The Fifth Commandment

It reaches far beyond the taking of a life. Anger, contempt, neglect,

and indifference can all diminish the life of our neighbor. Luther turns the commandment

toward a positive calling: protect life, defend the vulnerable, and help the neighbor flourish.

Listen to Episode 5 of The Ten Commandments: Law. Gospel. Life.

The Fourth Commandment

What does it mean to honor those who came before us? It cannot require silence about

abuse, dishonesty, or harm. In Episode 4, Pastor Marty moves beyond simple obedience

toward truthful remembrance, intergenerational responsibility, and the strange communion

we share with those who came before us and those who will follow. Listen to Episode 4 of

The Ten Commandments: Law. Gospel. Life.

The Third Commandment

You are not a machine, and the world does not depend upon your constant labor. Sabbath is

God's holy gift: rest for bodies, communities, workers, animals, and the earth itself. In

Episode 3, Pastor Marty explores why rest is not laziness, but an act of faith - and why the

command to rest carries social and economic consequences. Listen to Episode 3 of The Ten

Commandments: Law. Gospel. Life.

Who gets to say, “God told me”?

The Second Commandment is about far more than swearing. It confronts pastors, politicians, and movements that use God’s name to make their own power unquestionable.

Episode 2: How Do You Use God’s Name?

The Westview Church Podcast with Pastor Marty Lettow.

The Ten Commandments.

Forget the commandments as a religious checklist. Luther saw something much deeper.

Episode 1 starts with the big one: What is your god? What do you actually trust when everything starts falling apart?

Join Pastor Marty Lettow for Law. Gospel. Life. and a fresh, unapologetically Lutheran trip through all Ten Commandments.

🎙️ Westview Church Podcast — Episode 1: What Is Your God?

Has Christianity lost credibility?

Not because people stopped asking spiritual questions—but because too often the church has failed to protect the very things it claims to believe.

In this episode, Pastor Marty Lettow explores the Eighth Commandment through the lens of Martin Luther, the Good Samaritan, and the call to bear truthful witness in a culture shaped by outrage, politics, and division.

What if the Eighth Commandment is about much more than “not telling lies”?

What if it calls Christians to actively protect their neighbors, defend the truth, and recover the hard work of grace?

Join us for a thoughtful conversation about integrity, discipleship, and why truthful witness still matters.

What if the things we own are actually shaping us?

In Part 2 of Stuff, Pastor Marty explores how our possessions, technology, and memories influence who we’re becoming—and asks what it might look like to live with a little more freedom.

Listen now on the Westview Church Podcast.

From rabbit-ear TVs and cassette tapes to smartphones and AI, our generation has lived through entire eras of technology—and every object tells a story.

But when does a memory become clutter? And how do we honor the past without being trapped by it?

Join Pastor Marty for a new two-part Westview Church Podcast series exploring memory, gratitude, grief, and the freedom of letting go.

🎙️ “Stuff, Memory & Freedom” – Part 1 is streaming now.

Fourth of July Special: Celebrating 250 Years of Freedom and Faith

Why has the separation of church and state been such a gift—not only for America, but for the church itself?

In this special episode, Pastor Marty Lettow reflects on the Lutheran understanding of freedom, conscience, and the gospel. Together we’ll explore why authentic faith cannot be created by government, why the church is strongest when it is free to proclaim Christ, and why the First Amendment remains one of the great protections of religious liberty.

This isn’t a conversation about choosing politics over faith. It’s a conversation about why the freedom of the gospel has always depended on the freedom of the conscience.

Watch, listen, and join the conversation.

The early church didn’t change the world because it had better buildings, better programs, or better marketing.

It changed the world because it created communities where people practiced a different way of being human together.

This week on the Westview Church Podcast, Pastor Marty explores the habits that made the early church different—and asks whether those same habits can still transform us today.