This minisode features the reading of an excerpt from the 17th century devotional “Looking Unto Jesus” by Isaac Ambrose. This book was, for several centuries, considered a devotional classic among English-speaking followers of Christ. The excerpt begins to explore the importance of the Ascension of Christ and what He is doing right now, being seated (“the session of Christ”) at the right hand of God the Father.
Free PDF of Looking Unto Jesus from an 1815 printing (digitized in the library of the University of Toronto) can be found here
Archive.org link to Looking Unto Jesus can be found here
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Episode 85 centers on a discussion of the life and written legacy (in diary entries and letters) of the 18th century American diarist Susanna Anthony.
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