1. The Small Catechism was a tool for pastors and families to learn the essential doctrine of the Chrisitan faith.
  2. The Thinking Fellows kick off 2018 with a final episode on defining various terms used throughout the show.
  3. Today, we are spending another episode defining terms used throughout the show over the last two years. This episode is meant to be a big thank you to all of our listeners and supporters.
  4. Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!
  5. On episode THIRTY-EIGHT of Let the Bird Fly! the guys hold Wade off for one more episode, so that Mike and Peter can continue the discussion on Luther’s Baptismal Rite that they began with Ben on Episode 37.
  6. On episode THIRTY-SEVEN of Let the Bird Fly! the guys shake Wade once again and are able to talk about what they want to for a change.
  7. On episode THIRTY-TWO of Let the Bird Fly! Mike and Peter welcome back Wade, who you may know from his previous role on the splendid podcast Let the Bird Fly!
  8. The Reformation was impacted by forces outside the Church including the impending threat of Islam.
  9. The Thinking Fellows are together with Dr. Wade Johnston to discuss Matthias Flacius. This episode serves as a crossover between our series on great thinkers of the Christian faith and our current Reformation topics.
  10. "What Drove Luther's Hammer" is a look behind the curtain of Martin Luther's reasons for reform.
  11. Melanchthon is both massively influential to Lutheranism but is often described as a detractor of Lutheranism because of some late writings.
  12. Our subject is Johan Arndt who was a prominent Lutheran Pastor and author who lived between 1555 and 1621.