They were still praying, trusting, and hoping. Why? Because they knew who was with them and who was for them: the risen Christ.

“The fear of the Lord” is our heart’s awakening to and recognition of God’s outrageous goodness.

Christians don’t need a bucket list. We’ve got the whole bucket: the Word fulfilled, life fulfilled, and life in full.

We now are the magi: we worship Christ because of who he is, but also because of what he has done for us and what he continues to do in his gift-giving to us.

Thanksgiving is never out of place for the Christian.

In this episode, Dr. Paulson talks about the worship produced out of men's hearts when God remains silent. This worship is nothing short of idolatry. 

Runnin’ Down A Dream. In this episode, we dig deeper into liturgy and “action”—who’s doing what and why in Christian worship? How did the ancient pagans worship their gods, and why? What did the 16th-century Reformers teach about worship? Why should we moderns care? Mimesis, anamnesis, liturgical action, ritual, myth, sacrifices, and sacraments—we’ve got it all this week.

Symbols throw together a physical artifact we can see, hear, touch, taste, and/or smell, with a truth beyond the tangible.

To embrace our creatureliness is to affirm the truth that we were created to worship.

This is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of Your God is Too Glorious: Finding God in the Most Unexpected Places by Chad Bird (1517 Publishing, 2023).

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, Mike and Wade discuss Christianity and time. In a world with so many calendars and seasons, how do Christians ground themselves?

In this episode we see the Levites stationed at the temple of the Lord, under the stars, singing praise to the Lord.