1. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson take up the texts for Pentecost.
  2. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. In this text, the Holy Spirit is witness is only to Jesus Christ and no other.
  3. . . . and these three testify. Testify to what?
  4. Craig, Troy, and the Blessed Vicar Mike dive into 1 John 4:13-21.
  5. Except that we see Him--and see Him plainly--in Christ.
  6. Yes, but how do we know that we believe the truth?
  7. Who Made Who? Today, we read an essay by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig about what makes a theologian. Dr. Kleinig explains Martin Luther’s threefold description of how the master of theology, the Holy Spirit, makes one a theologian through contemplative prayer, meditating on Scripture within the communion of saints, and being translated into the kingdom of heaven by God’s Word—all this and much more on this week’s episode of the podcast.
  8. Craig and Troy open up a new book of the Bible, the epistle of 1 John.
  9. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss Christ's adolescent visit at the temple where his parents leave him behind by accident.
  10. Craig and Troy plumb the depths of the importance of Christmas by simply asking, "But what if it didn't happen that way?"