452: Anonymous - Ars Moriendi
Are You More Spiritual Than a Medieval Peasant? In this episode, we sit with The Book of the Craft of Dying to discuss how medieval spiritua...
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451: Listener Question on the Work of the Holy Spirit
All Apologies. In this episode, we respond to another listener question. What does it mean to "sit with a text" and yet be prepared at all t...
450: Table Talk on Suicide
Suicide Solution . In this episode, we sit with Martin Luther and C.S. Lewis to discuss the topic of self-murder ("suicide"). We talk about...
449: Marquart - Luther and Theosis, part 2
As Alive As You Need Me to Be… Again. In this episode, we continue our wandering through church history and doctrine, conversing with Kurt M...
448: Marquart - Luther and Theosis
As Alive As You Need Me to Be. In this episode, we sit with Rev. Dr. Kurt Marquardt and listen as he teaches us about theosis, deification,...
447: Forde - The Argument about Christ and Salvation
Ride On… In this episode, we engage a listener question — is Lutheran teaching double predestination within his debate with Erasmus? How are...
446: Kolb - Speaking the Gospel Today
Talk of the Town In this episode, we discuss Christian conversation — cultural, institutional, and in our encounters with the living God. Ou...
445: Peterson - Buying Passage to Tarshish
Run for the Hills! On this episode, we sit with Eugene Peterson and Jonah, listening to what they have to teach about God's grace, death and...
444: Tertullian - A Proper Seeking After Divine Knowledge is Always Within the Rule of Faith
Featured text: "Prescription against Heretics" — Tertullian The Times They Are A-Changin'. In this episode, we sit with Tertullian's writing...
443: O'Connor - The blind, prophetical, unsentimental eye of acceptance, which is to say, of faith
Featured text: "Introduction to A Memoir of Mary Ann" — Flannery O'Connor Pretty Girls Make Graves. In this episode, we sit with Flannery O'...
442: Giertz - A Shepherd's Letter
We're in This Together. In this episode, we sit with Bo Giertz and read his open letter to the churches — A Shepherd's Letter. As translator...
441: Trueman - The Value and Role of Creeds and Confessions
With Arms Wide Open! In this episode, on the eve of Trinity Sunday, we sit with Carl Trueman's essay, "The Value and Role of Creeds and Conf...
440: Heiser - Reading Your Bible Again... for the first time
The Mosaic Word. In this episode, we sit with Michael Heiser's book, The Unseen Realm, on reading the Bible. What are the rules of engagemen...
439: Rose - Explanation of UFO Phenomena
UFOs are Rebel Angels. In this episode, we read Father Seraphim Rose's "classic" text, Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, about the t...
438: Debrief - Answering Listener Questions
Money, Porn, and Godly Relationships. In this episode, we answer emails from listeners that ask us to discuss the godly use of money and por...
437: John of Damascus - Apologia Against Those Who Decry Holy Images
Every Picture Tells a Story. In this episode, we sit with John of Damascus to listen to him teach us about the veneration of icons — what th...
436: Schuldheisz - Luther and the Lion
The Lutherans, the Lion, and the gifts of Narnia. In this episode, we talk with Pastor Sam Schuldheisz about his forthcoming book, Luther an...
435: Andersen - Ritual as the Whole Way of Life
The Power of Ritual! In this episode, we learn from David Andersen about Christian ritual. What's the purpose and goal of ritual? How does C...
434: Guite - The Music of Creation
Where do the Children Play? In this episode, we read an Easter message from the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem. Then we r...
433: Von Schenk - The Crucifixion
What's Love Got to do With It? In this episode, we read Berthold von Schenk's The Presence, discussing sacrifice, sacrament, human will, ant...