1. Psalm 37 shows us that God is making all things new, and covering His own with protection.
  2. We asked Chad Bird about what it means to wrestle with God. Later this summer, he's coming out with his book on Jacob: "Limping with God." Our discussion went from Jacob being renamed to "Israel" which means "wrestles with God" and how wrestling with God was a keyhole to the crucifixion.
  3. The following several articles of Smalcald are concerned with the application of the Gospel.
  4. Is repentance really just an afterthought or a one-time event? Or is it the way of the Christian life in which God turns us away from ourselves and towards His Son.
  5. The Augsburg Confession is clear; the aim or purpose of repentance is the application of Christ to the sinner.
  6. Only God creates clean hearts.
  7. The Thinking Fellows talk about Luther’s breakdown and examples of confession in the Small Catechism.
  8. Sometimes the guilt in us manifests itself in different ways. Whether it's a weight or sadness, anger or venting, blame or defensiveness, we see it in ourselves and we see it in our relationships.
  9. Chad meditates on what it means to look to God and how He looks at us.
  10. Easy There, Fella, Everybody’s Gonna Get a Turn... In this episode, we begin a reading of Clement of Alexandria’s, "The Praises of Martyrdom Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved." What constitutes martyrdom for Christians? Where does the idea of martyrdom originate, and is it still a relevant topic for us today?