1. Don’t be spiritual but not religious.
  2. Today on the show, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the Moravians.
  3. Today on the Almanac, we talk about the Feast of Epiphany (or Theophany or 3 Kings).
  4. Dr. Paulson has one more Christmas story from Luther to share.
  5. Dr. Paulson and Caleb continue to outline Luther’s response to Erasmus.
  6. תל - But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction. Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as their plunder, according to the word of the Lord that he commanded Joshua. So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a heap of ruins, as it is to this day. JOSHUA 8:26–28
  7. We all pray for love. We all desire peace. We all want to have joy. It's patience that looks suspicious.
  8. תבנית - "And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst. Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it." EXODUS 25:8–9
  9. The year was 1711. Today we remember Eusebio Kino. The reading is "Communion in the Asylum" by Andrew Hudgens.
  10. The year was 1095. We remember the First Crusade. Our reading is a selection from Isaiah, chapter 2.
  11. On this day, we remember the marriage anniversary of William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, and the Universities Tests Act of 1871. Our reading is "A Hymn to God the Father" by John Donne.
  12. What is the Gospel and what is its purpose? Troy and Craig take on this topic in brief and they explain why this is important for every Christian to understand.