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  1. Saturday, January 16, 2021

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    01/16/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1899. We remember Charles P. Chiniquy. The reading for today comes from the Almanac's favorite Brennan Manning, "Ragamuffin Gospel."
    Saturday, January 16, 2021

  2. Friday, January 15, 2021

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    01/15/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1998. We remember Harold Lindsell. The reading is from Anselm of Canterbury, a prayer from the 11th century.
    Friday, January 15, 2021

  3. Thursday, January 14, 2021

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    01/14/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1623. We remember Father Paolo Sarpi, a Servite and Venetian critic of Rome. The reading is from Juergen Moltmann and his "The Crucified God."
    Thursday, January 14, 2021

  4. Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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    01/13/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 614. We celebrate St. Mungo's Day. The reading for today comes from a Scottish Poet, George Mackay Brown, "A Poem for Shelter."
    Wednesday, January 13, 2021

  5. Tuesday, January 12, 2021

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    01/12/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1960. We remember Charles Emmanuel Grace. The reading is from Frederick Buechner's "Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale."
    Tuesday, January 12, 2021

  6. Interpreting the Times

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    01/11/21
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Cindy Koch | Paul Koch
    In between boarding up your windows and hauling 5 lb. drums of peanut butter down to your basement, grab a hot rum toddy, pull your muck boots up, and inject yourself with a little reality in Jesus with the Preachers.
    Interpreting the Times

  7. Monday, January 11, 2021

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    01/11/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 1759. We remember the Corporation for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers. The reading is “Mercy” by John F. Deane.
    Monday, January 11, 2021

  8. Sunday, January 10, 2021

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    01/10/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 1514. We remember the Complutensian Polyglot Bible. The reading is from C.S. Lewis, "Prayer."
    Sunday, January 10, 2021

  9. "God Forbid" (Episode 200) Featuring Pastor Brian Thomas

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    01/10/21
    1 min
    By Brian W. Thomas
    Pastor Thomas Teaches On Romans 6:1-11

  10. Saturday, January 9, 2021

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    01/09/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 1806. We remember the Baptist preacher Samuel Stillman. The reading is from William Arthur Dunkerley, "Wakening."
    Saturday, January 9, 2021

  11. Jesus gets down and dirty

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    01/08/21
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    God doesn't demand that you wash yourself and come up to Him in holiness, but instead He comes all the way down to you in the filth of your sin.
    Jesus gets down and dirty

  12. Friday, January 8, 2021

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    01/08/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 482. We remember Severinus of Noricum. The reading for today will be a poetic interpretation of Psalm 150 from Isaac Watts.
    Friday, January 8, 2021