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Girl, you're forgiven
Meridith shows why we love her! While mommy bloggers will claim that you can have it all and suppress all that "mom guilt", the dissonance between what women are told ...
Gospel boiled down
Absolution shouldn't be a sticking point but to those who object it smacks of priestcraft or inequality. But as Rev Fisk points out, it is the Gospel boiled down to on...
Time to contemplate
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The weight of being seen
It's tough the face the destructive tendencies in our own hearts – medicating rather than facing our shame. It's hard to accept ourselves at times, but you don't need ...
Called to be at peace
Rev Fisk brings some words of comfort to a man facing divorce. Rather than trying not to sin, fix your focus on what is wise. We are called to be at peace.Get the Mad ...
054 Good Mishpat
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Taking the safety off
Rites of passage for young men have fallen on hard times. The Fisk discuss how our matrilineal society has left young men relying too heavily on mom. It's not just abo...
Conditional and unconditional
Jesus dying on the cross met the condition so that God could love you unconditionally. Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective ...
053 Labor Day Weekend - Friday night special
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The purpose of my election
Did Martin Luther advocate that God is the author of evil? Overthinking the mysteries of God can be really unhelpful..Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of new...
Communion belongs to the church
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Feeling bad makes sense
It's a vale of tears after all.. Smiling might make people wonder what you are up to, but in this distressing age, finding pockets of true joy in the fakery is a great...
052 Degrees of Bliss
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Permission to grow up
Dunking on the Boomers is easy, but it is often overlooked that for most of that generation, a third parent had crept into living rooms - the TV. The Fisks talk about ...
Preserving life for the sake of life
A viewer asks whether it was sinful for him to get a vasectomy when bearing more children was a risk to his wife's life. Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of ...
The heart of the catechism
Dr Luther wasn't tooting his own horn or promoting his writing, he knew that the heart of the Catechism is the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer and the Apostle's Cr...
Losing but not despairing
Getting over a crush can be hard, but Rev and Mrs Fisk lay it out - you have to face reality at some point. A question from a listener about co-dependency leads to a d...
051 FOMO kills
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Repentance is a good rule of thumb
Rev Fisk explains how repentance is the posture of a Christian and clears up some confusion about what repentance is. Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of new...
Men will stop doing their job
The Fisks call balls and strikes! They discuss how women's suffrage is related to "headless" women usurping male authority and men letting them do so. Get the Mad Mond...
When reason gets in the way
This long clip is by request from a Mad viewer. Rev Fisk gets a bit fired up when speaking about prayer. Told by her pastor that prayer doesn't change anything because...
50th Episode! Inside baseball
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Preaching to the unconverted
Hey, there's an idea...Making a wise decision when it comes to choosing a spouse will set you up for a blessed marriage. Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of ...
Be worth following
What are the limits of a father's authority over his household? Rev Fisk points out there is a difference between making someone follow your lead and them wanting to. ...
When you fall down a rabbit hole
The Mad Christian speaks about how Scripture sustained him through times of upheaval. As a clock, as a guide and like a faithful friend checking in on you, the Psalter...
Culture of life – for moms and babies
While Mad Christians accept that having children and shunning birth control is a good thing, there is freedom to rest between pregnancies and ways to do so that are pr...
049 Turn it Off
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It's not about happy
Meridith ponders factors that make our culture so "pro-divorce".Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a Christian perspective with encouragement from...
Can we face the truth?
Rev Fisk weighs in - does the Lutheran National Youth Gathering help keep young people engaged with church? Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up of news from a C...
Seeing, hearing, believing
The Mad Christian encourages a viewer in his loneliness. Reading the Psalms, out loud, is a balm for all kinds of maladies!Get the Mad Mondays newsletter, a round up o...