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  1. Saturday, September 12, 2020

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    09/12/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1782 and Congress officially “recommended” the first whole Bible printed in English in America by Robert Aitken. The reading is a Poem by Cowper entitled “For the Poor.”
    Saturday, September 12, 2020

  2. Friday, September 11, 2020

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    09/11/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 2020 and we celebrate the 500th episode of the Almanac. Dan answers five questions explaining how the show is made.
    Friday, September 11, 2020

  3. Thursday, September 10, 2020

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    09/10/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1067. We remember Lady Godiva. The reading is from the Epistle to the Philippians on the humiliation of Christ.
    Thursday, September 10, 2020

  4. Tanner Olson - Writer & Poet

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    09/09/20
    1 min
    By Blake Flattley
    In this episode, Blake sits down with writer & poet, Tanner Olson AKA Written To Speak. Tanner shares about his journey to becoming a writer & poet, his creative process, and in small ways, how basketball played a role in the journey. You can order Tanner’s new book at WrittenToSpeak.com. Music in this episode is from Chris Ellis and Praise & Warships.
    Tanner Olson - Writer & Poet

  5. Wednesday, September 9, 2020

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    09/09/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1952. We remember the television program “Life Is Worth Living." The reading is from St. Augustine, a reminder of the good news of the simplicity of the Christian life.
    Wednesday, September 9, 2020

  6. Tuesday, September 8, 2020

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    09/08/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1783. We remember Nikolai Frederick Severin Grundtvig. The reading is from Grundtvig, “Holy Spirit, Still our Sorrow.”
    Tuesday, September 8, 2020

  7. 200th Episode! Critical Race Theory Explored!

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    09/07/20
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Who is right in these crazy times? The only oppressed One who is not the oppressor: Jesus.
    200th Episode! Critical Race Theory Explored!

  8. Monday, September 7, 2020

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    09/07/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1892. We remember Quaker, poet, abolitionist, and defender of the Christian faith, John Greenleaf Whittier. The reading is a poem from Whittier, "My Namesake."
    Monday, September 7, 2020

  9. 165: Timothy Keller - Postmodernism: Only powerlessness and oppression brings moral high ground and true knowledge

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    09/06/20
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Now You're Playing with Power. In this episode, we discuss what happens when a society subverts the power of dominant groups in favor of the oppressed.
    165: Timothy Keller - Postmodernism: Only powerlessness and oppression brings moral high ground and true knowledge

  10. Sunday, September 6, 2020

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    09/06/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1797. We remember Saint Innocent—Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts, and Apostle to the Americas. The reading is from Kate Bowler, an excerpt from "Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved."
    Sunday, September 6, 2020

  11. Saturday, September 5, 2020

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    09/05/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1568, and we remember the curious utopian, Catholic, heretic, and freedom fighter against the Spanish, Tommasso Campanella. The reading is from Arthur Hugh Clough, “With Whom is No Variableness, Neither Shadow of Turning.”
    Saturday, September 5, 2020

  12. 164: Timothy Keller - Lots of foolish and cruel things can make us happy

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    09/04/20
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    This Hurts You More Than It Hurts Me. Further discussion and analysis of utilitarianism... What happens when we drill down into the harm principle and uncover the truth about human nature? And we jump into post-modernism.
    164: Timothy Keller - Lots of foolish and cruel things can make us happy