Today on the Christian History Almanac, we consider a shady character in bible history and the book that launched a thousand conspiracy theories.

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

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Weekend Edition for February 15-16, 2025

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• Broken Bonds: A Novel of the Reformation, Book 1 of 2 by Amy Mantravadi 

• Bible in One Year with Chad Bird

• Junk Drawer Jesus By Matt Popovits

• Take 20% Off Our Lenten Devotionals until March 5th:

• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

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

More from the hosts:

• Dan van Voorhis

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the Lutheran astronomer Valentine Naboth and his untimely end.

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• Bible in One Year with Chad Bird

• Junk Drawer Jesus By Matt Popovits

• Take 20% Off Our Lenten Devotionals until March 5th:

• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

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

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• Dan van Voorhis

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Elias Levita, the “Hebrew Teacher of Sixteenth Century Christians.”

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• Bible in One Year with Chad Bird

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• Take 20% Off Our Lenten Devotionals until March 5th:

• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

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

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• Dan van Voorhis

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, consider the history of “patron saints” with the story of the “patron saint of murderers”!

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• Bible in One Year with Chad Bird

• Junk Drawer Jesus By Matt Popovits

• Take 20% Off Our Lenten Devotionals until March 5th:

• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

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

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• Dan van Voorhis

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, remember an event almost 1,000 years in the making when the heads of two churches met in Havana in 2016.

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• Bible in One Year with Chad Bird

• Junk Drawer Jesus By Matt Popovits

• Take 20% Off Our Lenten Devotionals until March 5th:

• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

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

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• Dan van Voorhis

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about satan and hell.

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• Bible in One Year with Chad Bird

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• Take 20% Off Our Lenten Devotionals until March 5th:

• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

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

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• Dan van Voorhis

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Weekend Edition of February 8-9, 2025

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• Bible in One Year with Chad Bird

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• Take 20% Off Our Lenten Devotionals until March 5th:

• The Sinner/Saint Lenten Devotional

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

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• Dan van Voorhis

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the neo-martyrs of Russia and look briefly at Christianity in the Soviet Union.

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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Mary Groves Muller and her impact on her husband and orphans in Industrial Age England.

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• Junk Drawer Jesus By Matt Popovits

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