1. In this episode, we read and discuss Alexis de Tocqueville’s apology for religion’s relevance to politics in Democracy in America. What happens when the two kingdoms are divided or collapsed into each other?
  2. What does the Prince of Peace mean when He says, "I've come not to bring peace, but a sword?" In sending out The Twelve, Jesus reminds us all of just Who is our very identity.
  3. The Augsburg Confession is clear; the aim or purpose of repentance is the application of Christ to the sinner.
  4. Jesus uses a lot of animal metaphors in order to instruct His disciples in how to interact with the world.
  5. Scott and Caleb continue with articles 7-9 of the Augsburg Confession.
  6. Faith in What? Faith in Who? In this episode, we read Robert J. Delahunty’s article about Alex de Tocqueville’s faith. Tocqueville is a remarkable study in Enlightenment faith because he straddles the line between Christianity and the Enlightenment: Law and religion, belief and despair that concerns the relationships between Church and State in the United States and France.
  7. At the end of chapter five of Luther's Outlaw God, Dr. Paulson fast-forwards from Luther and Erasmus to Hegel.
  8. Jesus sends out His Twelve Sent-Ones on their first mission. Why does He give them the instructions that He gives . . . and what's up with the staff?
  9. In this episode, Gretchen and Katie tackle a question from a listener about baptism. What do we believe? What does it mean? What does it do?