Aug 30, 2022
Ted asks about what it means when we fail to trust Christ and His grace. Rod talks about how we sinners WILL be sinners to the end, and how Christ’s forgiveness is ALWAYS greater, and how much he wishes certain people who are crushed by their sins could come to a place of understanding the sufficiency of Christ’s...
Aug 23, 2022
Ted asks about how the church can sometimes mis-categorize a problem as though it was an outcropping of sin. Rod talks about what pastors are and are not trained in, and what a wise pastoral response might be, looking to sin as the origin of the problem only if absolutely necessary.
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Aug 15, 2022
Ted asks about the value of preaching on ‘taking dominion’ with regard to electronic devices. Rod talks about confining preaching to the Biblical themes of law and Gospel, how Lutherans pull from all across the Old and New Testaments to do so, and puts particular subjects into those categories and what it means for...
Aug 10, 2022
Ted asks about what it means that average and sinful men were the authors of Scripture. Rod talks about the nature and qualities of myth, how it is used positively in storytelling, where it is used negatively, how Scripture is different, and why apologetics is important and why we must avoid that which is silly and...
Aug 1, 2022
Ted asks about whether a pastor’s unusually bad sin negates his faithful preaching for sinners. Rod talks about St. Augustine’s position regarding such a scandal, and whether a case of significant wickedness means that the Gospel such a pastor faithfully preached is no longer true.
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