Christmas (37)
  1. In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss C.S. Lewis’ thoughts on God being born a man.
  2. The Brutal, Humiliating, Joyous Christmas Gospel! Gillespie and Riley return this week with another episode dedicated to Martin Luther's Christmas sermon. This time, they dig into the underlying brutality of the Christmas Gospel, Mary's humiliation, and Joseph's dilemma.
  3. He who created the heavens and the earth is adored by angels, shepherds, magi, and cows.
  4. Immanuel is born to rescue all of us weak-hearted, cowardly, self-deceiving children of this world. He comes to set us free in the liberation of His death.
  5. Christmas: the Perfect Time of Year for a Theologian of the Cross! In this episode, Gillespie and Riley read from a Christmas sermon by their favorite heretic, Martin Luther. They discuss Mary's example of how God makes theologians of the cross through suffering, oppression, weakness, and hopelessness.
  6. Planking with Brennan Manning... Gillespie and Riley follow up their reading of Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable" by discussing why Roman Catholic theology, as Manning presents it, is so appealing to Protestants.
  7. It's hard wired into our brain. We can't help ourselves.
  8. Planking with Brennan Manning... This week, Gillespie and Riley dive into Brennan Manning's Advent Meditation, "Shipwrecked at The Stable," and they go deep into Manning's expression of Roman Catholic theology.
  9. God's grace and mercy in Jesus Christ calls all sinners to a celebration. A "those who sat in darkness have seen a great light" kind of celebration.
  10. The text says there was no room for them. And this should give us cause for a little head-scratching.
  11. Our relief when we're troubled can't be found at the end of all our preparations and celebrations, no matter how pious our intent.
  12. Jesus isn't Superman. He's not from another planet. He's from Earth.
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