TOPIC INDEXChristmas (34)

  1. 2023 Christmas Special

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    12/21/23
    3 mins
    By Scott Keith Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    The Forerunner of Christmas.

  2. 2022 Christmas Special

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    12/21/22
    1 min
    By Scott Keith Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    Christmas According to Saint John.

  3. 2022 Christmas Special

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    12/21/22
    1 min
    By Scott Keith Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    Christmas According to Saint John.

  4. The Christmas Story No One Wants to Talk About: The Holy Innocents

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    12/28/21
    16 mins
    By Chad Bird
    A madman king. State-decreed infanticide. A fleeing holy family. What does all this have to do with Christmas? And how did a day of horror also become a day of hope? Today, December 28, the church remembers The Holy Innocents.

  5. Christmas in Isaiah: Dog Soldiers, Army Boots, and Baby Jesus

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    12/22/21
    13 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Gideon’s “foolish” weaponry of clay jars and shofars will give way to the Messiah’s “foolish” ways of doing things, for his weapons will be humility, fidelity, and, above all, the word of his Father.

  6. Christmas is Scandalous

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    12/21/21
    1 min
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    A Christmas podcast mashup special.

  7. Christmas is Scandalous

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    12/21/21
    1 min
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    A Christmas podcast mashup special.

  8. The Jewish Nesting Doll of Christmas

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    12/20/21
    12 mins
    By Chad Bird
    To understand the Nativity we need to grasp the Jewish nature of Christmas. God sent his Son into the womb of a Jewish virgin, to be born in a Jewish town, and to be crucified with a sign over his head that reads, “Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews,” in order that salvation might go forth to all people from him.

  9. Debunking Popular Christmastime Myths: Temple Shepherds, Migdal Eder, and Swaddling Lambs

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    12/15/21
    16 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The Bethlehem shepherds were raising lambs for the temple? Jesus was born in a shepherd's tower called Migdal Eder? Shepherds swaddled lambs to keep them unblemished then placed them in a manger to keep them safe? What are we to make of these popular claims?

  10. O Bad Little Town of Bethlehem

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    12/10/21
    14 mins
    By Chad Bird
    The early biblical stories about Bethlehem are dark and violent. They wreck us. They frighten us. In this little town, we see a microcosm of the vast and mangled mass of humanity, each individual thirsty for even a single bead of light to be dropped into the blackened depths of their souls. He who is born in Bethlehem is that Light.

  11. O Wisdom: Before Birds and Bees and Bonsai Trees

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    12/17/20
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    On each of the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve (December 17-23), Chad Bird will provide a meditation that focuses on the ancient “O Antiphons,” each of which addresses Christ by a different Old Testament name. Today’s reflection is on “O Wisdom.”

  12. 2019 Christmas Podcast

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    12/22/19
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird Daniel Emery Price Erick Sorensen
    Daniel Emery Price and Erick Sorensen talk with Chad Bird about his Christmas/Communion hymn, The Infant Priest Was Holy Born.
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