Apr 29, 2023
This is our monthly book club episode, where we discuss "Giants in the Earth" by O.E. Rölvaag. This novel was originally written in Norwegian, and translated to English in the 1920s.
This is a story of Norwegian immigrants, crossing the prairie, and finding a new life in a new country. This is not the...
Apr 29, 2023
Have you ever heard the illustration about the janitor in heaven? In this episode Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin what it means to "store up your treasures in heaven." This ties in with discussions on sanctification and vocation. What are our good works for? Are they even worth?
We talk about a lot of attitudes...
Apr 21, 2023
Gretchen and Katie are back together to talk about how the resurrection impacts daily life. While apologetics are important, to analyze "if" the resurrection happened, this episode is the step beyond that, and asks how the resurrection changes our outlook and our daily interactions.
We talk about the temptation to want...
Apr 14, 2023
Joy isn't getting what you want when you want it. We can't produce joy, but we can produce pleasure, but we often get those two things confused. Defining what joy is helps us understand what it is, and what it isn't. Katie Koplin and Gretchen Ronnevik talk about how it relates to suffering, and how it stands up...
Apr 8, 2023
What is the difference of being a theology of the cross, and the theology of glory? Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin talk about what it means to have the cross as the center of your theology. We talk about Luther's Heidelberg Disputaitons of 1518, a year after he posted the 95 thesis, and why it was so revolutionary...