Law and Gospel (772)
  1. The youths that mock Elisha are representative of Israel’s collective contempt and disregard for all things relating to their One True God.
  2. A Sermon on Psalm 130:3–6.
  3. In contrast to the human courts of our land, the Divine court never makes errors nor excuses
  4. Jim Nestingen and Steve Paulson join Caleb and Scott to discuss the Smalcald Articles.
  5. Martha’s pain is not met by a to-do list. Jesus’ reply is not that she should try harder or change her behavior
  6. We must be careful in how we use Bible verses to establish Scriptural truth both to others and to ourselves.
  7. To repent in his name is done thus: in those who believe in Christ God through the same faith works a change for the better, not for a moment, nor for an hour, but for their whole life.
  8. While all Scripture is the self-revelation of God, not all Scripture should be read in the same way.
  9. Jesus’s freedom is different. It isn’t meant to indicate that the moorings which tether men and women to what is true, beautiful, and holy are unfastened, liberating them to do anything they please.
  10. The upright, in whom the law has exercised its work, when they feel their sickness and weakness, say: God will help me; I trust in him; I build upon him; he is my rock and hope.
  11. Erasmus laid out his argument for a theology of grace and free will in much the same way modern Protestants have done since the Enlightenment.
  12. As long as the church teaches the gospel, it will suffer persecution.
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