1. Today on the Almanac, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about “Gospel Tracts.”
  2. Today on the Almanac, we wish Gustavo Gutierrez a happy 94th birthday and learn about his impact on the church.
  3. On episode ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX Mike and Wade are joined once again by Dr. Aaron Palmer from the history department at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Before getting to the American Revolution, which is Dr. Palmer's area of expertise, the guys ask and answer the question: In what age of history would you least/most like to have lived? in the Free-for-All.
  4. Grace Means Never Having to Try Harder. In this episode, Martin Luther’s comments on the letter to the Galatians regarding God’s mercy and predestination.
  5. יבם - But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother. GENESIS 38:9
  6. The year was 1240, and we remember Raymond Nonnatus. The reading is from C.S. Lewis, his "Footnote to All Prayers."
  7. How do you know you are truly repentant? Does your life have to be wrecked by some special sin before you know the Gospel?
  8. Chad and Daniel discuss why God commands a certain sacrifice involving an unblemished red heifer. Why does the color matter? Why do the ashes matter?
  9. All of these episodes should be personal, to some extent. After all, these aren't static, other-worldly doctrines but we are dealing with the message of life itself. But there is something especially personal about taking the whole theological enterprise and focusing it on your own particular problem: sin. And not abstract sin, but the real stuff.
  10. The Thinking Fellows are joined by Dr. Wade Johnston to discuss his two books, A Path Strewn With Sinners and An Uncompromising Gospel.