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Outlaw God
The Outlaw God podcast is about moving from theological speculation to proclamation. Featuring Dr. Steven Paulson and co-hosted by Caleb Keith.
Episodes
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Water and the Word
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…
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What is Baptism?
Dr. Paulson and Caleb Keith continue teaching from the Small Catechism. This week, they discuss the sacrament of Baptism. This opens an ongoing proclamation…
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Saying Amen to the Lord's Prayer
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…
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Deliver Us From Evil
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…
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation
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…
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Forgive Us Our Trespasses
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…
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Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
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…
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Thy Will Be Done
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…
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Thy Kingdom Come
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…
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Hallowed Be Thy Name
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…
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Our Father
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…
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An Introduction to the Lord's Prayer
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…
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The Close of the Apostles Creed
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…
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Introduction to the Third Article of the Creed
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…
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The Second Article of the Creed
"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…
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The First Article of the Apostles Creed
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…
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The Ninth and Tenth Commandments
"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…
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The Eighth Commandment
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…
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The Seventh Commandment
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…
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The 6th Commandment
"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…
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The 5th Commandment
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…
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The Fourth Commandment
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…
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The Third Commandment
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…
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The Second Commandment
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain. What does it mean to use God's name, and how does one misuse it? In this episode of the Outlaw God…
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Love And Trust
Caleb and Dr. Paulson continue to discuss the explanation of the First Commandment. This time, they focus on what it means to love and trust God. Paulson…
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The First Commandment
Dr. Paulson introduces the First Commandment. "You shall have no other gods." He uses this episode to explain why this is the central commandment and how…
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Luther's Small Catechism
Dr. Paulson begins teaching Luther's Small Catechism. In this episode, Steve Paulson and Caleb Keith discuss the significance of Luther's Catechism. What is a…
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The End of Volume 1
Dr. Paulson summarizes the end of Luther's Outlaw God Volume 1. He ends this volume by showing how Luther proclaimed the Law and the Gospel to Erasmus and…
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Keep Preaching
Dr. Paulson Discuss John chapter six. Specifically, Paulson deals with the offense of the Gospel as God's electing word to salvation. Why is it troubling that…
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The Best of All Possible Worlds
The problem of evil is constantly nagging at the conscience. Dr. Paulson addresses some harmful ways the question "why does evil exist?" has been answered by…
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The Two Effects of the Gospel
In this episode, Dr. Paulson describes what hearing the Gospel does to those who listen. He describes the offense of the Gospel and its attack on our will and…
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Blocking Up the Ears
In this episode, Paulson goes back to the issue of hardened hearts. He teaches from the Apostle Paul that access to the heart begins with the ears. This leads…
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Opposition and Suffering
Dr. Paulson goes deeper into the idea of opposing God in his word. He describes how this opposition and attack on the faith interacts with our suffering…
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The Battle Is Won
Dr. Paulson continues to talk about the end times. In this episode, he proclaims the truth that the last battle of this world is already won. Christians are…
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The Man of Lawlessness
Dr. Paulson continues to examine what it means to oppose God. In this episode, the discussion revolves around the eschaton, the end of the world, and its…
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Opposing God's Word
Dr. Paulson dives deeper into 2 Thessalonians. Here he teaches how God is opposed by sin and the devil by an assault on and rejection of His Word. Paulson…
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You Need Distinctions
In this episode, Dr. Paulson highlights the importance of distinguishing between law and gospel. He emphasizes how distinguishing between concepts and…
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2 Thessalonians
Dr. Paulson transitions into the final chapter of Luther's Outlaw God Volume 1. This time, he looks at 2 Thessalonians to address the issues of suffering and…
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Why Do I Suffer
Dr. Paulson discusses human suffering. He demonstrates different flawed ways that suffering is utilized to purpose a meaning of life. He utilizes Scripture to…
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Crossing the Red Sea
In this episode, Dr. Paulson and Caleb go back yet again and discuss the events of the book of Exodus. Paulson uses the crossing of the Red Sea to demonstrate…
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Mark Chapter 3
Dr. Paulson picks up the themes of monism and dualism again. This time, he directly demonstrates the issues with these two accounts of evil by going into…
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Monism and Dualism
In this episode, Dr. Paulson outlines two more attempts at defining God and containing evil. He explains how monism and dualism attempt to account for sin…
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Deism
In this episode of The Outlaw God, Dr. Paulson outlines the issues with deism. He identifies how deism presents God as a mighty creator but attempts to get…
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Reshaping Bible History
Dr. Paulson outlines some of the major interpretive issues of modern Bible historians. He demonstrates how they reduce the Scripture down to moral lessons. He…
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The Fact of the Resurrection
In this episode, Dr. Paulson talks about the significance of Christ's actual death and resurrection and its effect on how we view the "plain text" of…
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Psalm 51
Paulson continues to outline interpretations of Biblical texts that reject the idea of plain sense meaning. In this episode, Paulson looks at Psalm 51 and…
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The Plain Text of Scripture
In this episode, Dr. Paulson begins to outline what Luther means when he talks about the "plain text" of Scripture. Paulson shows how the plain text meaning…
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Playing Games With Scripture
Dr. Paulson discusses the devastating impact of Scriptural interpretation that tries to get around the difficult and real passages of the text. He and Caleb…
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The Miserable Refuge of Tropes
Dr. Paulson discusses how some theology distrusts the literal meaning of Scripture. He describes how this leads to alternate theories of interpretation. In the…
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Hardening the Heart
In this episode, Dr. Paulson introduces what will be a multiple episode section on interpreting Scripture. Paulson opens this chapter by examing the approaches…
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God Remains Faithful
Dr. Paulson continues discussing Sub Contrario. He refutes the idea that the cross of Christ is an internal sacrifice that is to be emulated by believers. The…
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Under the Opposite
In this episode, Dr. Paulson addresses the term sub contrario or "under its opposite." Paulson confronts how God deals with evil in a way that offends our…
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Unfaithfulness and the Promise
Dr. Paulson continues his look at Roman's chapter three. Here again, Paulson emphasizes the power of God's Word in his promises even as it confronts sinful and…
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What Advantage Has The Jew?
In this episode, Dr. Paulson looks at Romans chapter three. He asks alongside the Apostle Paul, "What advantage has the jew?" Paulson finds that Paul answers…
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Pushing Evil Forward
What does it mean that God pushes evil forward? Dr. Paulson addresses the concern that God overlooks sin. He uncovers how our experience with constant evil in…
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A Problem With The Heart
In this episode, Dr. Paulson explains that sinners have a cardiological problem. Paulson follows Luther and the Apostle Paul to move beyond the human will and…
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The Word is Not a Mere Symbol
Dr. Steven Paulson talks about the power of the Word and the administration of sacraments. In this episode, Dr. Paulson emphasizes that the Lord's Supper is…
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A Common Meal
After discussing the nature of our defiled heart, Dr. Steven Paulson discusses ways in which the Lord's Supper gets turned into a set of ceremonies. When we…
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What Defiles a Person (Mark Chapter 7)
Dr. Steven Paulson and Caleb Keith read Mark chapter seven. They pay particular attention to verses fourteen through twenty-three. Here Jesus discusses the…
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Suffering and Endurance
Steve Paulson addresses the importance of enduring evil. He explains how endurance has been misread and abused and how Christians must endure evil by applying…