1. Today on the Almanac, we head to the mailbag.
  2. Happiness in Slavery. We continue to read and discuss the parable of the Grand Inquisitor, in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s, The Brothers Karamazov. In this episode, the Grand Inquisitor details why Jesus’ rejection of Satan’s temptations in the wilderness doomed humanity.
  3. Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of Bonhoeffer’s return from America to Hitler’s Germany.
  4. In this episode, we have Mike Cosper on from "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill" and journalist for Christianity Today. We wanted to talk specifically on how law and gospel distinctions have an impact on the culture of a church, in regard to how we treat each other, and how we perceive our pastors.
  5. Today on the Almanac, we head back to the 15th century to a French king who wanted his reformation of the church.
  6. Today on the Almanac, we remember another American Utopian community and its eccentric founder.
  7. The Thinking Fellows address the idea that it is good to have children.
  8. Today on the Almanac, we remember A Christian minister, utopian, and founder of a diet fad.
  9. In this episode, Paulson identifies the worry that all religion tries to answer "Am I chosen by God?"
  10. Today on the Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the historical legacy of the modern church.
  11. Why? Why? Why? We read and discuss Dostoevsky’s parable of the Grand Inquisitor. What happens when we discuss evil and the work of the evil one apart from God’s Word, his preacher, and Christ’s cross?