Ted asks about struggling with feeling like a fraud in the Christian life and faith. Rod talks about what is common, what is ‘normal’, what it means to feel ‘in need’ or ‘self condemning’, and how he views living ‘victoriously’ and ‘winning’, referencing the Pharisee and the publican, or tax collector.

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Ted asks about striving for the narrow door when “no one seeks after God” and how to get from here to there. Rod talks about the Reformers using the passive voice about ‘being repented’, describes the sinner’s condition, our temptation to synergism in our sin, and how the faith comes to us, with a focus on the Object of our faith outside of us.

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Ted asks about whether the Bethlehem star pointing to Jesus’ birth is proof that Astrology is legitimate. Rod talks about Romans 1, the idea of reading the stars correctly to know that a king had been born, and what the early church did when defending the truthfulness of the Gospel. Merry Christmas!

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“The Star of Bethlehem” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMIYh6BImtI

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Ted asks about the importance of Jesus’ birth in our present day. Rod talks about what religious leaders expected from their Christ, and contrasts that with what has been promised to us, and what the central message of the New Testament message is.

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Ted asks about the value of Martin Luther insisting on the “for you” part of the Good News, with an eye toward Luke 2:10 (NASB). Rod talks about why Jesus came, what it means that His arrival is “for me” and for my good. ** NOTE: The Greek dative case can mean either “to” or “for.”

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Ted asks about what our medium is now in the days of the New Testament. Rod talks about the traditional Christian liturgy in the church, and also the difference between what was prophesied in the Old Testament versus what we receive in the person of Jesus Christ, and the claims He made about Himself.

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Ted asks about what the Lutheran Two Kingdom theory is, reading from John 18:36. Rod talks about how Lutherans understand Jesus’ words about His kingdom, or realm, versus the earthly kingdom, and what it means that Jesus considers them separately, particularly for believing sinners in this ‘kingdom of the left’ who struggle under many effects of sin and cry out for relief and help.

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Ted asks about the timing of our prayers when we’re conscious of some of our sins. Rod talks about the truth of our state of sin any time we pray, what we sinners struggle to believe about Jesus’ death and resurrection, and why Christians should “be of good cheer”.

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Ted asks about who will actually inherit the kingdom of God, in light of Scripture. After Ted reads from 1 Corinthians 6:9, and Rod reads Romans 4:5, Rod talks about the law and the Gospel, what Scripture says is righteousness for the believer, how the Gospel is not inherently in us as the law is, and in any ‘contest’ between the two, which one wins, for the sake of Jesus Christ for sinners.

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Ted asks about the struggle we can have when people we love are in mental decline and not clear about God’s grace. Rod talks about the promises we receive in Scripture, Jesus Christ’s sufficiency to save sinners, and what comfort we believers can have when our loved ones are not mentally able to engage with us as they once were.

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