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  1. 223: Dreher - Cultivate Cultural Memory

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    10/16/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Remember That Time We Forgot to Remember? In this episode, we continue our reading and discussion of "Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents" by Rod Dreher. What happens when we forget our familial, social, and Christian history? What have been the effects of therapeutic ideology on the churches? What is the benefit, and detriment, of communal memory?
    223: Dreher - Cultivate Cultural Memory

  2. Saturday, October 16, 2021

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    10/16/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we look at Pope John Paul II Day in Poland.
    Saturday, October 16, 2021

  3. Clean hands but a dirty heart

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    10/15/21
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Tradition in service of the gospel is good. Demanding the gospel serve tradition shows the filth of your heart.
    Clean hands but a dirty heart

  4. Friday, October 15, 2021

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    10/15/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, ponder the use of calendars for religious and secular purposes.
    Friday, October 15, 2021

  5. Thursday, October 14, 2021

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    10/14/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the events of 1066 and their effect on the English church.
    Thursday, October 14, 2021

  6. Wednesday, October 13, 2021

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    10/13/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of the founding of the Church of the Nazarene.
    Wednesday, October 13, 2021

  7. 222b: Dreher - Reject Doublethink and Fight for Free Speech

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    10/12/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Truth Is Like A Good Steak. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Rod Dreher’s book “Live Not by Lies.” Do we hold our pastors to a specific evangelical standard for preaching and ministry? What damage is done to churches whose members don’t have a firm theological and moral grounding in what’s good, right, and true?
    222b: Dreher - Reject Doublethink and Fight for Free Speech

  8. Tuesday, October 12, 2021

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    10/12/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of Edith Cavell, Anglican nurse and martyr.
    Tuesday, October 12, 2021

  9. Monday, October 11, 2021

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    10/11/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we head to the mailbag for a question about underrated figures in church history.
    Monday, October 11, 2021

  10. Sunday, October 10, 2021

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    10/10/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we tell the story of Jonathan Udo Ekong and Christianity in Nigeria.
    Sunday, October 10, 2021

  11. 222a: Dreher - Choose a Life Apart from the Crowd

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    10/09/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Lies Are Like Hotdogs. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Rod Dreher’s “Live Not by Lies.” What harm is done to the churches by abandoning the Truth, and what about a society the lives by lies?
    222a: Dreher - Choose a Life Apart from the Crowd

  12. Saturday, October 9, 2021

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    10/09/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Colonial Missionary, David Brainerd.
    Saturday, October 9, 2021