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The Christian History Almanac is a daily 5-minute podcast that highlights those stories- sometimes well known, other times less so- that have shaped the history of the church. Hosted by historian and author Dr. Daniel van Voorhis, each daily podcast concludes with a piece of prose or poetry and the reminder that because of the Good News, everything is going to be ok.

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The Christian History Almanac is a daily 5-minute podcast that highlights those stories- sometimes well known, other times less so- that have shaped the history of the church. Hosted by historian and author Dr. Daniel van Voorhis, each daily podcast concludes with a piece of prose or poetry and the reminder that because of the Good News, everything is going to be ok.

    Friday, June 7, 2024

    Friday, June 7, 2024

    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the “Foreign Protestants” in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
    Show Notes:
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    Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin
    Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird
    30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube
    Remembering Rod Rosenbladt
    Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom
    More from the hosts:
    Dan van Voorhis
    SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac
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    • 8 min
    Thursday, June 6, 2024

    Thursday, June 6, 2024

    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember George Matheson, the blind Scottish pastor famous for, among other things, a classic hymn.
    Show Notes:
    Support 1517
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    1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
    What’s New from 1517:
    Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin
    Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird
    30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube
    Remembering Rod Rosenbladt
    Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom
    More from the hosts:
    Dan van Voorhis
    SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac
    CONTACT: CHA@1517.org
    SUBSCRIBE:
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    Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

    • 7 min
    Wednesday, June 5, 2024

    Wednesday, June 5, 2024

    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Justus Jonas, Luther’s forgotten right-hand man.
    Show Notes:
    Support 1517
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    What’s New from 1517:
    Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin
    Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird
    30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube
    Remembering Rod Rosenbladt
    Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom
    More from the hosts:
    Dan van Voorhis
    SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac
    CONTACT: CHA@1517.org
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    Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

    • 8 min
    Tuesday, June 4, 2024

    Tuesday, June 4, 2024

    Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a major figure and publisher in 20th-century American Evangelicalism on his 76th birthday: Jim Wallis.
    Show Notes:
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    What’s New from 1517:
    Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin
    Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird
    30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube
    Remembering Rod Rosenbladt
    Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom
    More from the hosts:
    Dan van Voorhis
    SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac
    CONTACT: CHA@1517.org
    SUBSCRIBE:
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    Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

    • 7 min
    Monday, June 3, 2024

    Monday, June 3, 2024

    Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a beat poet and Dominican brother: William Everson, A.K.A. Brother Antoninus.
    Show Notes:
    Support 1517
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    1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
    What’s New from 1517:
    Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin
    Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird
    30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube
    Remembering Rod Rosenbladt
    Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom
    More from the hosts:
    Dan van Voorhis
    SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac
    CONTACT: CHA@1517.org
    SUBSCRIBE:
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    Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

    • 8 min
    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Summer Mega Mailbag Pt. 1

    The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Summer Mega Mailbag Pt. 1

    Weekend Edition for June 1-2, 2024
    Show Notes:
    Support 1517
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    What’s New from 1517:
    Available Now: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin
    Pre-order: Hitchhiking with Prophets: A Ride Through the Salvation Story of the Old Testament by Chad Bird
    30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube
    Remembering Rod Rosenbladt
    Available Now: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom
    More from the hosts:
    Dan van Voorhis
    SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac
    CONTACT: CHA@1517.org
    SUBSCRIBE:
    Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play FOLLOW US:
    Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

    • 31 min

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