter, Bill Brimer. They discuss the vocations of musician and songwriter, and where Bill finds creative inspiration. You can stream Bill’s new album here.
    Bill Brimer - Songwriter

  3. Wednesday, October 7, 2020

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    10/07/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1796. We remember the pastor and philosopher Thomas Reid. The reading is an excerpt from Eugene Peterson's "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction."
    Wednesday, October 7, 2020

  4. Tuesday, October 6, 2020

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    10/06/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1919. We remember Baron Paul Nicolay, the Lutheran evangelist in Russia. Our reading is from Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, titled "Confession."
    Tuesday, October 6, 2020

  5. Monday, October 5, 2020

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    10/05/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1695. We remember the Reverend John Glas. The reading is "Sing Hosanna" by Glas.
    Monday, October 5, 2020

  6. Presidents and Pastors, Public Speaking is Hard

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    10/04/20
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    How many presidents does it take to make us question our confidence in this country? No problem, Jesus will be back soon! Just listen to the preachers tell it like it is, and everything will be ok.
    Presidents and Pastors, Public Speaking is Hard

  7. Sunday, October 4, 2020

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    10/04/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1965, and Pope Paul VI became the first Pope to travel to the Western Hemisphere. The reading is from Karol Jozef Wojtyla, his “Meditations on the Book of Genesis: at the Threshold of the Sistine Chapel."
    Sunday, October 4, 2020

  8. Saturday, October 3, 2020

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    10/03/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1943. We remember Danish Lutheran pastor Kjeldgaard Jensen. The reading is from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, his "Meditations on the Cross."
    Saturday, October 3, 2020

  9. Bad Jesus Words, part 2

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    10/02/20
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    God the Father, God the Space Ghost, and God the Holy Ghost? That doesn't seem right. How about, God the Father, God the Created Son, and . . . no, that's not right either. Craig and Troy look at some more Christoogical heresies that try to understand Jesus, but miss the mark.
    Bad Jesus Words, part 2

  10. Friday, October 2, 2020

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    10/02/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1800. We remember Nat Turner. The reading is from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians chapter three, verse twenty-five.
    Friday, October 2, 2020

  11. In the Ring: Debate in an Age of Deconstruction with Dr. Ben Haupt

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    10/01/20
    3 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Forget prayer, America needs the use of logic and civilized discourse! So do preachers. What if preachers actually honestly engage the culture instead of cry “martyr”? Ringside meets The Craft of Preaching with special guest Dr. Ben Haupt.
    In the Ring: Debate in an Age of Deconstruction with Dr. Ben Haupt

  12. Thursday, October 1, 2020

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    10/01/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1567. We remember a few stories filled with court intrigue, suspicion, and murder, as well as Pietro Carnesecchi, a humanist and would-be Reformer. The reading is “The World is not Conclusion” by Emily Dickinson.
    Thursday, October 1, 2020