1. Dr. Paulson continues to talk about trial by observing the different ways the story of Abraham has been taught.
  2. פורים - Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is, cast lots), to crush and to destroy them. But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term Pur. ESTHER 9:24–26
  3. Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about saints in the history of the church.
  4. חומה - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres. NEHEMIAH 12:27
  5. Today on the Almanac, we remember the story behind one of the church’s most beloved hymns.
  6. דרשׁ - Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given... Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. EZRA 7:6, 10
  7. Today on the Almanac, we remember the founding of El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles in 1781.
  8. Sow, Jesus seeds a parable and a pun, and lettuce understand. But when the corn grows, what ears hear and what ears don't?
  9. Today on the Almanac, we remember Richard Niebuhr and his schema for understanding Christianity and Culture.
  10. אהב - [The Queen of Sheba said to Solomon], "Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God! Because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness.” 2 CHRONICLES 9:8
  11. The right and left hand of God’s glory.