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  1. Thursday, July 25, 2019

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    07/25/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is the feast of St. James the Greater, son of Zebedee and brother to John. Today is also the day that Thomas A Kempis died in 1471. Our reading is "The Kingdom of Heaven Compared to a Mustard Seed" by Christopher Smart.
    Thursday, July 25, 2019

  2. Wednesday, July 24, 2019

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    07/24/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birthday of once slaveowner and later abolitionist John Newton, and also the death of C.I. Scofield, famous for his reference Bible. Our reading is "The Old Testament Gospel" by William Cowper.
    Wednesday, July 24, 2019

  3. 67: John of Damascus "An argument directed against the Nestorians"

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    07/24/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    There's Something About Mary — Gillespie and Riley dive deep into an early church argument about Mary, why a bishop named Nestorius, and Mohammed, rejected the virgin birth, and why it's important to discuss the topic today.
    67: John of Damascus

  4. Tuesday, July 23, 2019

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    07/23/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we recognize the feast of St. Bridget of Sweden. We also remember John Day, 16th century English printer, who died in 1583. Our reading is by George MacDonald, "The Holy Thing."
    Tuesday, July 23, 2019

  5. Monday, July 22, 2019

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    07/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is the feast day for St. Mary Magdalene, the apostle to the Apostles. We also remember the death of Richard Cameron, leader of the Covenanters. Our reading is an excerpt from Robert Farrar Capon's "Between Noon and Three."
    Monday, July 22, 2019

  6. Sunday, July 21, 2019

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    07/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Kazimierz Swiatek, the cardinal who defied Stalin and who died in 2011. We also recognize the Roman Catholic encyclical of 1773, "Dominus Ac Redemptor," which banned the Jesuits. Our reading is "Christ's Childhood" by a Jesuit, Robert Southwell.
    Sunday, July 21, 2019

  7. Saturday, July 20, 2019

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    07/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember on this day the death in 1566 of De las Casas, the original Renaissance man, and the birth in 1304 of Petrarch, the apostle to the Indies. Our reading is "Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud" by John Donne.
    Saturday, July 20, 2019

  8. Friday, July 19, 2019

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    07/19/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, and Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade. Our reading is "Hope" by Ann Brönte.
    Friday, July 19, 2019

  9. Thursday, July 18, 2019

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    07/18/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is the birthday of Heinrich Bullinger, b. 1504 and author of the Second Helvetic Confession. It is also the birthday of Renaissance painter Carravagio, b.1571. Our reading is "Before the Beginning" by Christina Rossetti.
    Thursday, July 18, 2019

  10. 66: John of Damascus, Arius, Ariana

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    07/17/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Fat Camels and Catchy Songs — Gillespie and Riley finish their reading of John of Damascus’ critique of Islam, then jump into the writings of Arius to better understand the foundation of Islam and modern American Christianity.
    66: John of Damascus, Arius, Ariana

  11. Wednesday, July 17, 2019

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    07/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today we remember the death in 180AD of the earliest recorded African Christians, the Scillitan Martyrs. Today is also the birthday of J. Vernon McGee, host of "Through the Bible." Our reading is "A Prayer in Old Age" by Siegfried Sassoon.
    Wednesday, July 17, 2019

  12. Tuesday, July 16, 2019

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    07/16/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1054, the churches of East and West experience the Great Schism. Luther and Karlstadt attempted to breach the schism between Rome and Wittenberg with the Leipzig Disputation in 1519. Our reading is from Alfred Lord Tennyson, "In Memoriam Canto 49."
    Tuesday, July 16, 2019