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Ep. - Merry Martyr's Christmas · Martyr's Row

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  Merry Martyrs' Christmas from us to you! Three,
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  two, one! St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia,
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  was from his youth trained in godliness and mercy,
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  and after the death of his parents, devoted his
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  inheritance to the relief of the poor. In the
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  persecution under Diocletian, he was seized for
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  the confession of Christ, cast into prison, and
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  sore afflicted for the faith. Yet he fainted
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  not, but strengthened his fellow sufferers by
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  word and example. Being delivered in the peace
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  of the church, he was afterward made bishop.
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  and became a vigilant shepherd to his flock,
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  zealous against error and gentle towards the
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  needy. He was especially known for secret acts
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  of charity, giving where none might praise him,
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  and for boldness in defending the truth of Christ's
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  incarnation. Thus Nicholas lived not unto himself,
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  but unto God and his people. And after a life
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  adorned with faith and mercy, He fell asleep
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  in peace. Anno Domini, 343. Merry Christmas,
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  Paul. Merry Christmas. You know, when we started
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  this podcast, we kind of said that we were going
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  to try not to do seasonal things so that anybody
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  could just jump in at any point. We wanted to
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  try to keep it some evergreen content, as they
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  call it. Yeah. But you know what evergreens have
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  in common? Christmas. Christmas. Well, and the
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  fact of the matter is the most interesting thing
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  to you in the moment is what you know the most
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  about. Yeah. So and that's like a core theme
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  of ours is like whatever someone is the most
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  interested about is the thing that they're going
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  to ask you a question about. Yeah. And that you
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  should entertain in conversation because it's
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  the most important thing to them. Otherwise,
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  they wouldn't have asked the question. Yeah,
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  that's true. So. Christmas is on my mind What?
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  So I I figured we you know stop and do something
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  completely different something really simple.
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  Yeah But yeah, I think this is gonna be a fun
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  episode. I think so a little bit more Stylized
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  it's very seasonal. Yeah, if somebody comes into
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  this if you if you're watching this and you've
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  never seen martyrs row before It's an interesting
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  episode for you. Watch the first time honestly
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  Way shorter than all the other episodes. That's
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  probably why they watched it, but to be fair.
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  It'll give you a little glimpses of What what
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  martyrs row kind of looks like yeah in the feel
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  of of? Our show so I think it's fun to be able
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  to jump in and do a holiday episode and throw
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  that idea out the window Yeah, and it's kind
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  of funny to change it up every once in a while
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  for sure yeah, so from our studio to your home
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  Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, you filthy
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  animals. And a Happy New Year. Three, two, one.
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  O witness, O witness, O witness and sing Good
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  tidings of Jesus are crucifying We'll stand with
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  the faithful ones We'll stand with the faithful
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  ones We'll stand with the faithful ones Who endure
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  till the end O witness, O witness, O witness
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  and sing Good tidings of Jesus are crucifying
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  So light up the night with hope So light up the
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  night with hope So light up the night with hope
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  Till He comes again Oh witness, oh witness, oh
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  witness and sing Good tidings of Jesus are crucifying
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  Good tidings of Jesus are crucifying a visit
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  from Yahweh Elohim. T 'was the night before time,
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  yet the moment drew near, when the promise long
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  spoken would finally appear. Not stockings nor
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  hearths, nor a jolly old sight, but the Word
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  roped in flesh in the depth of the night. The
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  heavens held breath as creation looked on, for
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  the infinite stepped where the finite had gone.
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  No thunder, no armies, no scepters or thrones.
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  but a cry in the dark in a child fully known.
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  We tell it each year with our candles and cheer,
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  yet forget what was broken that night he came
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  near. For the story began in a garden once bright,
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  where a lie bent the will and eclipsed the true
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  light. Through the curse it was promised, and
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  through blood it was sealed, that the seed would
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  restore and force death to yield. not merely
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  to settle the debt of our sin, but to storm every
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  kingdom that darkness held in. But the promise
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  was never just soil or land, but the realms wrapped
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  in darkness where death held command. The places
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  unseen were dark powers laid claim, now marked
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  for reclaiming for Jesus' own name. He rose through
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  the clouds with his scars still aflame. and he
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  set forth his saints bearing fire, not shame.
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  For the ground he had conquered, the realms he
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  won, were torn from the powers that fled from
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  the sun. So we mark this glad season and lift
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  up our voice, not merely for comfort, but militant
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  joy. St. Nicholas stood with his faith set aflame
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  and broke chains of fear by the strength of that
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  name. Now we sing and we kneel and we lift up
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  our plea to the King who has shattered our chains
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  utterly who rose from the depths where the dead
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  once had sway and Reigns over all things both
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  night and the day So remember this truth when
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  December arrives not the state we once lived
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  but the hour hope arrived When heaven came down
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  and the long war was won? on the night God drew
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  near in the birth of His Son.