1. All In The Family. In this episode, we discuss marriage, vocation, and cute theology of the cross. How can Luther’s teaching and preaching on marriage and vocation help Christians at present waist the temptations of the world and Satan, which pervert and disrupt God’s will for marriage? What does baptism have to do with marriage? How does Luther’s formulation of marriage and family help Christians comprehend their relation to society and the state?
  2. This episode Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin discuss Acts 2, where we read about the early church, and how it grew.
  3. Spiritual War, What Is It Good For? In this episode, we discuss pastoral care to the healthy and sick and spiritual warfare while reading Wilhelm Loehe’s book, The Pastor.
  4. Nothing tastes as good as a juicy bit of gossip, amirite?
  5. Craig and Troy draw their discussion on the 10 Commandments to a close with that most inward of all the commandments: coveting.
  6. What does it mean to steal? God gives the gift of property to us and to our neighbors, and we have both the expectation and the joy of helping them to protect what He has given. Craig and Troy tumble down the rabbit hole of the seventh commandment, "You shall not steal."
  7. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson joins Kelsi to talk about her new novel, A Tumblin' Down, the good and bad of church community, and how the Christian belief isn't always best defined by our own self-reflection.
  8. So, let's be frank: sexual sin abounds. The temptation and desire to sin is everywhere in our world.
  9. The fifth commandment instructs us on the value of all human life and our responsibility to protect it.
  10. In this episode, the Thinking Fellows discuss the centrality and importance of Christians' doctrinal content and confessions.
  11. We are called to serve all people, but especially those that are in authority over us.
  12. "Remember the Sabbath day" . . . but what does that mean? Shall we rest from our labors, because God rested from His?