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  1. Sunday, November 17, 2019

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    11/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two influential, esoteric, and controversial figures: Jakob Boehme (d. 1624) and Charles H. Mason (d. 1961). The reading is "Jesus was A Healer" by Les Murray.
    Sunday, November 17, 2019

  2. 90: Martin Luther, “The Righteousness of Works and of Faith” from “The Bondage of The Will”

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    11/16/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Oh, wow... that's an intense line of questioning. Gillespie and Riley discuss the vital distinction between the righteousness of works and faith in Martin Luther's "The Bondage of The Will." In this episode, it's Abraham, Paul, and the destruction of all our good and virtuous works.
    90: Martin Luther, “The Righteousness of Works and of Faith” from “The Bondage of The Will”

  3. Saturday, November 16, 2019

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    11/16/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Margaret of Scotland and Pierre Charron. the reading is "A Midrash on the Kingdom Prayer" by Susan McCaslin.
    Saturday, November 16, 2019

  4. Friday, November 15, 2019

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    11/15/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember hymn-writer William Cowper, born in 1731, and Anders Nygren, Lundensian theologian. The reading is "They Could Not Tell Me Who Should Be My Lord" by Edwin Muir.
    Friday, November 15, 2019

  5. Thursday, November 14, 2019

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    11/14/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember emperor Justinian, who died in 565, and English Puritan William Ames, who died in 1633. The reading is "Credo" by James Macauley.
    Thursday, November 14, 2019

  6. Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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    11/13/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the publishing of Luther's "Formula Missae," a reform of worship. We also remember the Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Georgia. The reading is from George Moses Horton, "On the Conversion of a Sister."
    Wednesday, November 13, 2019

  7. Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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    11/12/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the poet, nun, and theologian Juana Inez De La Cruz. Also on this day in 1869, Presbyterian Church reunified. The reading is from Kierkegaard, "Calm My Soul."
    Tuesday, November 12, 2019

  8. 89: Martin Luther, "Free Choice is of the World" from “The Bondage of The Will”

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    11/11/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Gotta rip the bandaid off now. You’ll thank us later. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Martin Luther’s work on The Bondage of The Will. This week, reading the Bible categorically, doing theology categorically, and why rejecting election is rejecting Christ and his gifts.
    89: Martin Luther,

  9. Monday, November 11, 2019

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    11/11/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of Martin of Tours and the birthday of Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1821. The reading is from "The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky.
    Monday, November 11, 2019

  10. Sunday, November 10, 2019

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    11/10/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birth of Martin Luther in 1483 and the placing of the first Gideons Bible in 1908. The reading is "Indifference" by G. A. Studdert-Kennedy.
    Sunday, November 10, 2019

  11. Saturday, November 9, 2019

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    11/09/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember librarian and confessor Martin Chemnitz, born 1522. Today is the feast day for the author and mystic Margery Kempe. The reading is "Put on the new self" by Tania Runyan.
    Saturday, November 9, 2019

  12. 88: Martin Luther, The Two Kingdoms from "The Bondage of the Will"

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    11/08/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Look: You’ve Got Two Choices, Well, Maybe One... Or None. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s work on The Bondage of The Will. This week, the discussion focuses on where there’s room for choice [as regards to our salvation] when right and left-hand kingdoms are already ruled by Christ and Satan.
    88: Martin Luther, The Two Kingdoms from