1. Dr. Paulson discusses the devastating impact of Scriptural interpretation that tries to get around the difficult and real passages of the text.
  2. We are preparing for summer, and sharing our summer book club picks, and then talking about the conference on Galatians that 1517 just had in Arkansas. We talk a bit about the circumcision debate, our tendency toward legalism, and how we even often prefer using softer language than the Bible.
  3. In this episode of Tough Texts, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price will be diving into Matthew 15:21-28, a passage that challenges our understanding of faith in Christ and His mercy.
  4. Dr. Paulson discusses how some theology distrusts the literal meaning of Scripture.
  5. Those who talk wicked nonsense and put themselves first will not hold the rope.
  6. Have you ever heard the illustration about the janitor in heaven? In this episode Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin what it means to "store up your treasures in heaven."
  7. Don’t be spiritual but not religious.
  8. The Spirit, the water, and the blood.
  9. How to be a commandment keeper.