Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the giant of 19th-century Hebrew studies: Franz Delitzsch.

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, head to the mailbag to answer a question that Dan would probably rather not.

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• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

• Finding Christ in the Straw: A Forty-Day Devotion on the Epistle of James

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The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: the “Who” Made You Do it? A History of the Bible’s Bad Guy Part 1

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the greatest essayists of all time and a Christian “skeptic”: Michel de Montaigne.

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Emily Morgan and her society devoted to the work of Christ and to make “tired people rested and happy.”

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• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

• Finding Christ in the Straw: A Forty-Day Devotion on the Epistle of James

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a “second generation” Reformer: the apocalyptic David Chytraeus.

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• Finding Christ in the Straw: A Forty-Day Devotion on the Epistle of James

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the man behind one of the 19th century’s most famous exorcisms: Johann Blumhardt.

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we answer a question about a mysterious character who shows up in Christian art and iconography from time to time.

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Weekend Edition for February 22-23, 2025

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the most famous Anglo-Catholic of the 19th century and a most (in)famous convert: John Henry Newman.

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• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

• Finding Christ in the Straw: A Forty-Day Devotion on the Epistle of James

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