Cross Defense

Challenge your theological synapses with Rev. Tyrel Bramwell, Pastor of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Ferndale, CA, as he examines curious topics to excite the imagination, equip the mind, and comfort the soul with God’s ordering of the world in the Law and Gospel.

Show Time: Saturdays at 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Central Time
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Cross Defense — How Do Democracy and Christianity Connect? (Rebroadcast)

John Warwick Montgomery helps us understand the relationship between democracy and Christianity.

Cross Defense — Christian Parents Matter to Kids, and the Nation (Rebroadcast)

Martin Luther and C.F.W. Walther articulate why Christian parents matter to kids and why they are the solution to every problem that plagues our society.

Cross Defense — Christian Nationalism (Rebroadcast)

Journalists say Christian Nationalism is on the rise. What is it? How is the term used? Do people want to be associated with it?

Cross Defense — Characteristics of The Loving Resistance Fighter (Rebroadcast)

Rev. Sam Schuldheisz teaches us more about the redeemed imagination.

Cross Defense — Is the New Testament Trustworthy? (Rebroadcast)

How does the historical method answer the question of whether or not the Nest Testament is trustworthy?

Cross Defense — Bringing Your Kids to Church (Rebroadcast)

Pastor Bramwell gives practical instruction from Scripture on how to ease the struggle of bringing children to church.

Cross Defense — 1 Clement on Division, Pt 2: Combat, Love, and Repentance (Rebroadcast)

The Church is militant. Her warfare is not against people but for people—so that all would reach repentance.

Cross Defense — 1 Clement on Division, Pt. 1: Combat and Love (Rebroadcast)

1 Clement draws from Scripture to address division and instruct the faithful in matters of Christian combat.

Cross Defense — Adoptionism: Then and Now (Rebroadcast)

Pastor Bramwell discusses the 2nd-century heresy of adoptionism and how it is still alive and actively held by Unitarians today.

Cross Defense — The Gospel Echo of Acts 2 (Rebroadcast)

Pastor Bramwell explores the curious topic of Luke’s use of echo in Acts 2:2 and Luke 4:37.