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  1. Friday, April 25, 2025

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    04/25/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a Christian scholar who sought “the highest reason and the fullest faith,” J.B. Lightfoot.
    Friday, April 25, 2025

  2. Thursday, April 24, 2025

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    04/24/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a timely anniversary and then “pivot” to a pressing related story.
    Thursday, April 24, 2025

  3. 389: The Power and Primacy of the Pope

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    04/24/25
    8 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Over And Done With. In this episode, we read Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope and discuss the validity of the papacy’s claims to divine authority, the response of Lutherans and Protestants to the death of Pope Francis, how to love one’s neighbor while disagreeing them, the distinction between heterodoxy and heresy, and much much more.
    389: The Power and Primacy of the Pope

  4. Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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    04/23/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the “mother” of Quakerism: Margaret Fell Fox.
    Wednesday, April 23, 2025

  5. Tuesday, April 22, 2025

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    04/22/25
    13 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the “patron saint of American moderates” and founding president of Princeton: Jonathan Dickinson.
    Tuesday, April 22, 2025

  6. Monday, April 21, 2025

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    04/21/25
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to talk about the pagan origins of our favorite holidays.
    Monday, April 21, 2025

  7. The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: the Mailbag and AMA Leftovers!

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    04/19/25
    5 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Weekend Edition for April 19-20, 2025
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: the Mailbag and AMA Leftovers!

  8. Friday, April 18, 2025

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    04/18/25
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of the more important, but often overlooked, Church Fathers: St. Cyprian.
    Friday, April 18, 2025

  9. Isaiah 17:4-18:7 (Episode 460)

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    04/18/25
    3 mins
    By Daniel Emery Price | Chad Bird
    Forced Dependency and the Work of Human Hands.
    Isaiah 17:4-18:7 (Episode 460)

  10. Thursday, April 17, 2025

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    04/17/25
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we look at the practice of foot washing throughout Church history and its association with Maundy Thursday.
    Thursday, April 17, 2025

  11. Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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    04/16/25
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a man who gave his life for his faith and the early Reformation in France.
    Wednesday, April 16, 2025

  12. Tuesday, April 15, 2025

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    04/15/25
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a partially (?) apocryphal story about a Scottish minister and the world’s most famous ocean liner (and metaphor come to life).
    Tuesday, April 15, 2025