1. In between boarding up your windows and hauling 5 lb. drums of peanut butter down to your basement, grab a hot rum toddy, pull your muck boots up, and inject yourself with a little reality in Jesus with the Preachers.
  2. Dr. Paulson introduces Anslem and his contributions to Scholastic theology.
  3. God doesn't demand that you wash yourself and come up to Him in holiness, but instead He comes all the way down to you in the filth of your sin.
  4. Caleb, Scott, and Rod discuss the the context and introduction to Luther’s Small Catechism.
  5. . . . but the joke's on Herod. Joseph takes Mary and baby Jesus to refuge in Egypt, and all that happens in Matthew 2 is done in order to fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament.
  6. King Herod's rule is threatened when the Magi come to worship the one born King of the Jews. But did they spill the beans?
  7. Caleb and Scott host a Christmas episode where they talk about Santa, magic, and Scott’s graying beard.
  8. God will forever be man. While you think about that, take a listen to our recent episode on the elevation of human beings on Christmas, Mary’s unique role, and ministering to public servants unable to be home for Christmas.
  9. Dr. Paulson walks through Luther's Christmas Hymn, From Heaven Above To Earth I Come.
  10. Can We Just Have A Civil Christmas? In the episode, what was Christmas like during the Civil War? Puritans, holiday traditions, and why the Church is an incarnate Church.
  11. Scott, Caleb, and Dave Rufner discuss the place and purpose of Church seasons.