1. In today's episode of Tough Texts, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price examine the tower of Babel narrative.
  2. To continue our conversation of legalism that becomes cultish, we brought on Rachel Joy Welcher who wrote a book on the purity culture movement.
  3. Caleb, Scott, and Adam introduce the Chronicles of Narnia.
  4. Daniel, Chad, and Erick discuss Joseph being sold by his brothers, interpreting dreams in Egypt, his rise to power, and saving his family in a drought.
  5. פרה אדמה - “This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, and on which a yoke has never come. And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered before him." NUMBERS 19:2–3
  6. The year was 1796. We remember the pastor and philosopher Thomas Reid. The reading is an excerpt from Eugene Peterson's "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction."
  7. He has a way of expressing himself that could make a wolverine purr. Gillespie and Riley hijack their own podcast to pay tribute to their theological hero, Norman Nagel, by reading his article, “The Spirit’s Gifts in the Confessions and in Corinth.”
  8. On this day, we remember Wolfgang Musculus, born 1497, and Jean Vanier, born 1928. The reading is from Wilfred Owen, "At A calvary Near the Ancre."
  9. Wade, Mike, and Peter are joined once again by Josh Seeger of Wisconsin Lutheran High School. In this episode they finally officially discuss the four Gospel accounts.
  10. Wait, no, stop! Riley and Gillespie wrap up their conversation about Robert Capon's "The Astonished Heart" No really, this is it.
  11. Grab the bones of Joseph it's time to leave Egypt! A pillar of cloud and fire, a pursuing angry army and a God who says "Be still and watch this!"
  12. Daniel and Chad talked about the death of Sarah and the purchasing of the land to bury her. This sparks conversations about death, resurrection, what's so holy about the Holy Land and a lot of asking the question "So what?".