1. A Christmas podcast mashup special.
  2. שׁדד - And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, “Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?” Where shall I seek comforters for you? NAHUM 3:7
  3. Today on the Almanac, we remember the radio debut of Dorothy Sayers’s “The Man Born to Be King.”
  4. Merry Christmas from the Outlaw God Podcast.
  5. גער - [The Lord's] way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers. NAHUM 1:3–4
  6. Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about favorite Christmas songs.
  7. נבל - The son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. MICAH 7:6–7
  8. Today on the Almanac, we remember the publication of Dickens A Christmas Carol on this day in 1843.
  9. צעיר - But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. MICAH 5:2
  10. Today on the Almanac, we remember the author of several beloved Christmas Carols, Charles Wesley.
  11. What does it mean to become a child in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven? Pride and earthly strength compete with Christlike humility.