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Law and Gospel Radio: Monday, May 31, 2010

Tom Baker — Mon, 31 May 2010 05:41:37 +0000

A) + 2^nd Sunday after Pentecost: Galatians 1:12

Paul an apostle not by or though man but by revelation

+ New religion called “Judaism”

+ True meaning of the word “grace”

B) Hymn: “When In The Hour Of Deepest Need”

Law and Gospel Radio: Friday, May 28, 2010

Tom Baker — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:12:20 +0000

A) + Prerecorded

+ Series 5 on Law and Gospel Distinctions

+ Thesis 5: The first manner of confounding Law and Gospel

+ Turn Gospel into a doctrine of meritorious works

B) + Thesis 6: The second confusion is no stern Law; no sweet Gospel

Law and Gospel Radio: Thursday, May 27, 2010

Tom Baker — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:50:36 +0000

A) + Church billboard signs
+ Brian call: Beatitudes and Jesus poor in spirit
Augustine about sand and stars
+ Email that all Muslims are radical

B) + James call: Matthew 5:21-22
What is righteous anger
Difference between judgment, council and hellfire
+ Stewardship and Megachurches

Law and Gospel Radio: Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Tom Baker — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:57:33 +0000

A) + Guest: Pastor Mark Smith
+ A fallen world never produces anything perfect
+ Proposed law against pornography stores
+ Every invention/law has negative consequences
+ This is a comfort for believers

B) + Australian rabbits
+ Certainly sin results in negative consequences
+ Consequences for women who have abortions

Law and Gospel Radio: Thursday, April 15, 2010

Tom Baker — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:04:42 +0000

A) + C.F.W Walther’s Thesis #1

+ 6 errors concerning how Law and Gospel differ

B) + 6 truths concerning how Law and Gospel differ

Law and Gospel Radio: Friday, March 5, 2010

Tom Baker — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:49:22 +0000

A:
+ Introduction to a Lutheran hymnal
+ Simeon’s song at end of the Eucharist
+ Where is the Church? How to define the Church.

B:
+ Diane call about worship in Africa
+ Hebrews 12:28 “acceptable worship”
+ Of God is omniscient, how can He change His mind?

Law and Gospel Radio: Thursday, March 4, 2010

Tom Baker — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:48:44 +0000

+ Weapons of influence
+ How to get someone to do something against their will
+ Always occurs through their self-interest
+ The weapon of reciprocity

Law and Gospel Radio: Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Tom Baker — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:48:00 +0000

A:
+ Law & Gospel Insights
+ Two ways to find God
+ The only god you find is the hidden God
+ Everything to be believed is paradoxical

B:
+ First declared guilty and then declared forgiven
+ Goal of every sermon is first to get hearers confused

Law and Gospel Radio: Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tom Baker — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:47:17 +0000

A:
+ Feeding of the 5,000
+ John 6:1-14

B:
+ Military and Homosexuality

Law and Gospel Radio: Monday, March 1, 2010

Tom Baker — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:44:00 +0000

A:
+ 3rd Sunday in Lent Readings
+ Ezekiel 33:7-20
+ Warning the wicked or else
+ How you are declared as righteous by God

B:
+ Hymn of the Day: May God Bestow On Us His Grace”

Law and Gospel Radio: Friday, February 26, 2010

Tom Baker — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:43:14 +0000

A:
+ Wesleyan Arminianism
+ Bob George

B:
+ Funeral Home tract on when a child dies
+ Buddy Green hymn: “I don’t want to belong…”

Law and Gospel Radio: Thursday, February 25, 2010

Tom Baker — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:42:26 +0000

A:
+ Does God change His mind?
+ Distinguish between God’s will and His promises
+ Synonyms for will and promises

B:
+ Law and Gospel Insights
+ Reformers wanted to reform preaching; not the Church
+ Mixed motives in doing good works

Law and Gospel Radio: Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Tom Baker — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:41:26 +0000

Repeated February 5, 2010

Law and Gospel Radio: Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Tom Baker — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:38:41 +0000

A:
+ Sunday School Lesson: Jesus heals 10 lepers
+ Entitled to enter into the presence of God

B:
+ Epistle for 2nd Sunday of Lent
+ Philippians 3:17-4:1
+ Following the example of Paul
+ Never suffer punishment eternally

Law and Gospel Radio: Monday, February 22, 2010

Tom Baker — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:33:08 +0000

A:
+ 2nd Sunday in Lent Readings
+ Jeremiah 26:12
+ Death to God’s messengers

B:
+ Hymn of the Day: “Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart”

Law and Gospel Radio: Friday, February 19, 2010

Tom Baker — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:32:05 +0000

Repeated February 4, 2010

Law and Gospel Radio: Thursday, February 18, 2010

Tom Baker — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:49:42 +0000

A:
+ Supersessionism (Replacement Theology)
+ Hebrews 8:6

B:
+ James 2:17-18
+ Good works the reason or the evidence of salvation
+ Difference between James and Paul
+ Closed communion and Infant baptism
+ Can infants confess with their lips?

Law and Gospel Radio: Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Tom Baker — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:12:23 +0000

A:
+ Ash Wednesday examples of bad sermons
+ Temptations of Jesus are examples for us

B:
+ What is the true motivation for charitable deeds?
+ Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
+ Impossibility of ever giving perfectly.

Law and Gospel Radio: Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Tom Baker — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:08:57 +0000

A:
+ Sunday School Lesson
+ The Temptations of Jesus
+ Luke 4:1-13
+ The significance of the Temptations for children
+ Not about us but all about Jesus and what He did for you

B:
+ Quotations about religion analyzed from an L&G perspective
+ Most sermons sound like commercials. Is God sponsor or product?
+ Applause in a church?
+ Dad sent to his room as punishment for what the child does.
+ Ningen: The whole point of Christianity is that everyone deserves to go to hell.

Law and Gospel Radio: Monday, February 15, 2010

Tom Baker — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:01:38 +0000

A:
+ “If you get a promotion, you will receive more money.”
+ “If you are my child, you will receive more money.”
+ The difference between promises of the Law and promises of the Gospel
+ Romans 10:9 is a passage often misapplied
+ The true means of grace

B:
+ Hymn of the Day for the 1st Sunday in Lent
+ “A Mighty Fortress”
+ Rendition composed by Luther Baker

Law and Gospel Radio: Friday, February 12, 2010

Tom Baker — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:57:53 +0000

A:
+ Theological statements from a L&G perspective
+ More people ready to believe than there are those who witness to them
+ Growing churches focus on receiving receptive people

B:
+ Evangelical view on stewardship
+ The law should motivate people to give to the church?
+ Self-interest is pleasing to God?

Law and Gospel Radio: Thursday, February 11, 2010

Tom Baker — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:52:02 +0000

A:
+ Email from John confused about the concept of “flesh”
+ If flesh counts for nothing, why do we receive the flesh of Jesus in the Lord’s Supper?
+ John 6:53 and John 6:64
+ The means of grace as to how God transfers benefits of the cross and empty tomb
+ We are not cannibals

B:
+ Evolution requires death
+ No possibility for ethics for an evolutionist
+ Death is a friend for evolutionists
+ Evolution can never refer to something as wrong
+ No compassion in the evolutionary mindset

Law and Gospel Radio: Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Tom Baker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:36:32 +0000

A:

Church signs from the month of January on a 2010 calendar
Most confuse Law and Gospel

B:

Evangelgram from the LCMS denomination
Pastor who uses the radio for weekly spots in Eagle Rivers, Wi
Encouragement for congregations to do likewise in their area

Law and Gospel Radio: Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Tom Baker — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:31:09 +0000

A:
+ My 5 favorite sermons that are not part of the Bible
+ Scharleman, Martin & John; Bohlmann, Graham, Klaus
+ The criteria for what is a great sermon
+ My favorite 5 foods (Cheese)

B:
+ Sunday School Lesson for Transfiguration Sunday
+ How to get the theme of Transfiguration for children

Law and Gospel Radio: Monday, February 8, 2010

Tom Baker — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:25:08 +0000

A:
+ Readings for Transfiguration Sunday
+ The difference between Moses and Jesus
+ Hebrews 3:3
+ What is really meant by “Old Testament” and “New Testament”
+ What is the difference between the old covenant and new covenant.

B:
+ Hymn of the Day for Transfiguration Sunday
+ “O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair”

Law and Gospel Radio: Friday, February 5, 2010

Tom Baker — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:16:22 +0000

+ Open Mike Friday
A:
+ Email Qt: Walther’s statement “God has given them the grace to be alarmed”
+ Different meanings of “grace”

B:
+ Email Qt: Didn’t go to funeral of father because relatives permitted him to die
+ Make sure you are aware of the whole context
+ Need to reconcile

Law and Gospel Radio: Thursday, February 4, 2010

Tom Baker — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:11:53 +0000

A:
+ Email question from Japan (Tom)
+ What does it mean to take up your cross?
+ Luke 9:22-25

B:
+ How to think critically?
+ On what grounds do we not permit others to commune?
+ Open Communion demonstrates hatred toward Jesus
+ Decisions need to have a theological perspective
+ Red, White or Purple doors

Law and Gospel Radio: Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Tom Baker — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:06:00 +0000

+ The Parable of the Great Supper
+ Luke 14:16-24
+ Living under the Law = Theologian of Self Glory
+ Living under the Gospel = Theologian of the Cross
+ God does not reject His people due to disobedience
+ Why God condemns a human being
+ Why God compliments a human being
+ Excuses are unbelief

Law and Gospel Radio: Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Tom Baker — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:54:29 +0000

A:
+ Jesus calls His disciples
+ Luke 5:1-11
+ Will now catch (take them alive) men
+ Peter like Isaiah: “Depart from me” & “Woe is me”

B:
+ Hymn of the Day: “Hail to the Lord’s Anointed”

Law and Gospel Radio: Monday, February 1, 2010

Tom Baker — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:49:43 +0000

Announced that Tom’s mother had passed away
She said, “I want to go home.”
Isaiah 6:5
Isaiah is a man of unclean lips
Kidnapped teenagers murder friend to be released
How did Isaiah continue to live if such a sinner?
How does Isaiah respond when God asks him to serve?
Greek “iniquity” takes 8 English words to translate properly
Coal compared to water baptism

Law and Gospel Radio: Friday, January 22, 2010

Tom Baker — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:32:16 +0000

+ Quotation: All religions must be tolerated
+ Why? So every man can get to heaven his own way.
+ Dissecting religious quotations from a Law and Gospel point of view
+ Marketing distinguishes between information – knowledge – wisdom
+ Law and Gospel distinguishes between reading the Bible – interpretation – application