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Welcome to Christianity on Trial, where the claims of Christianity are examined and judged by the rules of evidence as used in the court of law. Your host, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, is a lawyer, a theologian, an author, and an accomplished defender of biblical Christianity. He is no stranger to the rules of evidence or the courtroom. So with our skeptical world for the prosecution and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery for the defense, stay with us as we listen in on Christianity on Trial.

John Hoyum and Philip Bartelt join Caleb to discuss the preface to Martin Luther's Large Catechism.

נסה - And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?” EXODUS 17:7

The year was 1244. Today we remember the Cathar’s last stand at Montségur. The reading is from “Good is the Flesh” by Brian Wren.

The stunning truth about God’s grace. In this episode, Luther’s comments about Galatians 1:15. What do we do when it’s revealed God chooses to be gracious to us while we are wicked and blasphemous?

Volume Three of Luther's Outlaw God is finally available for purchase.

While you are busy working at being passive in your righteousness, let God sanctify you through some holy words spoken by unholy men.

מן - When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat." ... Now the house of Israel called its name manna. EXODUS 16:15, 31

The year was 1711. Today we remember Eusebio Kino. The reading is "Communion in the Asylum" by Andrew Hudgens.

Don’t boast about the death of Saul to David.

The year was 1565. Today we remember Vasco De Quiroga, the Spanish missionary in Michoacan. The reading is "Let Your God Love You" by Edwina Gateley.

ירה - When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. EXODUS 15:4