1. Tanner Olson is a poet, author, and speaker. He has a book soon to be released with Zonderkids, on all the things we can pray to God.
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  3. Many times, Christian homes view sin as a problem "out there" and not a problem "in here."
  4. In this episode, Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin discuss the Slate article "I'm Starting to Think You Guys Don't Want a Village."
  5. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss Christ's adolescent visit at the temple where his parents leave him behind by accident.
  6. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the dedication of Christ at the temple.
  7. Dr. Paulson teaches about preaching the incarnation of Christ.
  8. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we answer a question about an “Eastern Orthodox Christmas.”
  9. That’s How Love Goes. In this episode, we read a Christmas sermon by Norman Nagel and discuss the nativity, the mother of God, iconography, Bible translating, story-telling traditions, teaching through the story, God’s strange way of loving people, and people’s expectations of Christmas and how it affects the Church.