Talks with Dad Rod
200 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsRod 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 time on Talks was Dad Rod.
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Given the stern warnings against idolatry, isn’t a metaphorical understanding of Communion better?
January 15, 2024 23:49 - 15 minutes - 36.3 MBTed asks about what is true about what the Lord’s Supper is and what it does. Rod talks about when Luther went to Marburg to debate with Zwingly, how he made the case for what the Lord’s Supper actually is, what the first Christians considered it to be, the historical discussion about it, and what spiritual benefits it sounds like sinners receive from it. Produced by: Rick Ritchie https://www.1517.org/contributors/rick-ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate Ex...
What does it mean to have an infant priest?
January 02, 2024 03:00 - 14 minutes - 32.3 MBTed asks about what it means that God has been born in the flesh, a baby in our presence. Rod talks about what C.S. Lewis calls “the grand miracle” and what Jesus showed us His true vocation is and why it was necessary for Him to come. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ 1517 on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@1517org === ** WHAT’S NEW FROM 1517 ** Freedom Lessons https...
What is your favorite thing about Father Christmas in “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”?
December 26, 2023 00:49 - 16 minutes - 38.7 MBTed asks about C.S. Lewis’ Father Christmas in Narnia, and reads the scene in which he shows up. Rod talks about how Lewis was such a good communicator, what we see in the Narnia scene and how it points to Christ, and the joy of God’s promises fulfilled in His Son, Who was born in a manger. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ 1517 on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@1517org =...
How many shepherds were in Bethlehem that first Christmas night?
December 19, 2023 02:52 - 18 minutes - 41.4 MBTed asks about the shepherds who received the heavenly announcement of the birth of Jesus Christ. Rod reads from Ezekiel 34 and talks about the shepherd’s vocation, and with regard to any fear Christians have that Jesus’ work isn’t sufficient to save, what God does for us and says to us about how it is He Who saves. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === ** WHAT’S NEW FROM 151...
What does it mean to talk of Jesus being long expected as we sing in the Advent hymn and elsewhere?
December 11, 2023 23:25 - 3 minutes - 7.92 MBTed asks about the long wait for Jesus’ prophesied arrival, reading from the hymn “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”. Rod talks about what ‘the factual story’ is in Scripture, the prophesies of Jesus, those prophesies’ fulfillment in Jesus Christ’s birth, and Who He is. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: https://www.hendricksonrose.com/reference-study?sort=featured&tab=all&zed=tab-all Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podc...
What great things does the Advent hymn “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” proclaim about Christ?
December 05, 2023 00:26Ted asks about what Good News gems can be found in this particular Advent hymn, and also what Jesus’ name means. Rod talks about what kind of savior the Jews had been anticipating, and what they thought he’d do when arrived, and how we learn about God’s intent to rescue and live among His people, simply from the meaning of His names. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “The Key to the Ear of Jesus and the Meaning of His Hebrew Name”, by Chad Bird - https://www.1517.org/articles/the-k...
What does it mean to say that for Paul justification by faith was a weapon with which to contend?
November 27, 2023 23:54 - 14 minutes - 34 MBTed asks about what Paul meant when he spoke about justification by faith, reading a quote from author F.F. Bruce. Rod talks about how we see in the writings of Paul that Jesus’ words divide, Jesus’ connection to the Old Testament, what was expected of the Messiah when He arrived, and the contrast between Who Jesus is and His claims and actions versus all the other religions of the world. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: F.F. Bruce, “Paul: Apostle of the Free Spirit” - https://ww...
How could Paul be blameless as to the law when through the law comes the knowledge of sin?
November 20, 2023 22:56 - 20 minutes - 46.5 MBTed asks about how Paul describes himself in Philippians vs what we learn in Romans that the law does with sinners. Rod talks about Paul’s (when Saul) ‘flawless’ striving toward works of the law, that the law is correct to condemn what sinners are, think, and do, and that works cannot and do not save, what (Who) saves, and where faith is directed. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: ** WHAT’S NEW FROM 1517 ** Giving Tuesday is Tuesday, Nov 28, 2023 – SAVE THE DATE! We are only a c...
Did C.S. Lewis believe dogs were bad at arithmetic?
November 14, 2023 21:44 - 18 minutes - 42.3 MBTed asks about C.S. Lewis’ rhetorical comment in one of his letters, in which he mentions dogs and arithmetic. Rod talks about critical thinking, what Lewis faced when he made claims with his mentor, William Kirkpatrick, and the difference between making simple assertions versus making an evidence based argument for a position, such as with Christian apologetics. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther’s “Small Catechism” - https://bookofconcord.org/small-catechism/small-cat...
When Jesus acts like we’re bad at figuring out who’s saved and who’s not, should we believe Him?
November 07, 2023 00:11 - 12 minutes - 28.3 MBTed asks about how well we are able to figure out the status of someone’s faith, reading from Matthew 13:24-29. Rod talks about Jesus’ efforts to first include people, rather than exclude, and who Jesus brings His ‘invite’ to, how badly the church has counseled on the subject, and whose job the whole concern actually is. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: ** WHAT’S NEW FROM 1517 ** FREE 2023 Advent Resources This Advent season, 1517 presents “The Clothing of the King”—a new free ...
Is the lizard removal incident in “The Great Divorce” a good illustration of salvation by grace?
October 30, 2023 21:46 - 15 minutes - 34.7 MBLIVE FROM ‘HERE WE STILL STAND 2023’! (Audio Only) Ted asks a question about C.S. Lewis’ book, “The Great Divorce”. Rod talks about “objective justification”, who gets the credit for our salvation, free will, Who pursues whom, and who Jesus says ‘went home justified’. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: ** WHAT’S NEW FROM 1517 ** FREE 2023 Advent Resources This Advent season, 1517 presents “The Clothing of the King”—a new free resource for churches that walks your congregation thr...
My life goes from bad to worse. Does that mean I was never saved?
October 23, 2023 22:38 - 14 minutes - 32.4 MBTed asks about how my struggles in my Christian faith and walk reflects on my eternal salvation. Rod talks about the story in Scripture about the Pharisee and the Publican, and which man went home justified, and studying words connected to the cross during the church year season of Lent. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross”, by Leon Morris - https://www.amazon.com/Apostolic-Preaching-Cross-Leon-Morris/dp/080281512X “The Gospel for Those Broken...
Do Lutherans talk about being saved?
October 16, 2023 21:43 - 13 minutes - 31.5 MBTed asks about how Lutherans speak of the idea of ‘being saved’. Rod talks about sola fide (faith alone), the idea that baptism saves sinners (1 Pet 3:21), what our contribution to our salvation is, and what our condition is when Christ and His gifts are given to us. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: ** WHAT’S NEW FROM 1517 ** HWSS Hosted Livestream: Tune in Oct 26 to Oct 28th Though 1517’s 2023 annual national conference, themed “C.S. Lewis & the Untamed God”, is sold out, you ...
When we say the law always accuses does that mean the law always condemns?
October 09, 2023 22:02 - 17 minutes - 39 MBTed asks about what the law means for us sinners regarding accusation and condemnation. Rod talks about how the law does accuse, what role the third use of the law has in the Christian life (from the Lutheran “Book of Concord”), how greatly many believers are buried under the burden of the law, and how good the news of the Gospel actually is. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “The Gospel for Those Broken by the Church”, (original recording) by Rod Rosenbladt - https://www.youtube.c...
Dad, you often put Christian actions such as repentance in the passive voice. Why?
October 02, 2023 21:26 - 17 minutes - 40.3 MBTed asks about Rod regularly putting Christian actions in the passive voice. Rod talks about the sinners impotence to do some things, what repentance means, the idea that God’s command implies that we are capable of doing what is commanded, and, in contrast to what we are tempted to believe, the utter inability of sinners to do so, from the Reformers’ perspective. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Jeremiah 31:18 ** WHAT’S NEW FROM 1517 ** New 1517 Podcast: Faith and Reason Exchan...
Is the goal of Christian education just learning the talking points and their answers?
September 25, 2023 22:16 - 19 minutes - 44.4 MBTed asks about what the focus of Christian education should be. Rod talks about ‘thinking Christianly’ or ‘thinking Biblically’, the history of our Ivy universities, the teaching paradigms used by American churches as well as grade schools and colleges, and how the church can assist with solutions for the coming generations. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: ** WHAT’S NEW FROM 1517 ** New 1517 Podcast: Faith and Reason Exchange - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/faith-and-reason-exch...
Dad, why do you put so much emphasis on Romans 4:5?
September 18, 2023 21:05 - 14 minutes - 34.4 MBTed asks about why Rod speaks of Romans 4:5 so much. Rod talks about our sinful nature, and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to the wicked, the mystery of the Gospel going ‘around self’ & being gifted anyway, and how God works, contrary to our fallen sense of fairness. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “The Gospel for Those Broken by the Church”, (original recording) by Rod Rosenbladt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj2bm5-PMAI ** WHAT’S NEW FROM 1517 ** New 1517 Podca...
How many parts are there to the Gospel?
September 11, 2023 21:36 - 18 minutes - 43.4 MBTed asks about what things, exactly, comprise the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Rod talks about the simplicity of the Gospel, the value of hearing Christ crucified for my rescue every Sunday morning, the sinner ‘being turned’ away from self (passively—as in Jeremiah 31:18) and toward Jesus Christ, and what people consistently confess after spending long enough in a church which takes them down the road of works instead of Christ and His sufficiency to save. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES...
Once we’ve gotten the elementary teachings about Christ, shouldn’t we move on to maturity?
September 04, 2023 19:54 - 18 minutes - 41.3 MBTed asks about what maturity looks like (Hebrews 6:1) after having come to have faith in Jesus Christ, and reads from Ephesians 1:17-23. Rod reads a quote from John Calvin’s Institutes, and speaks about how much we sons of Adam and daughters of eve are drawn to look to our works for assurance and confirmation of salvation, and yet what a good pastor is preparing people for. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Survey Link: https://form.typeform.com/to/PFVYubFp What’s New from 1517: ...
Shouldn’t Christianity just flow after the gift of the Holy Spirit?
August 28, 2023 23:09 - 18 minutes - 41.5 MBTed asks about the idea that the Christian life should be relatively smooth after the gift of the Holy Spirit. Rod talks about what the New Testament tells us about Christianity, what saves sinners, and using some imagery from C.S. Lewis, what we learn from Jesus about how much God loves us so that He would save us even as we sin against Him. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Survey Link: https://form.typeform.com/to/PFVYubFp What’s New from 1517: Join the 1517 Academy - https:/...
Does a real Christian ever ponder abandoning the faith?
August 21, 2023 20:30 - 17 minutes - 40.8 MBTed asks about Christians struggling with doubt about the faith and walking away from it. Rod talks about learning from the New Testament that such struggles are ‘not weird’, how people are not trained to know why Christianity is true, what we should expect and what ‘normal’ Christianity looks like, and how myth in storytelling connects us to what Christ did for us to save us, even when things look dim or dark. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “Sensible Christianity” by Dr. Montgo...
I’m feeling like Christianity is just too hard, why is it easier for others?
August 14, 2023 22:42 - 15 minutes - 35.9 MBTed asks about feeling like being a Christian is difficult when it seems like others aren’t struggling. Rod talks about what diet I’m getting that can cause such a struggle to occur, or make an existing struggle worse, and asks why St. Paul had hope while writing Philippians from jail, how the law is ubiquitous but that it was fulfilled for us by Jesus Christ, and the value of Christian apologetics. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “Te Deum Laudamus” - https://hymnary.org/text/we...
Is it true that when you’re saved, “You know that you know that you know”?
August 07, 2023 21:58 - 15 minutes - 35.8 MBTed asks about the idea of ‘knowing that you know’ regarding your salvation. Rod talks about how a Lutheran answers, “How do you know [you are saved]?”, that different churches (denominations) should be able to tell you what they confess with regard to the question of assurance, and what the pastor’s job is to help sinners know, from Scripture. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “Sensible Christianity” by Dr. Montgomery - https://shop.1517.org/products/sensible-christianity-mp3 Ou...
If you end on Gospel, does it suggest God wasn’t serious about the Law?
July 31, 2023 19:04 - 11 minutes - 26.4 MBTed asks about how serious God is about the law in light of Jesus’ Gospel. Rod talks about closing with ‘let us’, whether the law is a good motivator for believing sinners to go each week and do what the law commands, and what St. Paul describes is our sinful reaction to the law—how the law stirs up our sin. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “The Gospel for Those Broken by the Church”, (original recording) by Rod Rosenbladt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj2bm5-PMAI What’s New...
Do the Ten Commandments still apply to Christians?
July 24, 2023 19:35 - 15 minutes - 35.2 MBTed asks about how God’s law in the Ten Commandments still applies to Christian believers. Rod talks about how rough God’s law is for sinners, the relationship between the law and Christ’s Gospel, and points to the book of Galatians to help clarify a healthy balance for sinners in light of Jesus’ perfect fulfillment of the law. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: What’s New from 1517: Join the 1517 Academy - https://academy.1517.org Freedom Lessons Street Team - https://learn.1517....
I’ve been backsliding for a while now. What should I do?
July 17, 2023 20:45 - 13 minutes - 30.4 MBTed asks about struggling with sin in the faith. Rod talks about what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is and why His Gospel is important for sinners who also confess ongoing sin in the faith as St. Paul did in Romans 7, and who Jesus died and rose from the dead for. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === https://gab.com/talk...
What would it mean for a sermon to be an absolution?
July 10, 2023 19:11 - 13 minutes - 31.9 MBTed asks about what it would mean for sinners to hear their sins absolved in the sermon every week. Rod talks about what pastors are called to do from the pulpit, the truth of the relationship between sinners and God’s law, and the hope of God’s answer to our failure. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === https://gab.c...
Are Law and Gospel basically a carrot and a stick?
July 03, 2023 20:02 - 13 minutes - 29.9 MBTed asks about how sinners should perceive the law and the Gospel. Rod talks about the claims of the law and what it does to all sinners’ standing before God, across all cultures, St. Paul’s teachings about the works of Jesus Christ, and who the good news of Christ’s Gospel is for. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === ...
I keep asking God what He wants me to do. Why is He always silent?
June 26, 2023 21:26 - 15 minutes - 35.1 MBTed asks about struggling to determine God’s plan for my life and for work. Rod talks about ‘talking to God’ and getting answers back, how Reformation thinkers approached questions like these, and the idea of ‘breaking through’ to a transcendent God in some kind of mystical experience to determine His secret will for me. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Join us for our 1517 Podcast Network fundraiser here in June, 2023! http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts Gene Veith, “God at Wo...
Dad, how did you come back to the faith after being an agnostic?
June 19, 2023 19:57 - 16 minutes - 37.1 MBTed asks about Rod’s path of faith after becoming an agnostic after his church experience. Rod talks about going to the University of Washington as an agnostic, what turned him back to the idea of theism, the idea of a conflict between science and the Christian faith, and how his connection to the hard sciences affected his path to being a Christian apologist. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Join us for our 1517 Podcast Network fundraiser here in June, 2023! http://www.1517.org/...
What was your childhood church like, Dad?
June 12, 2023 22:20 - 16 minutes - 37.6 MBTed asks about Rod’s experience in church in his youth and what it did to his faith. Rod talks about Lutheran pietism and how law-focused and improvement-focused teaching and preaching affected him, and how that church experience affected his view of God and the Christian faith even when he was older in college as a pre-med student. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Join us for our 1517 Podcast Network fundraiser here in June, 2023! http://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 on Yo...
I maintain servers at my tech company 70 hours a week. How do I find time to serve God, too?
June 05, 2023 21:02 - 11 minutes - 26 MBTed asks about the idea of having a vocation related to our faith along with our regular vocations. Rod talks about the Lutheran doctrine of vocation, and how freeing it can be for people to learn that God is pleased with our daily (secular) God-honoring vocations for our neighbors. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Gene Veith, “God at Work” - https://www.amazon.com/God-Work-Redesign-Christian-Vocation/dp/1433524473/ref=sr_1_2 Outline of Gene Veith’s “God at Work”, edited by Dr. ...
I’ve been betrayed and hurt so often. Why should I dare to hope that Christianity is true?
May 29, 2023 23:48 - 13 minutes - 30.1 MBTed asks about people’s skepticism and struggle to consider the truth of Christianity. Rod talks about the kinds of experiences people may have in their pasts that influence their perspective, and what we learn from St. Paul about engaging with some people, and what is helpful to speak about. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcas...
Is exhortation how I cleanse my brother’s feet? How does exhortation cleanse?
May 22, 2023 23:36 - 15 minutes - 35.2 MBTed asks about the value of exhortation. Rod talks about what exhortation is, and what value it has for us sinners, and what our focus should be for our neighbors. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Gene Veith, “God at Work” - https://www.amazon.com/God-Work-Redesign-Christian-Vocation/dp/1433524473/ref=sr_1_2 Outline of Gene Veith’s “God at Work”, edited by Dr. Rod Rosenbladt - https://1517-dadrods-assets.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Veith-GodAtWork-Outline.pdf Support 1517 - ht...
How do I know I’m in Gods perfect will?
May 15, 2023 23:56 - 11 minutes - 27.5 MBTed asks about how we can know we’re doing precisely what God wills for us. Rod references the old Magic 8-Ball toy about how we are tempted to approach our understanding of God’s will for us, and talks about Reformation theology in opposition to our naturally mystical inclinations. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Gene Veith, “God at Work” - https://www.amazon.com/God-Work-Redesign-Christian-Vocation/dp/1433524473/ref=sr_1_2 Outline of Gene Veith’s “God at Work”, edited by Dr. ...
I’m already a believer. Isn’t your message of Good News only for those who aren’t?
May 08, 2023 21:39 - 13 minutes - 30.6 MBTed asks about who the Gospel is for. Rod talks about what Christians should expect their faithful lives to look like, from Scripture, what church is for, and how most seminaries are not properly preparing future pastors to deliver what Jesus intends for them to give to His flock. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === h...
Do I sin because I’m a sinner, or am I a sinner because I sin?
May 01, 2023 22:28 - 16 minutes - 36.8 MBTed asks which statement of our sinful condition is accurate. Rod talks about inherited sin versus the sins we commit, what the difference is, how deep our sin really is, and what the Good News is for us and what ‘The Great Exchange’ is. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “Sensible Christianity” by Dr. Montgomery - https://shop.1517.org/products/sensible-christianity-mp3 Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore mo...
Is lust adultery?
April 25, 2023 00:15 - 14 minutes - 32.3 MBTed asks whether lusting for someone is adultery, reading Matthew 5:27-28. Rod talks about self-justification, what Jesus’ words reveal to sinners about the truth of the law when we try to find a loophole, and what sinners’ natural desires are versus being given a savior. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === https://ga...
How has unbelief tried to dismiss or refute the Resurrection?
April 17, 2023 22:09Ted asks about how our unbelief battles against the historical event in human history of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Rod talks about the importance of the apologetic task, particularly in our present day, and the wealth of evidence supporting the claims of Jesus’ resurrection in the New Testament, and why it is important to consider the evidence of such historical claims to determine what is true and what is not. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “Sensible Christianity” by D...
When the resurrected Jesus said, “Peace be with you.”, was this just a countercultural greeting?
April 10, 2023 20:45 - 12 minutes - 28 MBTed asks about what it meant for Jesus to appear to His disciples and lead with blessing them with peace, twice. Rod talks about how the Christian claims turn on the resurrection, and discusses the question of what could cause him as a Christian to give up his faith. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: “Sensible Christianity” by Dr. Montgomery - https://shop.1517.org/products/sensible-christianity-mp3 “The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics” edited by John Bombaro and ...
O Dearest Jesus, What Law Hast Thou Broken?
April 03, 2023 23:01 - 17 minutes - 39.5 MBTed borrows a question from a hymn title that asks why Jesus has to die, as if He sinned. Rod talks about how the Bible testifies throughout that Jesus, the Spotless Lamb, would come to take our punishment in our place, and how Scripture affirms that Jesus’ sacrifice was the only way to save us. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: https://hymnary.org/hymn/LSB2006/439 Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 15...
Should I pray for time to amend?
March 27, 2023 22:34 - 14 minutes - 32.3 MBTed asks about whether we should pray for time to amend our lives. Rod talks about what sinners contribute to their salvation, the idea of a ‘mulligan’ confession, what gifts we are to receive in church, and where our true hope lies. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === https://gab.com/talkswithdadrod https://tv.gab....
I’m tormented by blasphemous thoughts. Do I need an exorcist?
March 20, 2023 21:08 - 12 minutes - 28.2 MBTed asks about good news when we can’t seem to shake sinful, even blasphemous, thoughts. Rod talks about which prevails in the end, Jesus Christ or our sins, the true difficulty we sinners can have with dark thoughts, who we are given to talk to, the confession and absolution service in a Lutheran hymnal, and the comfort we can receive in the promises we are given in Scripture. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-...
Am I under obligation to attend a church that is hurting my faith? That is Gospelless?
March 13, 2023 20:38 - 14 minutes - 32.9 MBTed asks about the idea of attending a church where the Gospel isn’t being preached. Rod talks about what Jesus Christ intends for sinners to receive in His church, what obligation we are under to attend a church where those gifts are not being delivered, and what confusion there is in modern churches regarding law and Gospel. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podc...
Do I need to get to work and make Jesus happy?
March 06, 2023 21:57 - 10 minutes - 24.8 MBTed asks if we as Christians need to get busy in order to gain or maintain our salvation. Rod talks about sanctification versus justification (using a two-column idea), what weight believers’ works have regarding their salvation, and how Reformation theology is different than what many churches in America are teaching and preaching. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 151...
Does God speak our faith into existence?
February 27, 2023 21:57 - 9 minutes - 22.1 MBTed asks about if our Christian faith is purely a gift of God. Rod talks about how the Reformation began with a doctrine of sin that was solidly Biblical, and what God speaks into the darkness of the human heart. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === https://gab.com/talkswithdadrod https://tv.gab.com/channel/talkswith...
Should I be different now that I believe in Jesus? You know, sinning less?
February 20, 2023 22:12 - 10 minutes - 24.8 MBTed asks if believers should expect their sinning to lessen after coming to faith in Christ. Rod talks about what the law demands of sinners, whether sinners can meet those demands, recognizing the terrors the law can create, and what Good News there is for sinful believers. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === https:/...
Scripture condemns those who approve the sins of others. Are we safe then if we disapprove of everybody?
February 13, 2023 21:27 - 13 minutes - 30.7 MBTed asks about correcting others when we feel like we are right and they are wrong. Rod talks about being in a church of Germans, and how Germans perceive things, how we sinners are tempted to treat each other, how we Christians (and by extension Jesus Himself) are often perceived when we do that, and what we are actually called to bring to our neighbors. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad...
Yes, preaching of the Gospel is important, but people still have to accept it, right?
February 06, 2023 22:07 - 12 minutes - 29.1 MBTed asks about our role in accepting salvation and having faith in Jesus Christ. Rod talks about the truth of the sinner’s role in their salvation and coming to faith in Jesus Christ, and what God does for and to us and in us from outside of ourselves. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://www.1517.org/videos-playlist/talks-with-dad-rod Explore more 1517 podcasts - https://www.1517.org/podcasts/ === https://gab.com/talkswithdadro...
My fruit seems bad sometimes. Am I a bad tree?
January 30, 2023 19:48 - 12 minutes - 27.6 MBTed asks about looking to our own fruit and seeing that it’s bad, and what does that mean. Rod talks about how sinners incline to moralism and synergism, how we are natural fruit-measurers who prefer to look to ourselves, and what good news there is for people who struggle with fears that their fruit is revealing that he or she is a ‘bad tree’, as Jesus described in Matthew 7:16-20 and Luke 6:43. Produced by: Rick Ritchie SHOW NOTES: Support 1517 - https://www.1517.org/donate https://w...