1. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about Christianity and sports.
  2. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the early church.
  3. Today on the show, we remember the dedication of both St. Peter’s Basilicas 1300 years apart.
  4. Today on the Almanac, we look at the Colombian Christmas tradition of “the Day of the Little Candles.”
  5. The flesh is weak, but you have the Lord’s Supper.
  6. Who is a true child of God? Who is a true child of the promise? Paul gives a surprising allegory that helps us understand just how easily we fall into the trap of selling ourselves back into spiritual slavery.
  7. There was Gospel, and blood, and he killed a guy with a trident. Gillespie and Riley continue hijacking their podcast to honor their spiritual father, Norman Nagel, this time on the Lord's Supper from his “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth.”
  8. On this day, we remember the siege and sack of Jerusalem in AD 70. Also on this day in 1637, Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony. The reading is "My Body Is a Broken Toy" by Maurice Baring.
  9. On this day we remember the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and the birthday of Henry Ward Beecher in 1813. Our reading is "Psalm 23" by Fr. John-Julian.
  10. After speaking together at a Christ Hold Fast city event, Dr. Keith invited Bruce Hilman to join him on two episodes of the Thinking Fellows.
  11. In this episode, the guys discuss two of the worst plans that have popped into the heads of mankind and how God uses them.