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  1. Thursday, March 12, 2020

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    03/12/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Gregory the Great, d. 604, and Paul Gerhardt, b. 1607. The reading is Gerhardt's "O Sacred Head Now Wounded."
    Thursday, March 12, 2020

  2. 120: Friedrich Nietzsche, Progress is Merely a Modern Idea

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    03/11/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    That was really traumatizing! I quit! I'm out! Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "Antichrist." This episode, we talk about how Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity can help us check our presuppositions about what Christianity is and is not today. 
    120: Friedrich Nietzsche, Progress is Merely a Modern Idea

  3. Wednesday, March 11, 2020

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    03/11/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Ralph Abernathy, b. 1926, and James Reeb, d. 1965. The reading is "Prayer" by Christian Wiman.
    Wednesday, March 11, 2020

  4. Tuesday, March 10, 2020

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    03/10/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Dante's exile in 1302 and John Ogilvie, who died in 1615. The reading is an excerpt from Tim Keller's "The Reason for God."
    Tuesday, March 10, 2020

  5. 119: Erasmus’s Diatribe, Old Testaments Passages Implying Free Choice

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    03/09/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Alright. That’s it. No more Old Testament proofs for you. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Erasmus’ diatribe on Salvation and Free Will. This episode, how to squeeze free will out of the Old Testament.
    119: Erasmus’s Diatribe, Old Testaments Passages Implying Free Choice

  6. Monday, March 9, 2020

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    03/09/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and Catherine of Bologna. The reading is "By the Cross of Jesus Standing" by Horatius Bonar.
    Monday, March 9, 2020

  7. Sunday, March 8, 2020

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    03/08/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember John Of God, b. 1495, and McCollum v. Board of Ed (1948). The reading is a poem from George MacDonald, "Forgiveness."
    Sunday, March 8, 2020

  8. Saturday, March 7, 2020

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    03/07/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Perpetua & Felicity who died in 203, and Alfred Edersheim, born 1825. The reading is "Remember Me, Implored the Thief" by Emily Dickinson.
    Saturday, March 7, 2020

  9. Friday, March 6, 2020

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    03/06/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Michelangelo, born 1475, and Juan Luis Vives, born 1492. The reading is "On The Brink Of Death" by Michelangelo.
    Friday, March 6, 2020

  10. 118: Erasmus’s Diatribe, Forgiveness of Sins Restores Freedom of Choice

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    03/05/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man! Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Erasmus’ diatribe on Free Will and Salvation. How does Erasmus read the Bible and how does his interpretation continue to influence the church today? How does Erasmus’ anthropology determine how the church continues to preach and teach Christian doctrine?
    118: Erasmus’s Diatribe, Forgiveness of Sins Restores Freedom of Choice

  11. Thursday, March 5, 2020

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    03/05/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Third Lateran Council, convened in 1179, and Christian History, published in 1743. The reading is “I love My Enemies” by Leonid Zavalniuk.
    Thursday, March 5, 2020

  12. Wednesday, March 4, 2020

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    03/04/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember pope Pelagius I, d. 561, and St. Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia. The reading is from Roy Campbell, "To The Sun."
    Wednesday, March 4, 2020