1. The year was 1849. We remember pre-Millenial William Miller. The reading is from David A. Redding, "Adult Advent Announcement."
  2. The year was 1961. We remember the "Virgin Mother of a Thousand Egyptians," Lillian Trasher. The reading is from Christopher Harvey, a 17th-century poet, his "Nativity."
  3. The year was 1979. We remember the theologian Hans Küng. The reading is a word for Advent on the Incarnation from Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
  4. 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.
  5. The year was 1551. We remember Father György Martinuzzi. The reading is from Scott Cairns, "Christmas Green."
  6. Welcome to Christianity on Trial, where the claims of Christianity are examined and judged by the rules of evidence as used in the court of law. Your host, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, is a lawyer, a theologian, an author, and an accomplished defender of biblical Christianity. He is no stranger to the rules of evidence or the courtroom. So with our skeptical world for the prosecution and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery for the defense, stay with us as we listen in on Christianity on Trial.
  7. The year was 1989. We remember Romanian pastor and dissident Laszlo Tokes. The reading is from Alan Jones, "May Christmas Come."
  8. The year was 1937. We remember Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky. The reading is from Jean-Paul Richter, "The Holiest Among the Mighty."
  9. The year was 1363. We remember Jean Gerson. The reading for today is a poem entitled "Advent" by Sr. Christine Schenk.
  10. The year was 1294. We remember Pietro Morrone, a.k.a. Pope Celestine V. The reading is an Advent reading from Benedict XVI.
  11. The year was 1666. We remember Nikon, the Patriarch of Moscow. The reading is from Frederick Buechner's "Whistling in the Dark."
  12. The year was 1825. We remember Samuel Ajayi Crowther. The reading is "Wartime Christmas" by American poet Joyce Kilmer.