The Parable of the Talents

In this episode, we look at Mark 10:32-45 where James and John tell Jesus, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." How does Jesus respond when his disciples ask him for glory or positions of power, and what does this reveal about the disciple's misconceptions of Christ's mission?

In this episode, we discuss both John 3:14-21 and Numbers 21:4-9. How does the bronze serpent made by Moses foreshadow Christ? Did Jesus die for the sins of everyone, or only the elect?

In Mark 8:27-38, Peter confesses that Jesus is the Christ, however also rebukes Jesus when he predicts his own suffering and death. It seems that Peter knew who the Christ was, but not what he was sent to do. In this episode, we answer what it means to be The Christ, and discuss how Peter's confusion is a mirror of modern day misconceptions about Jesus's identity.

In this year's Ash Wednesday episode, we turn our attention to 2 Corinthians 5:17-6:10, where Paul tells us that "we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us." How can we be ambassadors for Christ, and how can the Church prepare her members for evangelizing?

In this Transfiguration episode, we look at 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:6, where Paul says, "In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." Who is "the god of this world" and how does he blind minds of unbelievers to the Gospel?

Does it matter how we share the Gospel? How do we balance our belief in monergism with the idea that the way we present the Gospel has an impact on whether or not the hearer will be receptive to our message?

In this episode on the Commemoration of the Conversion of St. Paul, we look at Galatians 1:11-24 and discuss an excerpt from Martin Luther's lecture on Galatians.

In this episode, we look at the Old Testament reading for the third Sunday after Epiphany, which is Jonah 3:1-10. How does Jonah's story fit with the Epiphany theme "God revealed to the Gentiles?" Did God change his mind when he "relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them?"

In this episode, we discuss 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, where Paul tells us, "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful." Does this mean that we no longer are bound by the moral law? How are we to understand these words in the context of the rest of the chapter?