1. Dr. Paulson discusses the devastating impact of Scriptural interpretation that tries to get around the difficult and real passages of the text.
  2. Dr. Paulson discusses how some theology distrusts the literal meaning of Scripture.
  3. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the early church.
  4. Who Controls Baptism? In this episode, we discuss the baptismal controversy in the early church. Cyprian, Novation, and a whole cloud of witnesses join us on the podcast this week.
  5. Riley Suffers An Aneurysm.  In this episode, we discuss the topic of the will while reading Anselm’s treatise on free will and its ramifications for faith, piety, and pastoral care.
  6. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we head to the mailbag to answer a few questions about Irish folk etymology.
  7. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we tell the story of a real, not metaphorical, trial by fire.
  8. Are We Just Rats in a Maze? In this episode, we discuss grief, mourning, death, and hope while reading C.S. Lewis’s book, A Grief Observed.
  9. I’ve Got That Joy, Joy, Joy, Down in My Heart. In this episode, we discuss death, rebirth, and eternal life as examined and explained in The Joy of Eternal Life by Philip Nikolai.
  10. The whole of the Scriptures are interpreted through the lens of the Law and the Gospel.
  11. Say Hello to My Little Church! In this episode, we discuss Christ’s church and all its vagaries and particularities as expressed in Bo Giertz’s book, Christ’s Church.
  12. Today on the show, we remember the invention and publication that made Johann Gutenberg “the man of the Millennium.”