1. Today on the show, we head to tell the story of Frau Ava- the reluctant nun-poetess.
  2. Today on the show, we head to the mailbag to answer a follow-up question about the Holy Land in the Middle Ages.
  3. Continuing with the Sermon on the Mount, this episode of Preaching the Text examines Jesus' teaching of the law. Christ doesn't change the law of Moses or introduce a new law, but teaches the law to his hearers that had been in force since the beginning.
  4. Today on the show, we remember the eccentric mystic Simone Weil.
  5. Today on the show, we remember the Yorkminster Fire of 1828.
  6. Today on the show, we remember Johannes Trithemius and the intersection of theology, astrology, and the occult.
  7. Today on the show, we remember the curious story of America’s first Congressional Chaplain.
  8. Today on the show, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the nation of Israel.
  9. In today's episode of Preaching the Text we talk again about the distinction between law and gospel.
  10. Today on the show, we tell the story of Paavo Ruotsalainen and Finnish Christianity.
  11. Today on the show, we remember St. Paula, among the earliest “Desert Mothers.”