1. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a key layperson in the Reformation and the man behind Luther’s Rose: Lazarus Spengler.
  2. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember Ibrahim al-Haqilani and his contributions as a scholar and translator.
  3. Hidden Streams wanted to finish the year with a celebration of the good and holy gift of love.
  4. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we have a special midweek mailbag question about the “Canon” of Scripture.
  5. Joy and the promise to the king.
  6. Today, on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the *first* church father: Irenaeus of Lyon.
  7. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson talk about John's account of Christ's cleansing of the temple, so called.
  8. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember St. Juliana, the mysterious and popular martyr and saint from the early church.
  9. This is part 2 of our conversation on no-contact relationships, and looking at how various relationships of Jacob's are reconciled, and the spectrum of what that looks like.
  10. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the parable of the sheep and the goats.
  11. נחשׁ נחשׁת - And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. NUMBERS 21:8–9