Oct 25, 2021

Ted asks about where we sinners can look to find forgiveness in light of Jesus’ parable of the talents. Rod talks about reading all of the Bible through ‘the analogy of faith’, which is that the overall message of the Bible is ‘a messiah was promised to sinners’, which is Christ, and Luther said it’s all...

Oct 18, 2021

Ted asks about how Lutherans can say such a thing as ‘baptism saves sinners’. Rod talks about when he would teach his students to go and read all the passages in Scripture that talk about baptism and report back what they found. He points students to Scripture since it is very clear about what baptism is and what...

Oct 11, 2021

Ted asks about how Jesus’ sacrifice can be enough for such a great sinner as me. Rod talks about how common such a perspective is, that a sinner can feel his or her sin is so great that he or she is not savable—but in Scripture, God tells us He knows the true depth of our sin and that His perfect work IS sufficient,...

Oct 4, 2021

Ted asks about the idea of being centered on Christ. Rod talks about different how non-Lutherans sometimes perceive ‘Christ-centered’ to mean vs. the Lutheran perspective, and what a Christian SHOULD be hearing and where the focus SHOULD be in a Christian church.

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