1. Is there any assurance when it doesn't feel like God is with you?
  2. The Psalmist speaks about how God delivers the poor and needy.
  3. Psalm 38 shows a confession of sin that seeks and trusts in God alone forgiveness.
  4. In Psalm 22, we see our pain and suffering imputed to Christ on the cross as he confesses the words of the Psalm.
  5. Crumbling and forsaken, a cry goes out to God.
  6. Psalm 31 delivers the promise that God is our deliverer and steadfast refuge.
  7. Luke 18:1-14: The Parable of the Persistent Widow Get what you want from God by pestering Him until He gives in! Actually . . . NO. Knowing the nature and character of God gives us boldness to approach Him.
  8. Christmas? This Is Pretty Much The Whole Package. Gillespie and Riley read and so discuss Augustine’s sermon “Why Celebrate Christmas?” This episode, more rabbit trails, laughs, and discussion of Psalm 85 as the perfect Christmas sermon text.
  9. The Thinking Fellows are joined by Dr. Jonathan Mumme to discuss the purpose and practice of Christian worship?
  10. What can separate you from God's love in Christ Jesus? When bad times hit, are there blessings in it? We bear with the sufferings of this world in anticipation of the glory of God to be revealed. When the doubts of faith arise, to where do we look for comfort and assurance? Join Craig and Troy as they talk about all of these topics and more in Romans 8. Live by grace and not by the law.
  11. Gillespie and Riley go back to O’Connor’s short story, Good Country People to discuss faith, humility, and the uncomfortable truth about ourselves.
  12. Mike sits down with Rev. Jon Micheel and Rev. Tyler Peil. Both pastors currently serve at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Taylorsville, UT. Both Rev. Micheel and Rev. Peil have been serving on a committee to create a new hymnal for the Wisconsin Synod, which is the reason Mike sits down with them.