Caleb and Dr. Paulson continue their read through Luther's Small Catechism. This time, Dr. Paulson teaches about the institution of the Lord's Supper. In the Supper, Christ joins his Word to physical elements to give us the gift of life and forgiveness. The show focuses on the power of the sacraments and how this gift is not a mere ritual.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education ...

How can water do such great things? This episode of The Outlaw God focuses on the power of Baptism. In Baptism, God joins his powerful and creative word with the physical means of water to deliver His sure promise of life and salvation. Dr. Paulson emphasizes the confident nature of Baptism and our ability to cling to its physical application individually to believers.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy...

Dr. Paulson and Caleb Keith continue teaching from the Small Catechism. This week, they discuss the sacrament of Baptism. This opens an ongoing proclamation regarding God joining his promises to means to deliver salvation to us. Baptism is not an abstract ritual but an applied promise.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on...

Dr. Paulson concludes the lessons on the Lord's Prayer. Here, we are given an Amen to God's gifts of body and soul. This amen is our great encouragement that God's gifts are not probabilities but certain promises he gracefully delivers to us.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517: 30 Minutes in the NT on Youtube Remembering Rod Rosenbladt ...

In this episode, Dr. Paulson discusses how the pure comfort of the Gospel overcomes evil. This petition reminds us that God has not left us alone, powerless in the face of sin and death. That is, we have the benefits of Christ and his resurrection, and death is not a master over us but has been overcome.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What’s New from 1517 30 Minutes...

In this episode, Dr Paulson and Caleb discuss how God does not tempt us with sin but is our sole deliverer from the devil, the world, and our sinful flesh. In this petition, we ask God to continue his work of preservation and protection.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies and Characters with...

In this episode, Dr. Paulson discusses how God forgives us and sends us as agents of His forgiveness out into the world. This section of the Lord's prayer is a confident promise about who God is and how he sends us his promise through the lips of preachers.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ, Controversies...

In this petition, we confirm and confess that God is interested in physical and material things and not just the spiritual or intellectual realms. This prayer teaches us to ask God for provision and sustenance.  Dr. Paulson focuses on the people whom God uses as a means to provide for our needs.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The...

Does prayer enable God to do his will? In this episode, Dr. Paulson outlines that God does not require human prayer to accomplish his will. Instead, the Lord's prayer provides us a model for praying against ourselves and our sinful will and trusting in the work of God. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church: Christ,...

What does it mean to pray for the Kingdom of God? Does God need us to desire or earn the coming of His kingdom? Dr. Paulson addresses that God's kingdom will come when God pleases, even without our prayer. Instead, he uses this prayer as a promise that his kingdom is coming for us. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt New 1517 Academy Course: The Early Church:...

Dr. Paulson and Caleb Keith discuss the first petition of the Lord's prayer. What is significant about praying for something true in and of itself, such as the holiness of God? Dr. Paulson teaches that this formula is essential for understanding prayer and our place in it.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by...

The Outlaw God discusses the greeting of the Lord's Prayer, where we are given the name of God. Jesus teaches us to pray to God as our Father. Here, we are identified as children of God, a good and gracious Father.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Remembering Rod Rosenbladt Preorder: Encouragement for Motherhood Edited by Katie Koplin Preorder: Be Thou My Song by Kerri Tom ...

Dr. Paulson and Caleb Keith continue their series on the Small Catechism. In this episode, they examine the inclusion of the Lord's Prayer in the catechism. They discuss why prayer is essential to the Christian life but is not some third category between law and gospel.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube Catechesis Topics Index 1517 What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons...

Dr. Paulson concludes the Apostles Creed and its explanation from Luther's Small Catechism. He and Caleb Keith discuss what it means for the Holy Spirit to work through the Church and how God delivers his forgiveness as an external Word to sinners. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube Creedo Book What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd...

Caleb and Dr. Paulson introduce the Third Article of the Creed. They discuss the importance of getting the doctrine of the Holy Spirit correct. When the third article is not taught, the outside word of faith is attacked by searching your feelings and works for assurance.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too...

"I Believe in Jesus Christ." The second article of the creed gives us the words to confess the justification won and given to us through Jesus Christ. Here, you confess who Christ is and what he has done for you for the forgiveness of your sins.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Bible in One Year with Chad Bird Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad...

Dr. Paulson and Caleb discuss the first article of the Apostles Creed. In this article, we hear how God has provided physical provisions and life for his creation. Here, we also receive the words that fulfill the first commandment; "I believe." Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube Creeds Search Index at 1517 Credo: I Believe edited by Caleb Keith What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too...

"You shall not covet." The final two commandments bring the Outlaw God back to the subject of the human will. How do we deal with a command from God that prohibits our actions and, more substantially, our desires? Dr. Paulson anchors this episode by demonstrating how this commandment teaches us and our children that "following your heart" is not best for you.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from...

Dr. Paulson and Caleb continue teaching Luther's Small Catechism. This week, they talk about why reputation is so valuable. How do we instill the value of an excellent reputation in our children and teach them to honor and respect their neighbors?  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition by Chad Bird Schweitzer's Psychoanalysis...

You shall not steal. The Seventh Commandment prohibits us from taking our neighbor's possesions as our own. It also teaches us that the world is economic. Dr. Paulson discusses how the seventh commandment conditions us to live in a world of inequality and how the withdrawal of monasticism or the theft of communism misunderstands and abuses God's physical and economic creation.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube ...

"You shall not commit adultery." Caleb and Dr. Paulson talk about the importance of marriage, the place and purpose of sex, and how the family is the central matter at the heart of the six commandments. Paulson argues that the Sixth Commandment appears offensive as it assaults our modern sensibilities about sex and sexuality.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album ...

Dr. Paulson covers the 5th commandment, "You shall not murder." He and Caleb Keith discuss how this commandment does not demand pacifism but instead outlines how God limits and uses the physical power of individuals in the world. That is, God does not only desire that we not murder one another but help, serve, and protect our neighbor. Show Notes: Support 1517 on Giving Tuesday! 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: ...

Dr. Paulson and Caleb enter the second table of the law. "You shall honor your father and mother." Dr. Paulson explains how family is the foundation of all human relationships.  Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Free 2023 Advent Resources Your God is too Glorious, 2nd Edition 2024 NWA Tickets (May 3-4) Join the 1517 Academy More from the hosts: ...

What does it mean to remember the Sabbath Day? In this episode, Dr. Paulson and Caleb discuss what it means to worship God and receive his gifts. They address the notion that the Sabbath is about imitating God's rest and see how God uses the Sabbath to forgive our sins. Show Notes: Support 1517 1517 Podcasts The 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 on Youtube What’s New from 1517: Freedom Lessons Album Free 2023 Advent Resources Your God is too Glorious, 2nd...