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.

Thursday, February 5, 2026 02/05/2026

Thursday, February 5, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39999435

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 02/04/2026

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Bishop George Bell and his impact on the 20th century. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39986625

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 02/03/2026

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the four chaplains who gave their lives aboard the U.S.S. Dorchester during World War II. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39971530

Monday, February 2, 2026 02/02/2026

Monday, February 2, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about celibacy in the church. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39962440

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: A Fantasia on St. Thomas 01/31/2026

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: A Fantasia on St. Thomas Weekend Edition for January 31-February 1, 2026 Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39942995

Friday, January 30, 2026 01/30/2026

Friday, January 30, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Festo Kivengere, the “African Billy Graham.” Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39929590

Thursday, January 29, 2026 01/29/2026

Thursday, January 29, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember one of the architects of the 20th-century Pentecostal movement: Charles Fox Parham. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39915870

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 01/28/2026

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember an unexpected “missionary” to Africa. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39903485

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 01/27/2026

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the last of the Ugandan Martyrs. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39890210

Monday, January 26, 2026 01/26/2026

Monday, January 26, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about churches and church architecture. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39872725

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Comfort Ye, the Story of Handel’s Messiah 01/24/2026

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Comfort Ye, the Story of Handel’s Messiah Weekend Edition for January 24-25, 2026 Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39848985

Friday, January 23, 2026 01/23/2026

Friday, January 23, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the Reformation and a mapmaker from Transylvania. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39844285

Thursday, January 22, 2026 01/22/2026

Thursday, January 22, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell a story about three cages hanging from a church in Münster, Germany. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39821760

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 01/21/2026

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of the Anglicans and their Book of Common Prayer. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39806880

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 01/20/2026

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell a story about maps and the Old Testament and a guy called Sebastian. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39791665

Monday, January 19, 2026 01/19/2026

Monday, January 19, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we answer a question about a Christian revival and a religious revival in America. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39777465

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents — the “Other” Pilgrim’s Progress: John Amos Comenius 01/17/2026

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents — the “Other” Pilgrim’s Progress: John Amos Comenius Weekend Edition for January 17-18, 2026 Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39765370

Friday, January 16, 2026 01/16/2026

Friday, January 16, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a key advisor behind the Reformation in Germany: George Spalatin. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39752190

Thursday, January 15, 2026 01/15/2026

Thursday, January 15, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember two saints connected to the Egyptian desert. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39734600

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 01/14/2026

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember an oft-forgotten Norwegian pastor and Nazi resistor. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39722285

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 01/13/2026

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember “the Hammer of the Arians.” Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39708405

Monday, January 12, 2026 01/12/2026

Monday, January 12, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about radicals and Methodists. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39691775

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Coffee, Canon, and a Possible Lost Ark—The Ethiopian Orthodox Church 01/10/2026

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Coffee, Canon, and a Possible Lost Ark—The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Weekend Edition for January 10-11, 2026 Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39682095

Friday, January 9, 2026 01/09/2026

Friday, January 9, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the saint who dared to oppose Ivan the Terrible. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39671210

Thursday, January 8, 2026 01/08/2026

Thursday, January 8, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the most important Catholic in American history?! Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39655235

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 01/07/2026

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a famous letter that helped settle the Canon of the New Testament for the church. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39636130

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 01/06/2026

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we tell the story of, perhaps, the most popular hymn for Epiphany. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39619930

Monday, January 5, 2026 01/05/2026

Monday, January 5, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Eastern Orthodoxy and the Bible Weekend Edition for September 28-29, 2024 Weekend Edition for October 26-27, 2024 Weekend Edition for November 16-17, 2024 Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39607535

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Reprise - About Time! 01/03/2026

The CHA Weekend Edition Presents: Reprise - About Time! Weekend Edition for January 3-4, 2026 Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39586650

Friday, January 2, 2026 01/02/2026

Friday, January 2, 2026 Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the medieval Bessarion and his critical position between East and West. Show Notes: What’s New from 1517: More from the hosts: SHOW TRANSCRIPTS are available: CONTACT: SUBSCRIBE: FOLLOW US: Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (). /episode/index/show/christianhistoryalmanac/id/39576975

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