1. Life can get so complicated, so full of mind numbing details and various pains that it's easy to wish we lived in a simpler time.
  2. How I Met Your Other Mother. In this episode, we discuss Tertullian on Heresies, especially the relationship of philosophy to theology, and how to pastorally address heresies past and present.
  3. This episode deals with the problem of divine threats.
  4. Daniel, Chad, and Erick discuss Pentecost, the early church, and the stoning of Stephen.
  5. ike and Wade discuss Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, a 1935 dystopian novel of how fascism took hold in the United States. The guys compare and contrast Lewis’ fiction with the current political climate.
  6. Satan had so much success in deceiving the first Adam he figures he can do the same with the Second Adam. But Jesus won't play Satan's game according to Satan's rules.
  7. The year was 1557 and we remember Sir John Cheke—a teacher, scholar, statesman, and theologian. The reading is an excerpt from 1 Clement.
  8. Katie Perry Can’t Forgive Sins! In this episode, the power of symbols, nailing down why Jesus gave himself for our sin, and grotesque doodles.
  9. Today, we remember Padre Pio, who died on this day in 1968. We also remember obscure American figure William McGuffey, born on this day in 1800. The reading is "Christ" by Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca.
  10. The promise made to Abraham is for the whole world but neither the world nor Israel believe it.
  11. On this day, we remember Eugenius Bulgaris, who coined the term "euthanasia," and the reunification of the southern and northern Presbyterian churches in 1983. Our reading is a selection from "Between Noon and Three" by Robert Farrar Capon.