Christian History Almanac
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.
Episodes
Weekend Edition for October 10-11, 2026
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember an underrated Lutheran on the American Frontier: William Passavant.
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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.
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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.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of Ursula of Muensterberg and her great escape on this day.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about head coverings and veils in church.
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Weekend Edition for October 3-4, 2026
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the formation of the first modern Missionary society.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the 1529 Colloquy that forever altered the path of the Reformation.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember St. Jerome and the Bible translation that affected Christians for over a millennium.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we talk a little bit about St. Michael and Angels.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, Dan is back, and we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Unitarianism.
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Weekend Edition for September 26-27, 2026
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Jacques Abbadie on the anniversary of his death in 1727.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Juji Nakada, the "Dwight Moody of Japan," on the anniversary of his death in 1939.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin on her feast day and the anniversary of her death.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion on their feast day.
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Saint Matthew the Evangelist and Ephigenia of Ethiopia on their feast day. #OTD #1517 #churchhistory
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Weekend Edition for September 19-20, 2026
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Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a group of dissident Baptists in the Soviet Union and four generations of pastors.
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