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. That is not the baptism you need.
  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. A prophet rejected and a prophet beheaded.
  6. Scott and Caleb continue with articles 7-9 of the Augsburg Confession.
  7. 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.
  8. David’s house begins to crumble.