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  1. Wednesday, September 15, 2021

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    09/15/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we consider the encyclical Spiritus Paraclitus (1920) and the Catholic doctrine of Scripture.
    Wednesday, September 15, 2021

  2. Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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    09/14/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Holy Cross day and discuss the origins and development of the Cross/Crucifix.
    Tuesday, September 14, 2021

  3. Monday, September 13, 2021

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    09/13/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about a German Christian community persecuted by the Nazis.
    Monday, September 13, 2021

  4. 218a: Dreher - The Totalitarian State Seeks to Control Your Actions, Thoughts, and Emotions

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    09/12/21
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Christians Rush in Where Fools Fear to Tread. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s “Christian Dissidents.” What is totalitarianism? What are the consequences of soft totalitarianism? What is the Christian response to tyranny?
    218a: Dreher - The Totalitarian State Seeks to Control Your Actions, Thoughts, and Emotions

  5. Sunday, September 12, 2021

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    09/12/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember Barton Stone and the beginning of the Disciples of Christ/Christian Church “denomination.”
    Sunday, September 12, 2021

  6. Saturday, September 11, 2021

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    09/11/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the controversial first meeting of the World’s Parliament of Religions in 1893.
    Saturday, September 11, 2021

  7. Friday, September 10, 2021

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    09/10/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we tell the tale of the legend that was Isaac K. Funk.
    Friday, September 10, 2021

  8. Thursday, September 9, 2021

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    09/09/21
    7 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the conversion of Victorian England’s most famous Christian.
    Thursday, September 9, 2021

  9. Wednesday, September 8, 2021

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    09/08/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we look back at TIME Magazine’s Cover story on C.S. Lewis in 1948.
    Wednesday, September 8, 2021

  10. Tuesday, September 7, 2021

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    09/07/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the unfortunate fate of a man whose name has come to mean things he didn’t believe.
    Tuesday, September 7, 2021

  11. Monday, September 6, 2021

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    09/06/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about saints in the history of the church.
    Monday, September 6, 2021

  12. Sunday, September 5, 2021

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    09/05/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    Today on the Almanac, we remember the story behind one of the church’s most beloved hymns.
    Sunday, September 5, 2021