1. What does professional wrestling and preaching have in common?
  2. What (if anything) makes a sermon distinctive?
  3. When you see the year ending, thank the Lord, because he had led you into this cycle of years.
  4. C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
  5. The following poem was written by Tanner Olson to accompany 1517’s 2023 Advent Resources, The Clothing of the King. Advent begins this Sunday.
  6. God resolves his wrath through the unexpected giving of his Son.
  7. For almost three years, I have produced a weekly video in the series “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.” Here is an index of all the Gospel readings covered so far, with links to their YouTube videos.
  8. Toy Story is indeed a Christmas story.
  9. That great truth of creedal Christianity – that God is man in Christ – is not set forth for our speculative enjoyment.
  10. The good news of the Gospel is Jesus has come, and Jesus will come again.
  11. It makes perfect sense that the day honoring Jesus' birth would be observed in a decidedly less than refined manner.
  12. When we pray to Jesus, we pray to the King's right hand. We know one who has the Father's ear, respect and trust. And the one who intercedes for us is still one of us, with nail-pierced hands.