We know we can’t influence our own salvation. That’s entirely up to God. But can we influence someone else’s? Can we be so winsome that they convert, or such a jerk that they reject the faith entirely? That’s the question Peter and Kevin tackle this episode!
Crucial Conversations 030 | Idolatry 101
We always get it backwards. We take a word we know, and when the Bible uses that same word to describe God, we think we know what it means. But what if that isn’t how it works at all? What if that approach sends you on a wild goose chase straight in to idolatry?
Crucial Conversations 029 | I’m With Him
How can we say that you can be assured of your salvation while at the same time saying that you can lose your salvation? This is a contradiction. How do we resolve it?
Crucial Conversations 028 | Baptism Isn’t a Bubble Bath
There are many ways to talk about baptism. Some good, some bad and some downright awkward. And then there are the times we speak of baptism in a way that not even Scripture speaks.
Crucial Conversations 027 | The Trinity is Confessed
How does one begin explaining the Trinity? And where do we look in Scripture to see it? By now, it shouldn’t be any surprise that Peter and Kevin are going to start with Jesus!
Crucial Conversations 026 | God Wants Me to Forgive THEM?
Forgiving someone is hard. It’s even harder when that person refuses to repent of their sin against you…or to even admit that they sinned at all! What is a Christian do do when this happens? Peter and Kevin talk through where the rubber hits the road in applying Law and Gospel to this situation.
Crucial Conversations 025 | Two Words
One thing you’ll hear Lutherans talk about a lot: rightly distinguishing Law and Gospel. But what does this mean and why does it matter? Is it really that big a deal? Um…yes! It’s actually a matter of life and death!
Crucial Conversations 024 | What Worldview Teaches That?
We’re back from our Christmas break with a new question to help you wrestle with what you believe and why. Talking through Romans 6 and what freedom truly means.
Crucial Conversations 023 | Slavery is Freedom
God is a cosmic abuser. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is just one example of this. So say the critics and skeptics. But is that what is really going on with Mary? Or is it perhaps that we have an overdeveloped sense of our own autonomy and freedom?
Pastor Kevin Golden of Village Lutheran Church in Ladue, Missouri, joins us for this special Christmas episode.
Crucial Conversations 022 | Divine Confusion
Much has been made about whether Christianity and Judaism have the same God. And if you don’t look at the question through the lens of Jesus, you will come up with the wrong answer.