1. This is not a plea for us to be given the strength to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. It is our helpless cry when boots – straps and all - slip off the edge of temptation’s cliff.
  2. Scott and Caleb look over the first and second commandments and their explanation in Martin Luther's Large Catechism.
  3. The petition not to be led into temptation is found in just the right place within the seven petitions.
  4. John Hoyum and Philip Bartelt join Caleb to discuss the preface to Martin Luther's Large Catechism.
  5. If we want to see evidence of our Father’s answer to the fifth petition, we need only to look at the cross and the empty tomb.
  6. Even though the horn of plenty on our table is there as the fruit of our labor, that is also a gift of God’s grace
  7. The place where it is most difficult for us to accept God’s will is when suffering, calamities, and finally, death itself.
  8. The kingdom of God has a proper name, and his name is Jesus, Son of God, Son of Man.
  9. Our prayer confesses that God’s abode is beyond us, yet ever so near for the prayer presupposes that we are being heard, even in our sighs and whispers.
  10. Professor John T. Pless has organized an incredible Advent series on the Apostles' Creed for you! Included here are texts, themes, and an order of service for your midweek Advent services.
  11. [Luther's] Catechism is at home in the evangelical pulpit, guiding and shaping what the preacher says so faith might be created and love given direction.
  12. On this episode, the Thinking Fellows talk about catechisms and catechetical methodology. During the Reformation, catechisms were a tool for addressing the issue of Christian education.
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