John and Ed open by tackling two major news events of the week: The passage of the Republican tax reform bill and a judge’s nuanced but encouraging ruling in the key religious freedom case of Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran.

They then turn to the fast-approaching commemoration of what C. S. Lewis called “the central event in the history of the earth,” the incarnation of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, whose birth we celebrate this coming Monday. Our hosts explore the significance of Christmas and share their own families’ traditions and holiday worship plans.