1. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the author who linked a Nobel Prize, a Pulitzer, Chinese Missions, and the Fundamentalist controversy: Pearl S. Buck.
  2. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the story of the woman with the flow of blood healed by touching the garment of Jesus.
  3. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a red letter day in the history of the [Lutheran] Church.
  4. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the disciple of Jesus.
  5. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember St. Aloysius of Gonzaga- the patron saint of Christian students.
  6. Life Isn’t Fair, and The World Is Mean. In this episode, we discuss Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac while reading Kierkegaard’s commentary on it and comparing it to Martin Luther and Rene Girard’s comments on it. It’s a meta-meta episode, and one of us confuses Kierkegaard’s biography with that of Nietzsche for much of the episode.
  7. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a watershed moment in the history of the church in India: the Synod of Diamper.
  8. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember another John Brown, who had a “self-interpreting” Bible.
  9. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the only woman ever tortured on the rack in Reformation England.
  10. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the story of Jesus falling asleep in the boat.