Christian History Almanac
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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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Friday, November 13, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story about the so-called "Protestant Patriarch" of Constantinople during the Reformation. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education...
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Thursday, November 12, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we talk about the names we use as Christians. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from 1517:...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember P.T. Forsyth and how he tried to untangle the most difficult theological question. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany…
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the history behind the oldest Dutch Reformed College in America. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland -...
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Monday, November 9, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Christian burial and cremation. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany /…
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The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: "You Asked For It" November Mailbag
Weekend Edition for November 7-8, 2026 Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from 1517: The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco Luther...
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Friday, November 6, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of the greatest among the missionaries in India. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour...
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of the greatest among the missionaries in India. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a famous hymn that developed out of a question about the national debt. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany /...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a towering figure in the Anglican tradition: Richard Hooker. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study...
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Monday, November 2, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about a Reformation time machine. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland -...
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The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Father O'Flaherty's Mission of Mercy — the Vatican's Underground Railroad
Weekend Edition for October 31, 2026 Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from 1517: The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco Luther…
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Friday, October 30, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of an overlooked character in the story of the Reformation: Strasbourg's Jacob Sturm. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological…
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Thursday, October 29, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the four "conversions" of Nilakantha Nehemiah Goreh. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland…
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember an Irish priest's famous satire of both the church and the world. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland -...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the most important female author in Shakespeare's England and her translation of the Psalms. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free…
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Monday, October 26, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Christian history and antisemitism. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany /...
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The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: CT Time Capsule, October 2016
Weekend Edition for October 24-25, 2026 Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from 1517: The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco Luther...
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Friday, October 23, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a Christian evangelist behind the most translated film of all time. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland…
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Thursday, October 22, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a detective novelist and headmaster who left us with one of the great Easter hymns. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education…
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember St. Ursula and a story of 11,000 Virgins (!) Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember an actress who reminded us that God is bigger than Elvis. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study…
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Monday, October 19, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Bible conspiracy theories. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland -...
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The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Spirit Filled? Spooky Stories from Church History
Weekend Edition for October 17-18, 2026 Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from 1517: The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco Luther...
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Friday, October 16, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the artist who helped launch the Reformation in Wittenberg. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study...
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Thursday, October 15, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a Lithuanian Jew who became one of the most important Missionaries to China: Samuel Schereschewsky. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a forgotten Swiss reformer whose name was a joke about his receding hairline. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany /...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a Canadian Geologist who paired his faith with an examination of the fossil record. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education…
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Monday, October 12, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about titles used in church. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study...
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The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Church History Time Capsule 1926
Weekend Edition for October 10-11, 2026 Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from 1517: The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco Luther...
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Friday, October 9, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember an underrated Lutheran on the American Frontier: William Passavant. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland…
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Thursday, October 8, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a historian trying to come to grips with confessional strife in the French Wars of Religion: Jacques Auguste De Thou. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy -...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a man whose name is synonymous with both disdain and praise in the Early Modern English Church. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of Ursula of Muensterberg and her great escape on this day. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland -...
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Monday, October 5, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about head coverings and veils in church. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany /...
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THE CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Translator, Exile and Martyr- the Life and Death of William Tyndale
Weekend Edition for October 3-4, 2026 Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from 1517: The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco Luther…
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Friday, October 2, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the formation of the first modern Missionary society. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour...
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Thursday, October 1, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the 1529 Colloquy that forever altered the path of the Reformation. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland…
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember St. Jerome and the Bible translation that affected Christians for over a millennium. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education…
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we talk a little bit about St. Michael and Angels. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from...
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Monday, September 28, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, Dan is back, and we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Unitarianism. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland…
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The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: American Utopia (Reprise)
Weekend Edition for September 26-27, 2026 Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from 1517: The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco…
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Friday, September 25, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Jacques Abbadie on the anniversary of his death in 1727. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study…
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Thursday, September 24, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Juji Nakada, the "Dwight Moody of Japan," on the anniversary of his death in 1939. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany…
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin on her feast day and the anniversary of her death. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany /...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion on their feast day. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour...
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Monday, September 21, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Saint Matthew the Evangelist and Ephigenia of Ethiopia on their feast day. #OTD #1517 #churchhistory Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological...
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The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Church History Trivia Time
Weekend Edition for September 19-20, 2026 Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour What's New from 1517: The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco…
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Friday, September 18, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a group of dissident Baptists in the Soviet Union and four generations of pastors. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany…
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Thursday, September 17, 2026
Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a woman who channeled her own sorrow into a vast collection of hymns. Show Notes: Support the work at 1517 1517 on YouTube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education Germany /…
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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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