Ted asks what St. Paul means when he says in 1 Corinthians 15:56, "The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law". Rod talks about how closely sin and the power of sin are intertwined, and that through the work of Christ, the power of sin is demolished.

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Ted asks why people are leaving the church. Rod talks about how people have come to the church in these days to be entertained, how that model is failing, and the primary purpose of the church.

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Ted asks why people are leaving the church. Rod talks about the primary element that is too often missing that causes people to leave, and what people should be able to expect in a Christian church, and what will draw them back.

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Ted asks if my suffering in my faith is due to my lack of improvement or getting in line with what God is trying to teach me. Rod addresses the bad responses to the problem of evil that too often come out of the Christian church, how he taught his students about that, and what the reality is regarding our sinful yet faithful relationship with God.

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Ted asks what Scripture is talking about when we are warned to be discerning of enemies of the Gospel who would spy out our Christian liberty. Rod talks about where Scripture warns us to keep an eye out for those who would use the liberty of Christian believers in order to accuse us, and how Paul takes that idea on in Galatians.

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Ted asks if it's circular to use the Bible to prove the truth of the claims in the Bible. Rod taps into his training in apologetics and talks about what Dr. John Warwick Montgomery has taught regarding the veracity of the claims in the Gospel texts and how and why Jesus trusted the Old Testament as God's word, and His comments to His disciples about the coming inspiration that would be gifted to them, which became the Gospels in the New Testament.

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Ted asks what is the best way to inform someone who is not Lutheran (or not even Christian) about Lutheran distinctives on Scripture. Rod dips into his experience teaching at Concordia and how and why he used Scriptural passages as the primary source text for such discussions.

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Ted asks about what Lutherans believe about baptism. Rod clarifies the details of what Lutherans believe baptism is and what it does and how that ties in to assurance and confidence for the believer.

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Ted asks about what Lutherans believe about communion and consubstantiation. Rod talks about what Lutherans believe communion is and what it does and what it gives us, and how the Lutheran position differs from some other denominations.

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Ted asks about what Gospel reductionism is. Rod speaks about the term's origin and what it means. Ted clarifies how he sees 'Gospel reductionism' being used sometimes in present discussions, and Rod speaks about how Lutherans are commanded to preach and teach both law and Gospel.

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