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  1. 192b: Solzhenitsyn - Never knowingly support lies!

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    02/13/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    A spirit of timidity and a Spirit of courage. In this episode, we conclude our reading of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church chooses a spirit of timidity in order to spare itself affliction? Also, the sins of the fathers and the true meaning of sanctuary.
    192b: Solzhenitsyn - Never knowingly support lies!

  2. Saturday, February 13, 2021

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    02/13/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1882. We remember Henry Highland Garnet. Today's reading comes from Charlotte Brontë, the last lines from her longer poem entitled "The Missionary."
    Saturday, February 13, 2021

  3. B-Attitudes, the B-side

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    02/12/21
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Mercy, peace, and pureness of heart are not something we find in ourselves, but we find them in Christ, and in Christ we are found to be all those things.
    B-Attitudes, the B-side

  4. Friday, February 12, 2021

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    02/12/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1915. We remember a queen of Gospel hymnody, Fanny Crosby. The reading for today is from Crosby, “Cast Thy Care on Jesus.”
    Friday, February 12, 2021

  5. Thursday, February 11, 2021

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    02/11/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1929. We remember when the Lateran Pact recognized the creation of Vatican City as an autonomous country. The reading is Thomas Campion’s “Lenten Hymn.”
    Thursday, February 11, 2021

  6. 192a: Solzhenitsyn - “I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!”

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    02/10/21
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    How Quickly They Forget. In this episode, we continue to read Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church takes the easy path of learned helplessness?
    192a: Solzhenitsyn - “I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!”

  7. Steve Young - Arranger & Producer

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    02/10/21
    1 min
    By Blake Flattley
    In this episode, Blake sits down with arranger & producer, Steve Young. They discuss his journey into music, his approach to creativity, and the ways restrictions can actually free us to create.
    Steve Young - Arranger & Producer

  8. Wednesday, February 10, 2021

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    02/10/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1543. We remember Johann Eck, the "dreck." The reading for today is "New Prince, New Pomp" by the Early modern poet Robert Southwell.
    Wednesday, February 10, 2021

  9. Confession and Absolution

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    02/09/21
    1 min
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Rod Rosenbladt
    The Thinking Fellows talk about Luther’s breakdown and examples of confession in the Small Catechism.
    Confession and Absolution

  10. QAnon

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    02/09/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Is it cooler to think there is a grand secret conspiracy based on human trafficking or that human trafficking happens far more often and far more normally than we are comfortable with? And how did we create a culture that produced Marilyn Manson and is simultaneously shocked and offended by him? Oh yeah, we are really all idiots incapable of running our own lives let alone the world!
    QAnon

  11. Tuesday, February 9, 2021

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    02/09/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1849. We remember the creation of Vatican City as an independent city-state in 1929. The last word for today comes from the "Third inkling" Charles Williams.
    Tuesday, February 9, 2021

  12. Monday, February 8, 2021

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    02/08/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1587. We remember Mary Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots. The reading for today comes from English poet Robert Herrick, "His Prayer for Absolution."
    Monday, February 8, 2021