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  1. 69: Donavon Riley - Blatant Self-Promotion of "Crucifying Religion"

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    08/07/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Banned Books Jumps The Shark. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Crucifying Religion, by Donavon Riley so Riley can have a discussion about himself with himself. It’s a meta, meta episode!
    69: Donavon Riley - Blatant Self-Promotion of

  2. 2 Peter 1:1-15 (Episode 122)

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    08/06/19
    1 min
    By Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Daniel and Erick begin 2 Peter in this episode. They spend some time discussing some of the controversy around this book and how to engage with it.
    2 Peter 1:1-15 (Episode 122)

  3. Tuesday, August 6, 2019

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    08/06/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    In 1801, on this day, was arguably the most significant Christian event in US history, the Cane Ridge Revival. But also on this day, five years later, the Holy Roman Empire was disbanded. Our reading is "The Contrite Heart" by William Cowper.
    Tuesday, August 6, 2019

  4. Monday, August 5, 2019

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    08/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the northern renaissance 16th-century artists Dürer, Cranach, and Grunewald. Today is also the 85th birthday of poet Wendell Berry, born in 1934. Our reading is his poem, "Enemies."
    Monday, August 5, 2019

  5. Sunday, August 4, 2019

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    08/04/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    In just over five minutes, we learn of the Papal encyclical Aeterni Patris from 1879, we remember missionary James Chalmers, born on this day in 1841, and we hear our reading "A Word Made Flesh is Seldom" by Emily Dickinson.
    Sunday, August 4, 2019

  6. Saturday, August 3, 2019

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    08/03/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Rochester native Augustus Strong, born 1836, and we remember the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 2008. Our reading is from James Macualey, "In the Twentieth Century."
    Saturday, August 3, 2019

  7. Friday, August 2, 2019

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    08/02/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the treaty at Nuremberg of 1532 and also the 16th century St. Basil, fool for Christ. Our reading is from Mustapha by Fulke Grenville.
    Friday, August 2, 2019

  8. Thursday, August 1, 2019

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    08/01/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the death of Queen Anne in 1714, known as the Protestant Passover. We also remember Andrew Melville, born in 1545. Our reading is "His Metrical Prayer" by James Graham.
    Thursday, August 1, 2019

  9. (Episode 20) "The Modernist-Fundamentalist Controversy"

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    07/31/19
    1 min
    By John Warwick Montgomery
    Welcome to Christianity on Trial, where the claims of Christianity are examined and judged by the rules of evidence as used in the court of law. Your host, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, is a lawyer, a theologian, an author, and an accomplished defender of biblical Christianity. He is no stranger to the rules of evidence or the courtroom. So with our skeptical world for the prosecution and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery for the defense, stay with us as we listen in on Christianity on Trial.
    (Episode 20)

  10. Wednesday, July 31, 2019

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    07/31/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1541, the failed conference in Regensburg seeking reconciliation between Rome and the Lutherans ended. And on this day 1970, the New American Standard Bible translation was released. Our reading is from Martin Luther from his "Sermons on the Gospel of St. John."
    Wednesday, July 31, 2019

  11. Tuesday, July 30, 2019

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    07/30/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Robert Barnes, the English reformer who also studied in Wittenberg. We also remember the endorsement of "In God We Trust" as the official motto of the US in 1956. Our reading is by AE Housman, "Easter Hymn."
    Tuesday, July 30, 2019

  12. Monday, July 29, 2019

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    07/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the feast of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha of Bethany. On this day in 1793, the Bethel American Methodist Episcopal church was dedicated. Our reading is "Blind Bartimaeus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
    Monday, July 29, 2019