Weekend Edition for December 13-14, 2025

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the most famous Madonna in the Americas.

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a giant in literature and Christianity during the 20th century.

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the "burning of Brother Henry"- a famous Reformation era martyrdom.

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember "another" Augustine- but this one in post-Reformation England.

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about questionable Christmas carols.

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).

Weekend Edition for December 6-7, 2025

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a papal bull and the beginning of the medieval "witch craze."

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

CONTACT: [email protected]

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember another popular medieval saint whose name is immortalized on the West Coast.

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

CONTACT: [email protected]

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).

Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the signing of a covenant that ushered in the Reformation in Scotland.

Show Notes:

• Germany / Switzerland - Study Tour
• Support 1517 Podcast Network
• 1517 Podcasts
• 1517 on Youtube
• 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts
• 1517 Events Schedule
• 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education
• A Very CHA Christmas Apple Music playlist
• A Very CHA Advent

What's New from 1517:

• Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional
• Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi
• Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird
• Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales
• Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac

CONTACT: [email protected]

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Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (outerrimterritories.com).