Talks with Dad Rod

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Talks with Dad Rod episodes

October 18, 2021 Why do Lutherans say that baptism actually saves you?
Ted asks about how Lutherans can say such a thing as 'baptism saves sinners'. Rod talks about when he would teach his students to go and read all the passages in Scripture that talk about baptism and report back what they found. He points students to Scripture since it is very clear about what baptism is and what benefits God delivers there through His word.

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10 min
October 11, 2021 My sins are great. How do you know that Jesus' sacrifice is sufficient?
Ted asks about how Jesus' sacrifice can be enough for such a great sinner as me. Rod talks about how common such a perspective is, that a sinner can feel his or her sin is so great that he or she is not savable—but in Scripture, God tells us He knows the true depth of our sin and that His perfect work IS sufficient, even when we doubt.

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15 min
October 04, 2021 From the Lutheran perspective, what does being 'Christ-centered' mean?
Ted asks about the idea of being centered on Christ. Rod talks about different how non-Lutherans sometimes perceive 'Christ-centered' to mean vs. the Lutheran perspective, and what a Christian SHOULD be hearing and where the focus SHOULD be in a Christian church.

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12 min
September 27, 2021 Dad, aside from Dr. Montgomery, who is your favorite apologist?
Ted asks about who Dad's favorite (or second-favorite) Christian apologist is and why. Rod talks about C.S. Lewis and his history and how he became a believer and how those things affected Lewis' theological views and desire to defend the Christian faith, and what his work has meant for the world.

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11 min
September 20, 2021 How am I supposed to make sense of Jesus when my Dad was abusive or absent?
Ted asks about how we hear the Good News that Jesus brought to us when the model in our earthly fathers is a dark one. Rod talks about the substantial, even if imperfect, grace we can receive from good men and women around us which lifts us up and shows us a significantly different model, pointing toward Him Who is the Author of grace and ever loving kindness.

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11 min
September 13, 2021 Do we really even need the Gospel after conversion?
Ted asks about the idea that after conversion to the Christian faith, the believer doesn't need the Gospel anymore. Rod talks about the law, and how it has nothing in itself to help the sinner satisfy it, and the paradox of those who struggle with their sin being closer to Christ than those who seem to be 'winning', and that Christ's perfect works satisfy His own law.

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9 min
September 06, 2021 Isn't the best defense of the Christian faith an emotional one?
Ted asks about defending the truth of Christianity from one's own experience and heart. Rod talks about the 'apologia' Christians are called in Scripture to be prepared to give, what that means, and how emotional responses to questions about the truth of Christianity can come across to unbelievers. There is strong evidence that the claims in the Gospels in the Bible are true.

SHOW NOTES: "Sensible Christianity" by Dr. Montgomery - https://shop.1517.org/products/sensible-christianity-mp3

"History, Law and Christianity" by Dr. Montgomery - https://shop.1517.org/products/historylawandchristianity

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9 min
August 30, 2021 My pastor isn't calling for sinless perfection. He can't be legalist can he?
Ted asks about pastors who aren't overtly preaching legalism, but aren't focused on the Gospel, either. Rod talks about how the law is in us sinners by nature, and the Gospel isn't and sounds strange to our ears and is harder to accept, and the seduction of using our improvement as a 'test case' proving the truth of the Gospel.

SHOW NOTES: "Sensible Christianity" by Dr. Montgomery - https://shop.1517.org/products/sensible-christianity-mp3

"History, Law and Christianity" by Dr. Montgomery - https://shop.1517.org/products/historylawandchristianity

Support the show - https://www.1517.org/donate
9 min
August 23, 2021 If I keep committing them, does it mean I'm secure in my sins?
Ted asks about what it means that we continue in our sins in the face of the law. Rod talks about where the verification of the Christian faith comes from and where to look, and what power the law has to improve sinners, and what value improvement has for Christians.

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8 min
August 16, 2021 In the standard hierarchy of where things work in this world, where does the trouble start?
Ted asks where we can expect trouble to start in an organization. Rod talks about how decisions made at the top of companies and organizations and churches cause the effects we experience at the lower end of the hierarchy, and the problems unchecked lack of wisdom so often causes.

SHOW NOTES: "Sensible Christianity" by Dr. Montgomery - https://shop.1517.org/products/sensible-christianity-mp3

"History, Law and Christianity" by Dr. Montgomery - https://shop.1517.org/products/historylawandchristianity

Support the show - https://www.1517.org/donate
8 min

About Talks with Dad Rod

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Rod Rosenbladt was well known for the free-flowing conversations with students, family, and friends on his back deck in Irvine, Ca. Join Rod and his son Ted as they recreate this experience 6 min at a…