Truth At All Costs

Is Western society lost because we’re all weak-willed wimps? Not if the men raw-dogging their flights have anything to say about it. Today we’re talking about free will understanding, as Jock WIllink says, that discipline does truly equal freedom. Jesus was disciplined and now you’re free. But what about discipline in relation to man's fallen will? We know that even the unregenerate have the ability to exercise control over their bodies, even if they don’t act like it. Let's take a look at Scripture, the Augsburg Confession and hear from Martin Chemnitz, Martin Luther, and Dr. Jordan B. Cooper.

When you look around and see all the idolatry, is your spirit provoked to anger? Should it be? Well, yes, it should be. That’s what we’re talking about today, and as we do, we’ll talk about St. Mark’s stolen lawn signs, a Ferndale drag queen, focus on St. Paul’s time in Athens, and even discuss a Lutheran Hour sermon about the Ethiopian eunuch.

Is it a sin to use preferred pronouns? The short answer to the question is yes, it is sinful to lie and that’s what we do when we use preferred pronouns. In this episode, I react to a Wisconsin Synod Lutheran pastor’s video that asks the same question. I also share some troubling news from Rev. Mark Schulz and then admit to being a bigot—just like God. Open up your Bible and join me on the spiritual battlefield of our day.

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I preached the truth of God’s Word in front of the Ferndale Repertory Theatre on the opening night of The Prom. Jesus-hating patrons and staff went to great lengths to try to silence the love of Christ that I was speaking, including blaring music at me and calling the cops.

Part two of my review of a Michigan pastor’s horrible presentation on how to talk to gay people. In today’s show, we resist the temptation to pit grace against truth, learn about the third use of the law, and look at the Samaritan woman at the well. Plus no more CoWo! The better term is culturally-oriented worship.

A viewer sent in a troubling (publicly posted) video of a retired LCMS pastor publicly teaching erroneous things about the LGBTQ at a 2024 Michigan District theology conference. In this episode of Truth at All Costs, we review his presentation, learn why his use of words like husband and cisgender are bad, and open the Scriptures to consider whether he has been duped by the world's lies. Plus, we drop the new Poop Brownie Tacky Tee design.

Hey yo, we're talking CoWo! Yes, the music aspect, but contemporary worship is about so much more than just what style of music is being played. Our worship practices reflect the Church's teachings, our creed, what we confess to believe. While some frame it as liturgical v. contemporary, Scripture addresses it in terms of apostolic or human traditions. We're called, not to conform to the world but to imitate the apostles. It's in this light that we consider all innovations made to the liturgy. Learn all about it in this episode of Truth at All Costs!

Criminal co-eds took over college campuses. They say it’s about Palestine, but it’s really about despising Romans 13. But what does this evil have to do with our Concordia Universities? If you said DEI, you guessed it.

What do chickens have to do with being a pastor? Is your pastor a scholar? What should young pastors who are just entering the ministry, and indeed all pastors and all Christians know about the role of the pastor? What is his job? What has he been called to do in the parish? Rev. C.F.W. Walther gives us the foundation and then Rev. Theodore Graebner fleshes out the reality that your pastor should be all about studying and preaching. Plus news about upcoming content!

We hear from both the right and the left, both inside and outside the Church that all people are made in the image of God. Is this true? What does Scripture say about who is made in the image of God? What has the historic Church taught about who is made in the image of God? Are babies born in the image of God? Are transgender people made in the image of God? Ephesians 4:24 and Colossians 3:10 have the answer. Let's study them along with Tertullian, Augustine, Martin Luther and the Lutheran Reformers, Johann Gerhard, A.L. Graebner, and Francis Pieper.