1. On this day, we remember Oral Roberts and John Oldcastle. The reading is "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" by Charles Wesley.
  2. On this day, we remember St. John of the Cross and the opening of Illinois Institute/Wheaton. The reading is "At Bethlehem" by Richard Crashaw.
  3. On this day, we remember Phillip Brooks and celebrate St. Lucy's Day. The reading is the carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" by Brooks.
  4. On this day, we remember both the enactment of the Virginia Sabbath Laws in 1712 and the establishment of the American Sabbath Union in 1888. The reading is from "Messiah" by Alexander Pope.
  5. On this day, we remember St. Damasus and Greg Bahnsen. The reading is "The Stable" by Sister M. Chrysostom.
  6. What about the reality we left behind? Gillespie and Riley wrap up (but, not really) their series on Martin Luther's treatise on The Bondage of the Will. This episode, Erasmus and Luther butt heads about how to interpret Scripture. Luther lays out how he interprets Scripture, which will form the rest of his argument about the relation (or lack thereof) between free choice and salvation.
  7. On this day, we remember St. Eulalia of Merida and the publishing of "The Bible in Spain" by George Burrows. The reading is an excerpt from "the Gift of the Magi" by T.S. Eliot.
  8. On this day, we remember 1905 French Law on the Separation of Church and State and the feast of Juan Diego. The reading is "Christmas" by John Betjeman.
  9. On this day, we remember the feast of Immaculate Conception and Thomas Oden. The reading is "BC:AD" by U.A. Fanthorpe.
  10. On this day, we remember Gabriel Biel and Carl F.H. Henry. The reading is "The God We Hardly Knew" by Oscar Romero.
  11. Free choice? It'll blow your mind and crush your soul. Gillespie and Riley start to wrap up their series on Martin Luther's treatise on The Bondage of the Will. This episode, what is free choice according to Erasmus? What's at stake in his argument for our ability to participate in our own salvation? Where does that leave God's Word and gifts?
  12. On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas of Myra. We also remember Phillip Berrigan, who died on this day in 2002. The reading is "The Truce of Christmas" by G.K. Chesterton.