1. Judge not, build your house on the rock and bear some good fruit.
  2. Jesus gives a long list of ethical demands for His disciples that seem contrary to everything that comes naturally.
  3. Sabbath breaking, hand healing, legalism, and the Beatitudes.
  4. A paralytic is lowered through a roof, sins are absolved, an unlikely person is called to follow Jesus and Jesus gets in trouble for partying with sinners.
  5. Leprosy, demons, sinful fishermen and a mother-in-law. All that in more in this episode.
  6. Temptation in the wilderness. A riot in His hometown. Silencing a demon. Jesus is busy in this episode.
  7. John is preaching in the wilderness and baptizing people in the Jordan River.
  8. If you admit that you’re the weaker brother, does that make you the stronger brother because the stronger brother refused to admit he’s the weaker brother? . . . or something like that.
  9. Jesus is born, and His birth is proclaimed to shepherds which includes good news for all of us.
  10. I’m spiritual, not Spiritual. Gillespie and Riley continue hijacking their podcast to honor their spiritual father, Norman Nagel. This week, we discuss how to sort out gifts we give ourselves and gifts given by God.
  11. Daniel and Erick continue in Luke with the birth of John. Zachariah finally speaks and there is much to discuss in what he says.
  12. Gabriel appears to Mary with the shocking announcement that she is to be the mother of the Son of God. How should we view Mary?