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  1. 122: Friedrich Nietzsche, Neither morality nor religion has any point of contact with actuality

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    03/19/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Welcome to A Church of Pure Imagination. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Antichrist.” This episode, what happens when Christianity disconnects itself from what’s concrete and real, especially the incarnation of God.
    122: Friedrich Nietzsche, Neither morality nor religion has any point of contact with actuality

  2. Thursday, March 19, 2020

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    03/19/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph and remember Jean Astruc, born in 1684. The reading is from Thomas Nash, "A Litany in Time of Plague."
    Thursday, March 19, 2020

  3. Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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    03/18/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the First Lateran Council in 1123, and Wilfrid Owen, born 1893. The reading is from Wilfrid Owen, "Maundy Thursday.
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020

  4. Tuesday, March 17, 2020

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    03/17/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feasts of St. Patrick and Joseph of Arimathea. The reading is from "St. Patrick's Breastplate."
    Tuesday, March 17, 2020

  5. Monday, March 16, 2020

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    03/16/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Johann Geiler von Keysersburg, b. 1455, and Book Smugglers Day in Lithuania. Our reading is from Luther on the Plague.
    Monday, March 16, 2020

  6. Sunday, March 15, 2020

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    03/15/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Billy Graham's 1st integrated Rally in 1953, and John Davenport, d. 1670. The reading is a quote from "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis.
    Sunday, March 15, 2020

  7. 121: Friedrich Nietzsche, Christianity is Called the Religion of Pity

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    03/14/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    All right, let's put a pin in this, I gotta help your pathetic faith. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "Antichrist." How does the Christian church promote weak piety and a denial of life? How does Christianity as a religion of pity weaken believers and society? What happens to Christianity when it mixes philosophy and theology together?
    121: Friedrich Nietzsche, Christianity is Called the Religion of Pity

  8. Saturday, March 14, 2020

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    03/14/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Eysteinn Asgrimsson, d. 1361, and the New English Bible NT publishing in 1961. The reading is "Neither Shadow of Turning" by Jack Clemo.
    Saturday, March 14, 2020

  9. Friday, March 13, 2020

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    03/13/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Lazarus Spengler, b. 1479, and Nicephorus, d. 829. The reading is "Love is And Was My Lord and King" by A.F. Tennyson.
    Friday, March 13, 2020

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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