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  1. Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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    11/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Gunpowder plot of 1605 and theologian B. B. Warfield, born in 1851. The reading is "Quiet Peace" by Amy Carmichael.
    Tuesday, November 5, 2019

  2. Monday, November 4, 2019

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    11/04/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Chinese evangelist and church founder Watchman Nee, and Augustus Toplady, born in 1740, and author of the famous hymn and our reading, "Rock of Ages."
    Monday, November 4, 2019

  3. Sunday, November 3, 2019

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    11/03/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we recognize Calvin Fairbanks, abolitionist minister, and D. James Kennedy, early Presbyterian televangelist. The reading is an excerpt from a sermon by John Chrysostom.
    Sunday, November 3, 2019

  4. Saturday, November 2, 2019

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    11/02/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Conrad Weiser, a Pennsylvania Dutch pioneer, and Johann Albrecht Bengel, Biblical Greek language scholar. The reading is "In the Eastering Cosmos" by Bonnie Thurston.
    Saturday, November 2, 2019

  5. Friday, November 1, 2019

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    11/01/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of All Saints', part of a three-day observance. On All Saints' Day In 1755 in Lisbon was an earthquake, with a fire that not even the resultant tsunami could extinguish. The reading is "The Last Beatitude" by Malcolm Guite.
    Friday, November 1, 2019

  6. Thursday, October 31, 2019

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    10/31/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. John of Kronshtadt, born in 1829. And today is Reformation Day, particularly remembering Luther's 95 Theses. The reading is "Thunderstorm. Martin Luther, July 1505" by Marjorie Maddox.
    Thursday, October 31, 2019

  7. Wednesday, October 30, 2019

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    10/30/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember college founder and broadcaster Bob Jones Sr., born on this day in 1883. We also remember Christopher Wordsworth, historian, and bishop, born in 1807. The reading is "O Day of Rest and Gladness" by Christopher Wordsworth.
    Wednesday, October 30, 2019

  8. The Common Faith

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    10/29/19
    2 mins
    By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Rod Rosenbladt
    The Thinking Fellows record a live podcast every year at the Here We Still Stand conference.
    The Common Faith

  9. Tuesday, October 29, 2019

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    10/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember archbishop and translator George Abbot, born in 1562, and Abraham Kuyper, the Calvinist theologian who also served as Dutch Prime Minister. The reading is from Cliff Ashby, "Latter Day Psalm #1."
    Tuesday, October 29, 2019

  10. Monday, October 28, 2019

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    10/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast day for St. Simon and St. Jude, and in 321 Constantine wins at Milvian. The reading is "How Sweet the Name of Jesus" by John Newton.
    Monday, October 28, 2019

  11. Sunday, October 27, 2019

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    10/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1978, the New International Version of the Bible was published. Also on this day in 1746, Princeton College of New Jersey was chartered. The reading is "Contentment" by William Cowper.
    Sunday, October 27, 2019

  12. Saturday, October 26, 2019

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    10/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Laurentius Petri, whose translation of the Bible into Swedish helped bring the Reformation to Sweden. We also remember Mahalia Jackson, born in 1911, known as "The Queen of Gospel." The reading is "Prayer" by John Leax.
    Saturday, October 26, 2019