1. In our series about prescriptive vs descriptive, we walk through the story of Esther. Though this book does not mention God, it refers to the promises of God to redeem.
  2. In today's episode, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price turn our attention to 2 Samuel 6:1-11, a strange passage that recounts the story of King David's attempt to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem leading to the death of Uzzah.
  3. Diving for Gomers. In this episode, we have a much-needed conversation about slavery to sin, Ezekiel’s whore metaphor for God’s relationship with his people, and why it’s important that Christians not shy away from difficult conversations about how God describes sin and grace in the Bible.
  4. Chad calls this Psalm a walk of shame through Israel's history. But the Psalm includes the word "nevertheless...". Very encouraging words to those who know they fail. Andrea Hammond sings "Here I Confess". 
  5. Theologian and Biblical Scholar, John Kleinig, joins Kelsi to discuss the vision the Bible gives us for God's redemptive plan as a wholly physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional endeavor.
  6. This week, Caleb and Scott are joined by Dan Price to introduce the latest 1517 Podcast, "Tough Texts." On Tough Texts, Dan and Scott address classically tricky passages of Scripture and meet these texts with a plain reading.
  7. Listen up, God! Here comes a confession.
  8. In this episode, Dr. Paulson begins to outline what Luther means when he talks about the "plain text" of Scripture.
  9. Dr. Paulson discusses the devastating impact of Scriptural interpretation that tries to get around the difficult and real passages of the text.
  10. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss church unity.