1. You gotta serve/work for/obey/be of use to somebody . . . will it be for selfish gathering of treasures that fade and decay, or will it be service that comes from a sincere faith and a pure heart?
  2. John Hoyum and Philip Bartelt join Caleb to discuss the preface to Martin Luther's Large Catechism.
  3. Caleb, Scott, and Rod go through the Christian Questions and Answers section of the Small Catechism.
  4. "Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?" Poe is wrong. Though we have lulled ourselves asleep, the reality is far brighter and beautiful than we imagine. Christ is risen and so shall we. The dreamer who dreams is He.
  5. The Thinking Fellows talk about Luther’s breakdown and examples of confession in the Small Catechism.
  6. Is it cooler to think there is a grand secret conspiracy based on human trafficking or that human trafficking happens far more often and far more normally than we are comfortable with? And how did we create a culture that produced Marilyn Manson and is simultaneously shocked and offended by him? Oh yeah, we are really all idiots incapable of running our own lives let alone the world!
  7. Scott and Caleb move into the Catechism's explanations of the Means of Grace. Starting with Baptism, Luther follows Scripture to explain how God's Word and promises are delivered to us through ordinary means like water.
  8. Does God come that we might serve Him, or that He might serve man? Craig and Troy revisit the end of Matthew 3 to bring out the implications of what it means for Jesus to serve us by fulfilling all righteousness.
  9. Dr. Paulson introduces Anslem and his contributions to Scholastic theology.
  10. Caleb, Scott, and Rod discuss the the context and introduction to Luther’s Small Catechism.