1. This is Almost As Offensive as The Gospel. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Martin Luther’s Galatians commentary. In this episode, Riley combines chocolate covered espresso beans with mushroom coffee, one of us offends everyone, and our quarantine fever takes over the conversation. It’s a wild, scattershot episode with tongue planted firmly in cheek. And the worst offenses are in the post-show.
  2. Don't let people convince you that staying home is heroic. Unless of course you are listening to Ringside while staying home! Than you, my friend, are an Erol Flynn! Luther on the Resurrection.
  3. Psalm 13 is a story of sorrow and joy, confession and absolution, it declares that God has answered all our trouble.
  4. Psalm 55 instructs us to call out to God and look to His sure promises when sin and darkness assails us.
  5. Is there any assurance when it doesn't feel like God is with you?
  6. The Psalmist speaks about how God delivers the poor and needy.
  7. Psalm 38 shows a confession of sin that seeks and trusts in God alone forgiveness.
  8. In Psalm 22, we see our pain and suffering imputed to Christ on the cross as he confesses the words of the Psalm.
  9. Crumbling and forsaken, a cry goes out to God.
  10. Psalm 31 delivers the promise that God is our deliverer and steadfast refuge.
  11. Christmas? This Is Pretty Much The Whole Package. Gillespie and Riley read and so discuss Augustine’s sermon “Why Celebrate Christmas?” This episode, more rabbit trails, laughs, and discussion of Psalm 85 as the perfect Christmas sermon text.
  12. If you admit that you’re the weaker brother, does that make you the stronger brother because the stronger brother refused to admit he’s the weaker brother? . . . or something like that.