Feb 28, 2022

Ted asks about what cheap law means, particularly in the face of the idea of cheap grace. Rod talks about sinners’ inclination to lower the demands of the law so that we can meet those demands, and just what our real inherited ‘sin condition’ is and why we truly need rescue, and are, in reality, incapable of even...

Feb 21, 2022

Ted asks if Christians need forgiveness after conversion. Rod talks about what St. Paul describes about his Christian faith in Romans 7 and his struggles with his sin while remaining faithful, and God’s forgiving nature, and what it means for Christians to be regularly and constantly forgiven for their sins throughout...

Feb 14, 2022

Ted asks about whether we can forgive one another in the name of Jesus Christ and if that is God’s real forgiveness. Rod talks about where believers are given that ability, from Scripture, and whether only called pastors and priests can forgive sins in Christ’s stead, or if any believer can.

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Feb 7, 2022

Ted asks about what discipleship looks like in Lutheranism. Rod talks about law and the Gospel, the message we can sometimes receive from church about discipleship, and investigates it through the Lutheran doctrine of vocation and Christian liberty.

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William Hordern, “Living by Grace” -