1. What is the right sacrifice before God? Dr. Paulson continues to examine Cain and Able in an effort to refute the notion that the difference between the two was a result of the correct use of free will.
  2. Dr. Paulson opens up an examination of the story of Cain and Abel.
  3. Dr. Paulson continues to analyze the appeal Erasmus makes to Sirach in chapter 15.
  4. This week, Dr. Paulson outlines Erasmus' bold claim that the existence of the law necessitates human free will.
  5. This episode begins an examination of the Apostle Paul's proclamation that where there is no law, there is no sin.
  6. Dr. Paulson continues to characterize the dialogue between Luther and Erasmus.
  7. Sunday Bloody Sunday In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s sermon for Maundy Thursday (1534), discussing the Lord’s Supper, polity, sacramental piety, fellowship, election and all the rabbit trails we follow…
  8. Sins that lead to death, and sins that don't, but all sins are still sins.
  9. Dr. Paulson discusses Plato's analogy of the Cave. He emphasizes how Erasmus used this analogy to confuse God's words of law and gospel.
  10. First It Giveth. In this episode, we discuss Jonah’s vocation, gospel imagination, dogmatic materialism, spell casting, the contemporary effects of the Industrial Revolution, and God’s preference for wasted places while reading Eugene Peterson's Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness.
  11. Erasmus and Luther struggle over the question of church authority. Erasmus makes an appeal to doctrinal authority based on ecclesial order.
  12. Erasmus accused Luther of being outside of the church and having a novel understanding of Scripture.