1. The Thinking Fellows talk about Luther’s breakdown and examples of confession in the Small Catechism.
  2. Is it cooler to think there is a grand secret conspiracy based on human trafficking or that human trafficking happens far more often and far more normally than we are comfortable with? And how did we create a culture that produced Marilyn Manson and is simultaneously shocked and offended by him? Oh yeah, we are really all idiots incapable of running our own lives let alone the world!
  3. גפרית - Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. GENESIS 19:24 (KJV)
  4. The year was 1849. We remember the creation of Vatican City as an independent city-state in 1929. The last word for today comes from the "Third inkling" Charles Williams.
  5. Final words, gospel nuggets, and moving in with your enemies.
  6. צחק - The Lord said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him... So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?” (GENESIS 18:10, 12)
  7. The year was 1587. We remember Mary Stuart, Mary Queen of Scots. The reading for today comes from English poet Robert Herrick, "His Prayer for Absolution."
  8. The year was 1878. Today, we rank the top four popes of all time. The reading is from Martin Luther, "On the Freedom of the Christian."
  9. מול - This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. (GENESIS 17:10)
  10. Gag me with a spoon. In this episode, part two of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We consider herd mentality, our fear of standing up to unjust authority, and the secular indoctrination that infects the church.
  11. אברהם שׂרה - No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations... As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name... kings of peoples shall come from her. (GENESIS 17:5, 15–16)