Podcast Overview

Author

Out of the Cave

04/15/25

4 mins

By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith

God's word is not just a guide, making you desire to leave the cave and enter the world of real things.
- Plato
- Bondage of the Will
Plato's Cave

04/07/25

5 mins

By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith

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.
What is the Remnant?

02/24/25

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In what way is the Church a remnant? Luther uses God's preservation of a remnant of faithful teachers and preachers throughout scripture and the Church against Erasmus and his argument that Luther stands alone.
Absent Absolution (Matthew 27:1-10)

01/30/25

5 mins

By Daniel Emery Price | Scott Keith

In this episode of Tough Texts, Daniel Emery Price and Scott Keith take a look at Matthew 27:1-10, offering a nuanced perspective on a figure often vilified in Christian tradition.
Luther and the Trojan Horse

01/29/25

4 mins

By Steven Paulson | Caleb Keith

Luther explains that the church embraced free will not because of Scripture but just as the Trojans embraced the Greek's wooden horse.
- Bondage of the Will
- Reformation History
Struggle in the Belly of the Whale

11/14/24

5 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

The whale has swallowed Jonah. Paulson emphasizes Luther's analysis of this text, asserting that this is not a metaphorical pilgrim's journey.
- Repentance
- Bondage of the Will
Our Sin Nature

06/30/24

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik

Does believing in a sin nature, or that all our works have sin, lead to depression?
Allegorizing Scripture

06/08/24

4 mins

By Caleb Keith | Steven Paulson

In this episode, Paulson explains how allegory turns all Scripture into moral or legal lessons.
Reformation History with Amy Mantravadi

05/30/24

5 mins

By Katie Koplin | Gretchen Ronnevik | Amy Mantravadi

While Katie finishes up some family stuff, Gretchen invites on Amy Mantravadi to talk about writing about the reformation.
Episode # 355 Featuring Pastor Darrin Sheek "Repent And Believe - God's Word At Work"

01/28/24

4 mins

By Darrin Sheek

Pastor Sheek Teaches On Mark 1:14-20
- Faith
- Preaching
- Law and Gospel
- Repentance
- Sermons
337: Chesterton - Heretics: On Sandals and Simplicity

01/26/24

9 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Simple Man. In this episode, we read G.K. Chesterton and discuss everything from simple living to the death and resurrection of Christ as the foundation of reality, the higher meaning of cups, and why a tomato is just a tomato.
Manure For You? (Luke 13:1-9)

01/17/24

5 mins

By Scott Keith | Daniel Emery Price

In today's episode of Tough Texts, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price look into Luke 13:1-9, a strange passage that challenges us to reflect on one's desire to self justify.