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Song of Songs Chapter 7:11-8:7 Izzi Ray and Chris Lizotte sing "Jealous Love"

03/28/25

7 mins

By Chad Bird

As we move towards the end of the Song of Songs, once again we are confronted with the depths and riches of God's perfect love for us.
Song of Songs 6:11-7:10 Izzi Ray sings "How Beautiful You Are"

03/21/25

4 mins

By Chad Bird

"Better than I deserve" is a statement rich with meaning for those of us who have heard the good news and believed on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Song of Songs 6:1-10. Marvelle Figueroa sings "My Perfect One"

03/13/25

7 mins

By Chad Bird

That we are the "bride of Christ", this thought can get us confused and uneasy, as in "why would He want to have anything to do with me?"
Song of Songs Chapter 4 Chris Lizotte and Jamie Eichler sing "Come to the Garden, My Beloved"

02/14/25

5 mins

By Chad Bird

We live in a world that has so grossly perverted the idea of love, so its easy to avoid thinking about God's love for us, because that could be a little gross and uncomfortable.
The word that you heard

02/05/25

4 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

What is the word? "Love" is the word.
Episode 309: Lutheran Ethics?

02/04/25

7 mins

By Wade Johnston | Michael Berg

In episode THREE HUNDRED AND NINE, using a chapter from Mark Mattes' Law & Gospel in Action, Mike, Jason, and Wade discuss whether there is such a thing as a Lutheran ethic and, if so, what it looks like (and what it doesn't)?
Psalm 41 Izzi Ray sings "Everlasting"

01/23/25

6 mins

By Chad Bird

Our lives have enough turbulence and struggle.
Song of Songs Part 2 Chapter 1:15-2:7 Izzi Ray Sings Lily of the Valleys

01/03/25

6 mins

By Chad Bird

In this episode, Chad once again clears up some well meaning misunderstandings of this passage and encourages us with good news of God's love.
The Word of God in Opposition

12/05/24

4 mins

By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith

The Law and the Gospel are not just distinct words from God but words in opposition.
- Law and Gospel
- God
Be Perfect as Jesus is Perfect

11/15/24

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

What does Jesus mean that we should be perfect, as Jesus is perfect? Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin look at the context of the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 5 where this passage is found.
366: Nestigen - Justification, Vocation, and Location in Luther's Reformation

10/04/24

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

They Call Me Rhetorical Working Man. In this episode, we discuss Luther‘s teaching on justification and vocation while reading James Nestingen’s essay on the same topic. We cover feudalism, the rise of capitalism, how the reformation took hold in the cities in Germany, the three estates, the two kingdoms, church life versus social life, and the consequences for Christians of not being grounded in faith and prayer as detailed by Luther, in particular, in his explanations to the petitions of the Lord Prayer.
"All Your Works Are Bad" and Other Hopeful Things

08/22/24

6 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

After chatting a bit about the names of their houses, and life in general, Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin jump back in to the Heidelberg Disputation of 1518, and how it is such a great foundation for Biblical counseling.