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  1. Love, Rain On Me. In this episode, we answer listener questions about whether baptism has an expiration date, why people avoid joining a church, and comfort for women who’ve suffered a miscarriage.
  2. In Christ, this world’s never-children are his always-children, because he isn’t a God of death, after all.
  3. Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
  4. Hey Man, Nice Shot. In this episode, we discuss Rene Girard’s argument for why Jesus’ death as a scapegoat is unique to all other sacrifices in human history. What is violence for? What is a scapegoat, and why is one necessary for peace and good order? How does Jesus break the law machinery that demands a victim?
  5. Prayer is not just about asking for things. It's about receiving what has already been given to us in Christ.
  6. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  7. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  8. Jesus not only healed her daughter, but he also gave himself to her. Wherever she went from then on, he was with her.
  9. The point Luther made, again and again, was that distance between God and sinners is collapsed when the crucified Christ himself comes to sinners through a preacher.
  10. As a parent listens for the cry of a hurting child, our heavenly Father waits for our cry of weal and woe.
  11. Jesus overcame sin, death, and Satan on the cross. His bloody suffering and death marked this sinful world's defeat.
  12. Jesus will strengthen and encourage us because he is true life, and life has defeated death.
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