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  1. 151: Tearing Down Statues and Cancelling History

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    07/02/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    It’s Not Like You Can Change History Just Because Your Feelings Are Hurt... Right? Riley and Gillespie discuss history, feelings, and canceling the cancelers with God’s Word, all this in preparation for part two on human trafficking.
    151: Tearing Down Statues and Cancelling History

  2. Thursday, July 2, 2020

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    07/02/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1505 and Luther's famous moment, “Help me St. Anne, I shall become a monk.” The reading is a quote from Luther's, "On the Freedom of the Christian."
    Thursday, July 2, 2020

  3. Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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    07/01/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1942, and we remember the godfather of modern Gospel music, Andrae Crouch. The reading is an excerpt from C.S. Lewis' "Screwtape Letters."
    Wednesday, July 1, 2020

  4. Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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    06/30/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We consider the year 1758, and we remember the birth of abolitionist James Stephen. The reading is from Jupiter Hammon, the first African slave to have poetry published in America, a selection from his “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries."
    Tuesday, June 30, 2020

  5. Monday, June 29, 2020

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    06/29/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We consider the year 1810 and the founding of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The reading is from Sir Aubrey De Vere, “Silence in the heavens."
    Monday, June 29, 2020

  6. Sunday, June 28, 2020

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    06/28/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1491 and the birth of Henry VIII of England. The reading is a quote from Gerhard Forde's, "On Being A Theologian of the Cross."
    Sunday, June 28, 2020

  7. Saturday, June 27, 2020

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    06/27/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1906 and the birth of Christian and poet Vernon Watkins. The reading from Vernon Watkins, his poem "Infant Noah."
    Saturday, June 27, 2020

  8. Friday, June 26, 2020

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    06/26/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1988 and the death of Hans Urs Von Balthasar. The reading is from Balthasar, “Love Alone Is Credible.”
    Friday, June 26, 2020

  9. Thursday, June 25, 2020

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    06/25/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1530 and the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession. The reading is a quote from William Willimon.
    Thursday, June 25, 2020

  10. Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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    06/24/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1579 when the first Protestant church service in the New World. The reading is from Francis Drake, “Disturb Us O Lord.”
    Wednesday, June 24, 2020

  11. Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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    06/23/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today, we celebrate St. John's Eve. The reading is "Baptism" by George Herbert.
    Tuesday, June 23, 2020

  12. Monday, June 22, 2020

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    06/22/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 431, and we remember St. Cyril and the Council at Ephesus. The reading is “Jehovah Jesus” by William Cowper.
    Monday, June 22, 2020