Podcast Episodes

421: Chesterton - Mankind would have a much worse time if there were no such thing as Christmas or Christmas dinners

Going Cold Turkey at Christmas?

In this episode, we read G.K. Chesterton's essay, On Christmas, wherein he discusses celebrating Christmas too early, vivisection, vegetarians versus turkeys, and what…

Published on 5 hours ago

420: C.S. Lewis - Christmas is unfortunately everyone's business

I'm Wasted, and I Can't Find My Way Home.

In this episode, we again invite C.S. Lewis to teach us about Christmas. We also discuss the early church fathers, worship, symbolism, mystery, Freud and Jun…

Published on 1 week ago

419: C.S. Lewis - All that Christianity adds to Paganism is the cure

In this episode, we read C.S. Lewis' "A Christmas Sermon for Pagans."

Why does the post-Christian person need to become pagan again to be prepared to hear the gospel? How has a mechanistic view of na…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

418: Luther - God will not deal with us except through his external Word and sacrament

Son of a Preacher Man.

In this episode, we conclude our study of Martin Luther's Smalcald Articles, discussing the office of the keys and confession. We go through and sum up the previous episodes — …

Published on 3 weeks ago

417: Luther - A deep, evil corruption of nature that reason does not comprehend

How Deep Is Your Love!

In this episode, we continue our reading of the Smalcald Articles, focusing our attention on sin and the law. What is sin? What does it do to us? What are its effects? And, in …

Published on 4 weeks ago

416: Luther - To this office of the law, however, the New Testament immediately adds the consoling promise of grace through the gospel

Don't Look Back in Anger.

In this episode, we continue reading Martin Luther's Smalcald Articles, focusing on contrition, repentance, and freedom. Why does the law need to terrify and leave us hopele…

Published on 1 month ago

415: Luther - The Mass is a dangerous thing, fabricated and invented without God's Word and will

Mass Effect. In this episode, we continue our reading of The Smalcald Articles, focusing on Luther's critique of the Roman Mass and all its consequences for the churches and Christian life. We discus…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

414: Luther - God is extravagantly rich in His grace

An Arm-Twisting Confession.

In this episode, we read Martin Luther's Smalcald Articles on the gospel, baptism, and the Lord's Supper. Why did he have to have "his arm twisted" to write them? What is …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

413: Debrief on the Bondage of the Will

The Never-Ending Story of our Bound Will & Election. In this episode, we write an epilogue —so to speak— to our series on the Bondage of the Will and wrap up our thoughts about the Here We Still Stan…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

412: Forde - The gospel, and only the gospel, spells the end of the hidden God

For What It's Worth. In this episode, we conclude our reading of Gerhard Forde's "Captivation of the Will." We discuss the conclusion of Luther's treatise on the bound will, arriving at Christ and el…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago