1. In episode TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE, Mike and Wade are give thanks for the life and ministry of Jim Nestingen and discuss his article entitled “Justification by Faith in Luther’s Small Catechism.”
  2. The Thinking Fellows are joined by Dr. Jack Kilcrease to discuss the centrality and importance of the doctrine of the Word.
  3. Godly, upright in heart, righteous. Sinful, sorrowful, wasting away.
  4. Craig and Troy love Psalm 51 because of the truth it speaks: we are sinful, and God is gracious. When God cleanses, we are indeed made clean.
  5. Even from the moment of the Fall, God has never left us without His gracious promise of redemption. God moves first to cover us.
  6. We might think of the poetry of the Psalms as a dance between creation and redemption.
  7. The struggle is real. That is to say, the struggle with sin. Can we make ourselves holy? Can we find within ourselves the strength to make it better?
  8. Fear and great joy at Jesus' resurrection! But also rejection and refusal.
  9. In this episode with Mike Cosper, we talk about grace and virtue. How do we "pursue virtue" and not let go of grace? We discuss the difference between self introspection by checking our own fruit, and confessing our sins.
  10. Part of the journey involves seasons of affliction, and during those times it is easy to feel separated from God, even rejected by our God
  11. In this episode we introduce the topic of gender in regard to justification and sanctification. In other words, women aren't saved any differently than men. It was revolutionary back in New Testament times and in some circumstances, it's still revolutionary today.
  12. God relentlessly pursues those who stray so that He may restore them to where they belong.