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  1. Wednesday, December 15, 2021

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    12/15/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember historian Hannah Adams, who died on this day in 1831.
    Wednesday, December 15, 2021

  2. Tuesday, December 14, 2021

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    12/14/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Thomas Tenison, who died on this day in 1715.
    Tuesday, December 14, 2021

  3. 230: Dreher - The Christian family is a Survival Strategy for Faith in a Time of Persecution

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    12/13/21
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Go Big or Go & Go Home. In this episode, we continue to read Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher, and discuss the importance of nurturing a dissident faith and family in the midst of a godless, unrepentantly evil society.
    230: Dreher - The Christian family is a Survival Strategy for Faith in a Time of Persecution

  4. Monday, December 13, 2021

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    12/13/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the Council of Trent, which opened on this day in 1545.
    Monday, December 13, 2021

  5. Sunday, December 12, 2021

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    12/12/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag and have an announcement!
    Sunday, December 12, 2021

  6. Saturday, December 11, 2021

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    12/11/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of the creation of the Feast of Christ the King.
    Saturday, December 11, 2021

  7. Saturday, December 11, 2021

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    12/11/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of the creation of the Feast of Christ the King.
    Saturday, December 11, 2021

  8. Friday, December 10, 2021

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    12/10/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of the scandalous Caspar Schwenkfeld.
    Friday, December 10, 2021

  9. Thursday, December 9, 2021

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    12/09/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of Lilian B. Yeomans, Medical Doctor, and Pentecostal Evangelist.
    Thursday, December 9, 2021

  10. Wednesday, December 8, 2021

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    12/08/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac we remember the founding of St. Rose's Free Home for Incurable Cancer in 1900.
    Wednesday, December 8, 2021

  11. 229: Dreher - Family as an Effective Resistance to Totalitarianism

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    12/07/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    It’s Good to Be a Weird Family. In this episode, we continue our discussion about the Benda family in Live Not by Lies. Why is it important to raise weird children? What is the long-term impact of raising children to be Christian dissidents? How can we strengthen children to withstand worldly pressures to conform to normalcy?
    229: Dreher - Family as an Effective Resistance to Totalitarianism

  12. Tuesday, December 7, 2021

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    12/07/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we look at the Colombian Christmas tradition of “the Day of the Little Candles.”
    Tuesday, December 7, 2021