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BCL Online Picks — December 25, 2025
This week’s online picks explore the meaning, history, and traditions surrounding Christ’s birth. Merry Christmas to our BCL readers around the world!
BCL Online Picks — December 18, 2025
The “Mary problem” in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” three gifts of prayer, regrets at Christmastime, favorite Christmas hymns, and more are featured in this week’s online picks!
3 Ways People Responded to the News of Jesus’ Birth
In Matthew 2 we learn about three groups of people and how the birth of Jesus revealed their hearts, also teaching us today how Jesus’ life should affect ours.
“A Christmas Carol”: 10 Notable Versions of Dickens’s Holiday Classic
Here are 10 notable versions of Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” discussed (as Mr. Scrooge might have it) in terms of assets and liabilities—and rated out of 5 British shillings.
BCL Online Picks — December 4, 2025
Why was Jesus baptized? What’s the problem with AI companionship? Has Christ been pushed to the margins of Christmas? Explore these questions and more in this week’s online picks!
3 Wonderful Reasons to Celebrate Christmas
It is perfectly fitting for us to celebrate Jesus’ birth joyously with overflowing hearts of gratitude. Here are three wonderful reasons to celebrate Christmas.
BCL Online Picks — October 16, 2025
From the devil’s schemes to the dehumanizing aspects of social media, from Christmas myths to truths about Christ himself and more, here are BCL’s online picks for this week.
Are You Missing Out on the Gift of the Good and Abundant Life?
The King of the universe born in a cattle stall? That’s a hard sell. Do we trust that such a strong and sure salvation, and the good and abundant life, can come out of such humble circumstances?
Advent Sunday Week 4: A King Is Born
Saul and David were kings of Israel, but they both failed to rule perfectly. Only the Shepherd-King, come in the flesh, earned the right to rule forever. Here is the final installment of our 4-part Sunday Advent series.