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  1. 84: Norman E. Nagel, The Spirit’s Gifts from “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth”

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    10/16/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    I’m spiritual, not Spiritual. Gillespie and Riley continue hijacking their podcast to honor their spiritual father, Norman Nagel. This week, we discuss how to sort out gifts we give ourselves and gifts given by God.
    84: Norman E. Nagel, The Spirit’s Gifts from “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth”

  2. Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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    10/15/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582, replacing the Julian calendar. On this day in 1932, Gladys Aylward left for China and founded The Inn of the Eight Happinesses. The reading is "The Parable of the Sower" by Stephen Mitchell.
    Tuesday, October 15, 2019

  3. Monday, October 14, 2019

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    10/14/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two poets along with a reading from each: e.e. Cummings, born in 1894, and his poem, "I Thank You, God," and Richard Wilbur, who died in 2017, and his poem, "A Lamp is Lighted."
    Monday, October 14, 2019

  4. Sunday, October 13, 2019

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    10/13/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Theodore Beza, reformer Calvin's right-hand man, and Louis Berkhof, Dutch-American systematic theologian. The reading is an excerpt from Robert Farrar Capon's "Between Noon and Three."
    Sunday, October 13, 2019

  5. Saturday, October 12, 2019

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    10/12/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember English theologian William Chillingworth, who was born in 1602, and the angel of prisons, Betsy Fry, who died on this day in 1845. The reading is "Jehovah Our Righteousness" by William Cowper.
    Saturday, October 12, 2019

  6. Friday, October 11, 2019

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    10/11/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we recognize the opening of Vatican II in 1962, the most significant event in the Roman Catholic church since the Reformation. We also remember Swiss reformer Zwingli, who died on this day in 1531. The reading is Zwingli’s Black Plague hymn.
    Friday, October 11, 2019

  7. 83: Norman E. Nagel, On the Lord's Supper from “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth”

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    10/11/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    There was Gospel, and blood, and he killed a guy with a trident. Gillespie and Riley continue hijacking their podcast to honor their spiritual father, Norman Nagel, this time on the Lord's Supper from his “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth.”
    83: Norman E. Nagel, On the Lord's Supper from “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth”

  8. 82: Norman E. Nagel, On Baptism in “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth”

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    10/09/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    He has a way of expressing himself that could make a wolverine purr. Gillespie and Riley hijack their own podcast to pay tribute to their theological hero, Norman Nagel, by reading his article, “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth.”
    82: Norman E. Nagel, On Baptism in “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth”

  9. Tuesday, October 8, 2019

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    10/08/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 451, the 4th ecumenical council convened at Chalcedon. And we remember Richard Whately, defender of the historicity of the Bible, who died on this day in 1863. The reading is by Thomas Washbourne, "Casting All Your Care Upon God, for He Careth For You."
    Tuesday, October 8, 2019

  10. Monday, October 7, 2019

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    10/07/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birthday of William Laud, born 1573, a religious man-in-the-black-hat. We also remember Quaker, preacher, and abolitionist John Woolman. The reading is from Charles Wesley, "He Shook Off the Beast."
    Monday, October 7, 2019

  11. Sunday, October 6, 2019

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    10/06/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Pope Formosus and the Cadaver Synod. We also remember Bruno of Cologne, who died on this day in 1101. The reading is from "That All Shall Be Saved" by David Bentley Hart.
    Sunday, October 6, 2019

  12. Saturday, October 5, 2019

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    10/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember famous preacher Jonathan Edwards, born in 1703. We also remember Baptist-then-Presbyterian-then-Baptist-again Harry Emerson Fosdick, who died on this day in 1969. The reading is "God of Grace and God of Glory" by Fosdick.
    Saturday, October 5, 2019