1. According to the make believe wokeness-ometer, Jesus qualifies as the most authoritative voice because he was the most oppressed. Poor Jew, not from Jerusalem, under Roman rule, betrayed by his own, even his friends, killed because of his identity. Listen to him.
  2. Dr. Paulson refutes the charge that Luther is the origin of an ever secularizing culture.
  3. The year was 1396. Today we remember St. Stephan of Perm. The reading is from Dorothy Sayers.
  4. Mike and Wade give an introduction to some of the teachings of Christ Mike's THE 105 course.
  5. The year was 1502. Today we remember Georg Major, the man, and the controversies. The reading is from W.H. Auden.
  6. You are not more righteous than dirt.
  7. The year was 1915. Today we remember aspects of the Armenian genocide. The reading is from Corrie Ten Boom.
  8. Wade and Mike welcome guest Rev. Daniel Waldschmidt of St. John’s Lutheran in Burlington, WI in order to discuss the New Perspective on Paul. Rev. Waldschmidt patiently explains to the guys what this new view of St. Paul entails. While this topic is complicated, Rev. Waldschmidt does a nice job of explaining the basics of this view and how it doesn’t match up with the traditional Reformation reading of St. Paul and his epistles.
  9. Wade and Mike discuss the ebb and flow of culture throughout history through the lens of two men: Pitirim Sorokin and Frederic Baue. Sorokin was the Russian born sociologist who founded the Sociology department at Harvard University.
  10. Wade and Mike sit down to discuss the Pauline Epistles. They walk through some of the specifics, but generally attempt to take an overview of what Paul seems to be doing in his letters and why his writing is so important to the church.
  11. ike and Wade discuss Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, a 1935 dystopian novel of how fascism took hold in the United States. The guys compare and contrast Lewis’ fiction with the current political climate.