1. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we tell the story of a real, not metaphorical, trial by fire.
  2. In honor of the upcoming Reformation Day, Craig and Troy discuss the history, background, and gospel importance of the Lutheran Reformation.
  3. אמון - "When [God] assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man." PROVERBS 8:29–31
  4. The year was 1621. We remember the first known sermon ever given on American soil by Robert Cushman. The reading is "A Christmas Carol Poem” by G.K. Chesterton.
  5. We consider the year 293 and the martyrdom of St. Aquilina. The reading is a quatrain from William Blake's, "The Grey Monk."
  6. That was really traumatizing! I quit! I'm out! Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "Antichrist." This episode, we talk about how Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity can help us check our presuppositions about what Christianity is and is not today. 
  7. Jesus is enemies with death and John the Baptist is the greatest man who ever lived... except for the least in God's kingdom.
  8. We remember on this day Bede the Venerable and the dedication of St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC. Our reading is "Thomas" by Robert Siegel.
  9. On episode TEN of Let the Bird Fly! we welcome Rev. Tyler Peil back (via Skype) for the second part of our two-part series.
  10. Gird up your loins! In this episode Chad Bird and Daniel Emery Price talk about the final act God will perform to convince Pharaoh to let the Hebrews go.