1. Happiness in Slavery. We continue to read and discuss the parable of the Grand Inquisitor, in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s, The Brothers Karamazov. In this episode, the Grand Inquisitor details why Jesus’ rejection of Satan’s temptations in the wilderness doomed humanity.
  2. In this episode, Paulson identifies the worry that all religion tries to answer "Am I chosen by God?"
  3. Why? Why? Why? We read and discuss Dostoevsky’s parable of the Grand Inquisitor. What happens when we discuss evil and the work of the evil one apart from God’s Word, his preacher, and Christ’s cross?
  4. In this episode, Paulson helps listeners envision Luther's idea that the preacher is a "long-bowman" taking aim at the heart.
  5. We have special guest Sarah Crowder to talk with us about interacting with the teens in our lives--whether our own, in our churches, or neighborhoods--in a way that helps them understand the gospel.
  6. Dr. Paulson explores another violent metaphor from Luther, the arrow of conviction.
  7. Dr. Paulson explores another violent metaphor from Luther, the arrow of conviction.
  8. Gatekeepers & Madmen. We read and discuss two parables, by Franz Kafka and Friedrich Nietzsche. What happens when people don’t have a preacher sent by the Holy Spirit to declare forgiveness? Without the Gospel, where does the law end?
  9. Craig and Troy come back for another round of discussion on the Lord's Supper: the what and the why and the where, but never the how.
  10. Humble Kings & Flightless Geese. We read and discuss two parables by Soren Kierkegaard. In this episode, the purpose of parables, the condescension of God, and why there’s no forgiveness in Kierkegaard’s parables.
  11. Dr. Paulson continues his conversation on the painful awareness.
  12. In the Lord's Supper we receive an enormous gift. Why make it more complicated than what Jesus says?