Jul 26, 2021

Ted asks about how you can have certainty that you’re saved as a Christian. Rod talks about, from the Lutheran perspective, what do the Scriptures say about baptism and the sacraments, and how it can help to know the culture into which we’re born—our present culture is a ‘therapeutic’ one which puts great...

Jul 19, 2021

Ted asks about Dad’s long-used email signature and what it means. Rod talks about the history of how the Catholic church spoke of justification in the 16th century, and what Luther and Melanchthon began to focus on at the beginning of the Reformation—imputed righteousness—and how it’s the only righteousness that...

Jul 13, 2021

Ted asks about the similarities between God’s grace in Jesus Christ and presents we receive under the Christmas tree. Rod talks about Ezekiel in the valley of the dry bones and how it’s a perfect picture of how dead we are in our sin, and how it reveals how much we need the Gospel preached to us constantly, both for...

Jul 6, 2021

Ted asks about what it means when Christians repeat sins that they’ve already repented of. Rod talks about the concept of repentance in the passive voice, in which case our repentance is a gift as well, and how sinners can discover the real depth of their sin through the law and the true extent of God’s forgiveness...