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257: Dostoyevsky - The Grand Inquisitor pt. 2

07/09/22

5 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Happiness in Slavery. We continue to read and discuss the parable of the Grand Inquisitor, in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s, The Brothers Karamazov. In this episode, the Grand Inquisitor details why Jesus’ rejection of Satan’s temptations in the wilderness doomed humanity.
- Christian History
- Ministry of the Church
Predestination Sickness

07/04/22

1 min

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In this episode, Paulson identifies the worry that all religion tries to answer "Am I chosen by God?"
256: Dostoyevsky - The Grand Inquisitor pt. 1

07/03/22

4 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Why? Why? Why? We read and discuss Dostoevsky’s parable of the Grand Inquisitor. What happens when we discuss evil and the work of the evil one apart from God’s Word, his preacher, and Christ’s cross?
- Christian History
- Ministry of the Church
The Long-bowman

06/27/22

1 min

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In this episode, Paulson helps listeners envision Luther's idea that the preacher is a "long-bowman" taking aim at the heart.
Sharing the Gospel with Teens

06/23/22

3 mins

By Katie Koplin | Sarah Crowder | Gretchen Ronnevik

We have special guest Sarah Crowder to talk with us about interacting with the teens in our lives--whether our own, in our churches, or neighborhoods--in a way that helps them understand the gospel.
- Evangelism
- Ministry of the Church
The Arrow of Conviction

06/13/22

1 min

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

Dr. Paulson explores another violent metaphor from Luther, the arrow of conviction.
- Preaching
- Ministry of the Church
255: Parables of Kafka & Nietzsche

06/12/22

7 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Gatekeepers & Madmen. We read and discuss two parables, by Franz Kafka and Friedrich Nietzsche. What happens when people don’t have a preacher sent by the Holy Spirit to declare forgiveness? Without the Gospel, where does the law end?
- Christian History
- Ministry of the Church
Is means is: Part II

06/10/22

1 min

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

Craig and Troy come back for another round of discussion on the Lord's Supper: the what and the why and the where, but never the how.
- Sacraments
- Ministry of the Church
254: Kierkegaard - Parable of the Geese & the King and Maiden

06/07/22

6 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Humble Kings & Flightless Geese. We read and discuss two parables by Soren Kierkegaard. In this episode, the purpose of parables, the condescension of God, and why there’s no forgiveness in Kierkegaard’s parables.
- Christian History
- Ministry of the Church
Is means Is

06/03/22

1 min

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

In the Lord's Supper we receive an enormous gift. Why make it more complicated than what Jesus says?
- Sacraments
- Ministry of the Church
The Painful Awareness

05/30/22

1 min

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

What happens when the knowledge of the Law doesn't bring power?
253: Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Minister's Black Veil

05/29/22

5 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

The God Behind The Veil. In this episode, we read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Minister’s Black Veil, and discuss the hidden God, divination, and the mirror of the law.
- Christian History
- Ministry of the Church