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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!
The True Beauty of Jesus Christ
How can we see the true beauty of Jesus Christ, a beauty that is indescribable and beyond our imagination?
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.
15 Key Christian Books for Your 2026 Reading List
Kickstart the new year by adding these key books on the Christian faith to your 2026 reading list, and they make great Christmas gifts too!
How Is the Trinity Involved in Our Prayers?
How does knowledge of the Trinity—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit—strengthen our prayer life?
God Comes Quietly: Immanuel in the Ordinary
How does Luke’s narrative of Jesus’ birth bring us comfort that the Lord God Almighty is quietly near to us in our ordinary daily lives?
“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!
The Goodness of Humbling Circumstances
From Genesis to Revelation the Bible emphasizes the importance of humility. Here’s why we can take heart that God’s love is at work even in our humbling circumstances.
EDITOR'S PICKS
When God Doesn’t Tell Us Why
Why does God sometimes allow suffering that seems to have no explanation? The stories of Job and the man born blind help us find confidence in God when the answers don’t come.
Does Satan Know Our Thoughts?
When temptations confront us in moments of weakness, it can feel as though Satan knows our thoughts. Is this true?
How Do We Cast Our Burdens on Jesus?
The Bible urges us to take our burdens and to put them into Jesus’ hands. How exactly do we cast our cares upon Jesus?
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