In this episode, Dr. Paulson outlines Luther's assertion that the human creature is a beast of burden. Paulson talks about what it means to be a servile donkey. Who is the donkey's master?

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Paulson discusses a critical difference in the way Erasmus and many others read Romans 1:18 and Luther. Romans 1:18 and its surrounding context discuss the relationship between faith and righteousness. Here we must ask, what becomes of the Law when faith makes us righteous?

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Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness andunrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

Dr. Paulson asks if how we order our theological texts and study matters. Should we begin with God or with human anthropology? Where do anthropology and theology intersect, and where do God and man find resolve?

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In this episode, Paulson discusses why God hides the Gospel. If God has put the law into every human heart and reveals it daily in nature, why doesn't he do the same with the Gospel? Dr. Paulson gives the simple answer, "so you can't mess it up." followed by an extended explanation.

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Paulson continues to address Erasmus and the pattern of making room for human action in God's plan for salvation. Specifically, Paulson addresses how Erasmus turns faith from something that is preached to believers to an object grasped by the human will.

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In this episode, Paulson addresses the problem of evil and how it creates a stumbling block for how we teach and preach predestination. Paulson works with Luther to identify three roadblocks to confessing God's unique power to save.

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Erasmus reveals to Luther that he is worried that people will abuse the Gospel and the forgiveness of sin. In this episode, Paulson Paulson explains why Erasmus' fear should not lead down a path of withholding the Gospel.

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Erasmus wants to know what the church is going to do about institutional and social collapse. Luther attempts to provide a meaningful picture of the problem by identifying the church as a house of temporal lepers. The church is not just an institutional bandaid but addresses the issue with an absolute absolution.

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In this episode, Paulson addresses the "what if" scenarios that Erasmus attempts to pin on Luther after the removal of penance. Is the church destroyed after penance? Is Luther to balme for moral deformity amongst believers? What does it mean for the Church to be placed in the world like a free-range donkey?

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Dr. Paulson continues looking at Luther and Erasmus' dialogue on penance. Erasmus positions the church as a house of penance where God is brought near to us by penalty and sacrifice. Luther asserts that the church must rid itself of penance and become the location of an absolute absolution.

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