Christian History Almanac

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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The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco
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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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The Turk at the Door by Adam Francisco
Luther and the Lion: A Narnian Catechism by Samuel Schuldheisz
By Water and the Word by Brian Thomas
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Dan van Voorhis
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