1. Christmas in Psalm 98: Singing Rocks and other Strange Christmas Lyrics

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    12/24/22
    13 mins
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    By Dan van Voorhis
    Psalm 98, with its promise of a sea and mountains singing, takes these imposing natural features and turns them into a praise choir.
    Christmas in Psalm 98: Singing Rocks and other Strange Christmas Lyrics

  2. Unavoidable Jesus: Good News on Christmas Eve

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    12/24/22
    14 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
    Unavoidable Jesus: Good News on Christmas Eve

  3. God the Father’s Christmas Letters

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    12/23/22
    11 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    God the Father sent us – his wayward, sinful, and naughty children – his own series of Father Christmas Letters.
    God the Father’s Christmas Letters

  4. Christmas in Psalm 22: Why Have You Forsaken Me?

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    12/22/22
    15 mins
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    By Scott Keith
    To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
    Christmas in Psalm 22: Why Have You Forsaken Me?

  5. Christmas in Psalm 8: The Lord of the Rings and Christmas

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    12/21/22
    18 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Psalm 8 is a trailer for the entire biblical movie, and the entire biblical movie centers on Christ.
    Christmas in Psalm 8: The Lord of the Rings and Christmas

  6. Pastor ChatGPT Is No Preacher

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    12/21/22
    13 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    A.I. can’t make the proclamatory move that delivers God’s word in a way that is specifically for me.
    Pastor ChatGPT Is No Preacher

  7. Christmas in Psalm 2: Futility is Funny

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    12/20/22
    18 mins
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    By Steven Paulson
    Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
    Christmas in Psalm 2: Futility is Funny

  8. Church Fathers on Christmas: St. Bernard of Clairvoux

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    12/19/22
    10 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    Take courage, you who were lost: Jesus comes to seek and save that which is lost. Ye sick, return to health: Christ comes to heal the contrite of heart with the balm of his mercy. Rejoice, all you who desire great things: the Son of God comes down to you that he may make you the co-heirs of his kingdom.
    Church Fathers on Christmas: St. Bernard of Clairvoux

  9. I am the Lord's Servant

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    12/16/22
    10 mins
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    By Wade Johnston
    Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.
    I am the Lord's Servant

  10. Finding the Catholic Luther: A Review of Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith by Todd Hains

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    12/14/22
    12 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.
    Finding the Catholic Luther: A Review of Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith by Todd Hains

  11. Church Fathers on Christmas: Athanasius

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    12/12/22
    16 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    In whatever direction the bias of men might be, from thence he might recall them, and teach them of his own true Father, as he himself says: I came to save and to find that which was lost.
    Church Fathers on Christmas: Athanasius

  12. Church Fathers on Christmas: St. Augustine

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    12/05/22
    11 mins
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    By 1517 Staff
    Let us rejoice, then, in this grace so that our glory may be the testimony of our conscience wherein we glory not in ourselves but in the Lord (2 Cor. 1:12).
    Church Fathers on Christmas: St. Augustine
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