1. The first episode of Preaching the Text introduces the hosts, Dr. Steven Paulson and Pr. John Hoyum, as they start this new study of the Sunday lectionary texts.
  2. Part of the journey involves seasons of affliction, and during those times it is easy to feel separated from God, even rejected by our God
  3. Today on the Almanac, we discuss Clement of Rome and the Early Church.
  4. The miracles of Jesus.
  5. יעץ - So [Jeroboam] took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. 1 KINGS 12:28–29
  6. In the TWENTY-FIFTH episode in our Wingin' It series on the life of Martin Luther, Wade and Mike keep on with their discussion of the life of Luther. This time they are discussing Luther's time at the Wartburg castle, or should one say Junker Jörg's time at the Wartburg castle.
  7. Today we celebrate Easter with John Updike’s “7 Stanzas At Easter,” and we conclude the show with a special announcement about the new season.
  8. We remember the year 754 and the death of St. Boniface of Mainz. The reading is a quote from St. Boniface.
  9. We remember the year 1890 and the birth of Rosa Young. The reading is from Countee Cullen, "Simon The Cyrenian Speaks."
  10. We remember on this day Francis of Assisi, who venerated poverty and loved nature. We also remember Dionysius the Areopagite, whom we meet in Acts 17. The reading is "Remember Me, Implored the Thief" by Emily Dickinson.
  11. God makes sure that Israel understands why He destroyed certain nations and why He gave them the promised land. Is the Old Testament about works while the New Testament is about grace?