1. Pagan Neart, Christian Soul. In this episode, we read C.S. Lewis’ “A Christmas Sermon for Pagans.” Why does the post-Christian person need to become pagan again to be prepared to hear the gospel? How has a mechanistic view of nature led us to kill each other? Why do we reject the good news that Jesus ended the need for guilt-offerings, sin-sacrifices, and fear about the afterlife? What happened as a consequence of moderns pushing heavenly truth out of the material world? What is the message of Christmas that offers a cure for all that ails us?
  2. In this passage Jeremiah is enthusiastically praising God, then cursing the day he was born, then speaking as a warrior, then speaking fearfully.
  3. Chad tells us the story behind this timeless hymn, and we also look into the struggles of the great prophet Jeremiah.
  4. Waiting on God, Who alone is our only hope in this life and will safely guide us to be with Him for eternity.
  5. This episode deals with the all too familiar situation known as "No good deed goes unpunished".
  6. We've all been wronged, sometimes by those closest to us, or those who we trust the most. So, how do we respond, especially when we know that we can't truthfully claim our own righteousness and demand God's wrath against those who have hurt us. Oftentimes we hold our feelings inside, keeping our thoughts to ourselves, which only makes things worse.
  7. Broken lives, broken spirits, broken hearts; the ravaging results of sin in our lives and the world we were born into.
  8. The great prayer of the church- "Have mercy upon us, O Lord". A beautiful reflection from Chad, a beautiful song from Izzi Ray.
  9. For the next few weeks we will be exploring the rich laments of the prophet Jeremiah. Rich, because we can relate to the prophet's complaints, and also be encouraged that God gives us a script in His holy Word to speak to Him about the things that vex us.
  10. Jeremiah's laments have so much in common with the laments found in the Psalms.
  11. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember a Medieval female saint whose life has long shocked contemporary readers.
  12. God never fails, and His great love is FOR US, not against us.