1. If you’re willing to except it, you’re greater than John the Baptist.
  2. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we remember the first Episcopal Bishop of New York and America’s first chaplain: Samuel Provoost.
  3. Today on the show, we head to the mailbag to fulfill the request for a story about a Hawaiian Chiefess.
  4. שׁמע - “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." DEUTERONOMY 6:4–5
  5. The year was 1775. Today we remember Georg Hermes and the Catholic Enlightenment in Germany. The reading is “The Empty Tomb” by Tania Runyon.
  6. There's a lesson here and we're not going to be the ones to figure it out. What happens when a pastor is called to minister to Nazi war criminals? This is the second of three episodes, where we talk about the power of the Gospel, state-sponsored religion, and pastoral care when it's attacked from outside and within the church.
  7. On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas of Myra. We also remember Phillip Berrigan, who died on this day in 2002. The reading is "The Truce of Christmas" by G.K. Chesterton.
  8. Chad and Daniel discuss the role of priests, Levites and moving of the temple. What is the connection between the Levites and the Passover? Why is the language of "firstborn" so significant in scripture?